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Mike Hlas
I am the sports columnist and Iowa men’s basketball beat writer for The Gazette. I have been at The Gazette since well before TheGazette.com was a thing, but not as long as Charles Grassley has been a U.S. Senator. I have dined with kings and queens, and I have dined on pork and beans. Oh, only the pork and beans part of that is true. I am the most unaffectedly personal columnist in Iowa, and perhaps the world. To verify that, please contact my representation.
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Latest Articles by Mike Hlas
Mar. 29, 2022 2:35 pm1320d ago
When you’re invited to play a bowl game against a nationally ranked team in its home city and home stadium, …
Sports Dec. 29, 2017 3:23 pm2871d ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Location, location, location. The three most-important things about real estate are two of the most-important things about …
Sports Dec. 28, 2017 8:50 pm2872d ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — David Montgomery is different. He’s an Iowa State sophomore running back whose musical taste is a step …
Sports Dec. 26, 2017 4:37 pm2874d ago
Without prognostications and point-spreads, college football would be college lacrosse and ESPN would be airing monster truck extravaganzas instead of …
Sports Dec. 24, 2017 2:20 pm2876d ago
Yes, Virginia, there is a Pinstripe Bowl. How it fits in the meaning of human existence is unclear. But what …
Sports Dec. 24, 2017 7:16 am2877d ago
It was 30 years ago, and an Illinois-Iowa men’s basketball game was a big deal in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The main …
Sports Dec. 16, 2017 9:17 pm2884d ago
DES MOINES — Saturday was a day for the big-conference men’s basketball programs of the state to feel good about …
Iowa High School Sports Jan. 31, 2022 1:13 pm1378d ago
That Iowa and Iowa State would both have Football Writers Association of America first-team All-America linebackers in the same season …
Sports Dec. 12, 2017 8:16 pm2888d ago
Someone approached me over the weekend to tell me why he wasn’t going to the Pinstripe Bowl. It would have …
Sports Dec. 11, 2017 12:10 pm2890d ago
Iowa has two players on the first team of Associated Press’ All-America football team. Junior cornerback Josh Jackson and senior …
Sports Dec. 12, 2017 8:15 pm2888d ago
IOWA CITY — There’s an interesting, fun college basketball story developing here. The Iowa women’s hoops team is on the …
Sports Dec. 7, 2017 10:30 pm2893d ago
AMES — The names and faces change here over the years when Iowa plays Iowa State here in men’s basketball, …
Sports Dec. 7, 2017 12:32 pm2894d ago
OK, 11 offensive players and 11 defensive players were named to Sports Illustrated’s college football All-America team Thursday. Just two …
Sports Dec. 6, 2017 3:41 pm2894d ago
Several items: 1. Seldom has there been so little buzz about an Iowa-Iowa State men’s basketball game. The Hawkeyes are …
Sports Dec. 4, 2017 3:19 pm2896d ago
Pinstripe/Liberty sounds like a mutual fund. Oh well. Here are some factoids about the Pinstripe and Liberty bowls before my …

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