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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 Jul. 27, 2017 3:34 pm2970d ago
This may make me a rare bird (or a birdbrain) in these parts, but I prefer pro sports over the …
Sports Jul. 25, 2017 2:45 pm2972d ago
CHICAGO — In 1938, Harold Stassen was elected governor of Minnesota when he was 31. He went on to run …
Sports Jul. 24, 2017 5:14 pm2973d ago
CHICAGO — It’s easy to mock the Big Ten as puffy and pompous, but the league has long had more …
Sports Jul. 23, 2017 11:28 am2974d ago
Summer is slipping through our sunburned hands, as evidenced by the fact the Big Ten’s football media days are upon …
Iowa High School Sports Jul. 20, 2017 4:53 pm2977d ago
VINTON – An American flag behind the center field fence of the baseball field at Vinton-Shellsburg High barely moved at …
Sports Jul. 18, 2017 1:07 pm2979d ago
For the last three days, it was the Matt Thomas & Mack Center. OK, UNLV’s arena is the Thomas & …
Sports Jul. 17, 2017 10:00 pm2980d ago
I realize we live in a time in which words don’t matter and truth isn’t demanded. But having lived in …
Sports Jul. 16, 2017 9:05 pm2981d ago
The John Deere Classic’s new reigning champion considers himself a scientist who wants to help you play better golf. That’s …
Sports Jul. 15, 2017 7:42 pm2982d ago
SILVIS, Ill. — Sunday’s final pairing at the John Deere Classic is a mere two years older than Jennifer Lopez, …
Sports Jul. 16, 2017 2:53 am2981d ago
IOWA CITY — Dan McCarney spoke with the fire he ordinarily saved for a pregame speech to one of his …
Sports Jul. 14, 2017 9:16 pm2983d ago
SILVIS, Ill. — Someone with family roots in Cedar Rapids is in contention to win the John Deere Classic. It’s …
Sports Jul. 13, 2017 7:11 pm2984d ago
SILVIS, Ill. — Bubba Watson was the feature attraction at the John Deere Classic Thursday afternoon, with his pink driver, …
Sports Jul. 11, 2017 8:58 pm2986d ago
Bob Elliott could play wingman as well as he could coach football, which is saying something. Matt Bowen was an …
Jul. 17, 2017 11:00 am2980d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – There has been a Ryder Cup trophy for 90 years, but it had never been to Iowa …
Sports Jul. 10, 2017 12:58 am2987d ago
Bob Elliott, former University of Iowa football player who was an assistant football coach at Iowa and Iowa State, died …