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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
Sports Nov. 8, 2017 6:28 pm2922d ago
Playing a top-five team is fun. It was fun for Iowa State when it did so against Oklahoma and TCU. It …
Sports Nov. 7, 2017 5:46 pm2923d ago
IOWA CITY — Noah Fant’s touchdowns are your touchdowns. The Iowa sophomore tight end is very good, and getting better …
Sports Nov. 6, 2017 7:19 pm2924d ago
Since our president was in Japan Sunday and Monday, this week’s Big Ten Performance Rankings are in haiku. Domo arigato. …
Sports Nov. 5, 2017 2:44 pm2926d ago
Here is a sampling of some comments from Ohio writers on Ohio State’s 55-24 football loss at Iowa Saturday. I …
Sports Feb. 14, 2023 11:52 am999d ago
IOWA CITY — An Iowa football player of two decades ago told me Saturday night that he had spoken with …
Sports Nov. 5, 2017 12:08 am2926d ago
IOWA CITY — Eight seconds to make quite an opening remark. Sixty minutes to make a full and conclusive statement. …
Sports Nov. 4, 2017 3:20 pm2927d ago
All right, we know Ohio State is the consensus, overwhelming favorite to beat Iowa Saturday. But does anyone think an …
Sports Nov. 4, 2017 10:25 am2927d ago
College football games aren’t rigged, but many of its fields are tilted. Sure, there are occasional big upsets. They’re the …
Sports Nov. 2, 2017 6:50 pm2928d ago
Hlastradamus went 3-1-1 last week against the spread. Coincidentally, the band 311 will be playing Saturday night at the Cuban …
Sports Oct. 31, 2017 5:44 pm2930d ago
IOWA CITY – First, moralizing on swearing in general is something I shouldn’t do. I’ve used bad words. There’s a …
Sports Oct. 31, 2017 1:51 pm2931d ago
IOWA CITY — Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz said offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz would meet with Iowa Athletic Director …
Sports Oct. 31, 2017 11:11 am2931d ago
Ohio State and Iowa. Neither team scored a point in last season’s College Football Playoff semifinals, but at least the …
Sports Oct. 30, 2017 12:29 pm2932d ago
The Big Ten had its Game of the Year Saturday. Ohio State 39, Penn State 38. Reportedly, it was exciting. …
Sports Oct. 29, 2017 2:02 pm2933d ago
Remember when we were younger, and the best-case scenario we saw for Iowa State football this season was winning enough …
Sports Oct. 29, 2017 12:08 am2933d ago
IOWA CITY — Were you not entertained, Iowa Hawkeye football fans? OK, maybe not a lot. But enough, right? Right? …

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