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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 Sep. 5, 2017 12:03 pm2987d ago
You’ll get a ton of Un-Fun Facts about the Iowa-Iowa State game this week. The time the game starts, the …
Sports Sep. 3, 2017 4:45 pm2989d ago
These are Big Ten performance rankings, not power rankings. Power corrupts people. So do corrupt people. 1.
Sports Sep. 3, 2017 2:08 pm2989d ago
Let’s say you have a serious plumbing issue in your home, or the battery in your car goes dead. That …
Sports Feb. 14, 2023 9:48 am999d ago
IOWA CITY — “Preseason first-team All-America linebacker” doesn’t quite leap off the page and into the national football discussion like …
Sports Sep. 1, 2017 2:51 pm2991d ago
America thinks Iowa is favored to defeat Wyoming for a reason, or reasons. But let’s get to nuances. Do those …
Sports Sep. 1, 2017 10:47 am2991d ago
IOWA CITY — In the autumn of my life, I cling more tightly to summer. Winter here is too long …
Sports Sep. 2, 2017 1:50 am2990d ago
Hlastradamus still lives. He lives in your hearts, he lives in your hopes, he lives in your dreams. Wherever a …
Sports Aug. 30, 2017 5:37 pm2993d 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 pm2994d 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 pm2995d 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 am2995d 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 pm3009d 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 pm3009d 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 pm3010d 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 pm3013d ago
The last former Iowa wide receiver to catch a pass in an NFL regular-season game was Tim Dwight in the …

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