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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 Aug. 30, 2017 5:37 pm2936d ago
Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen wouldn’t mind getting the chance to step over former Iowa Hawkeye C.J. Beathard and become the …
Sports Aug. 29, 2017 5:38 pm2937d ago
IOWA CITY — Iowa’s Week 1 football depth chart has a few brow-raisers, starting with more first-year freshmen (seven) than …
Sports Aug. 28, 2017 1:37 pm2938d ago
Look, you like fun. And, even in 2017, many people still embrace facts. So here begins another season of Fun …
Sports Aug. 28, 2017 11:33 am2938d ago
Taking vacation so soon before the start of the college football season maybe wasn’t the best idea for me professionally, …
Sports Aug. 14, 2017 4:30 pm2952d ago
The following is beating a dead horse around here, but here we go. The news was made official Monday that …
Sports Aug. 14, 2017 1:09 pm2952d ago
What if I’d told you … Hey, that’s a pretty good opening hook. Someone should use that. What if I’d …
Sports Aug. 12, 2017 8:38 pm2954d ago
IOWA CITY – Normally, the job of the old-media scold is to caution against unrealistic expectations. Phooey on that noise. …
Sports Aug. 10, 2017 12:33 pm2956d ago
The last former Iowa wide receiver to catch a pass in an NFL regular-season game was Tim Dwight in the …
Sports Aug. 9, 2017 12:41 pm2957d ago
Tuesday was sure newsy. President Trump tossed verbal ‘fire and fury’ North Korea’s way. Glen Campbell died. And it took …
Sports Aug. 8, 2017 4:34 pm2958d ago
His college baseball career was star-crossed, but C.J. Eldred of Mount Vernon has a chance to write a happier story …
Sports Aug. 7, 2017 10:30 am2959d ago
AKRON, Ohio – Seldom will you see someone who has just earned $1,045,000 in a competition walk away feeling bittersweet. …
Sports Aug. 6, 2017 2:12 am2960d ago
Here are two stories I wrote about Kurt Warner getting inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night, …
Iowa High School Sports Aug. 4, 2017 10:21 pm2961d ago
CANTON, Ohio — Iowa places its first native in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Saturday night, and Kurt Warner …
Sports Aug. 2, 2017 8:00 pm2964d ago
One month from today. That’s when Iowa’s football season starts. One month. One. Yesterday, I began ranking the 12 games …
Sports Aug. 1, 2017 3:03 pm2965d ago
As this is published, Iowa’s football season starts in a month and a day. Time flies, eh? Well, enjoy August. …