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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 Jun. 14, 2017 3:05 pm3013d ago
This is the kind of essay that usually gets me a “Slow news day?” response from someone. Which is not …
Jun. 12, 2017 6:25 pm3015d ago
This is the kind of essay that usually gets me a ‘Slow news day?’ response from someone. Which is not …
Sports Jun. 19, 2017 1:10 pm3008d ago
A gravelly growl pours from the telephone during an interview with Bob Parsons. There’s no pulling of punches in answering …
Sports Jun. 10, 2017 1:34 am3017d ago
If you made a list of Iowa football’s all-time most-productive opposing players, you’d have to make room for James Hardy. …
Sports Jun. 10, 2017 1:37 am3017d ago
Bam, and then, boom. First came Monday’s news Thad Matta was fired as Ohio State’s men’s basketball coach. Then the …
Sports Jun. 9, 2017 2:06 am3018d ago
Royce White is the toast of London. That’s London, Ontario, where White’s London Lightning team won the National Basketball League …
Sports Jun. 9, 2017 2:06 am3018d ago
It’s business as usual for college baseball in Big Ten country, with the conference done in the NCAA tournament as …
Sports Jun. 12, 2017 7:01 pm3015d ago
Before Boise State University football was known for winning, it was known for a color. In 1986, the university installed …
Sports Jun. 2, 2017 10:17 pm3025d ago
Who: Iowa (38-20) vs. Houston (40-19) Where : Houston When: 7 p.m. TV/online: ESPNU, ESPN3.com What to watch: Houston will likely …
Sports Jun. 3, 2017 11:27 pm3023d ago
University of Iowa baseball player Jake Adams didn’t get insulted. The Hawkeyes’ slugger was named the Big Ten’s Player of …
Sports Jun. 2, 2017 12:32 am3025d ago
A new twist will come to the Iowa-Nebraska football series on Nov. 24. The kickoff will be at 3 p.m. …
Sports Jun. 2, 2017 12:31 am3025d ago
IOWA CITY — The trick for his team, Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller said Monday, is to leave behind the …
Sports Jun. 1, 2017 10:06 am3026d ago
A college baseball team’s cruel twist of fate turned into something unforgettably uplifting. On May 6, Wartburg defeated Dubuque 5-0 …
Sports May. 24, 2017 1:21 pm3034d ago
It’s no longer enough for high school sports recruits to don a ballcap of the universities they’re about to join …
Sports Jun. 1, 2017 10:10 am3026d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — One of the people surprised to see Iowa State’s Julian Good-Jones on Monday’s Rimington Award Spring Watch …