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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. 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 …
Sports May. 22, 2017 6:24 pm3036d ago
IOWA CITY — A University of Iowa baseball player has neared the status of folk hero. Jake Adams was given …
Sports May. 20, 2017 11:12 am3038d ago
Crazy. On back-to-back days, 6.5 became a number associated with Iowa Hawkeyes sports. A Las Vegas sports book operator posted …
Sports May. 19, 2017 4:24 pm3039d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Heisman Trophy winner was in a Cedar Rapids restaurant bearing his name Friday morning, joining fans …
Sports May. 18, 2017 5:13 pm3040d ago
A third member of the Ferentz family has become employed by Bill Belichick. Thursday, the Belichick-coached New England Patriots signed …
Iowa High School Football May. 18, 2017 4:02 pm3040d ago
I don’t know why, but it seems like daily I’m reminded that some people are making money from college athletics. …
Iowa High School Sports May. 17, 2017 5:01 pm3041d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — It wasn’t a fair fight, was never going to be a fair fight, never is a fair …
Sports May. 15, 2017 3:10 pm3043d ago
The Indianapolis Colts waived offensive lineman Austin Blythe of Iowa Monday. Blythe played in eight games and started one for …
Sports May. 15, 2017 1:53 pm3043d ago
George Kittle has turned pro in two different sports, hoping to be as big a hit in football as he …
Sports May. 7, 2017 7:12 pm3051d ago
Former Iowa Hawkeyes defensive tackle Faith Ekakitie was the first pick in Sunday night’s Canadian Football League college draft. Ekakitie …
Sports May. 7, 2017 11:29 am3051d ago
IOWA CITY — Sometimes, all a parent can do for a child is listen and try not to laugh. Mary …
Iowa High School Football May. 5, 2017 4:00 pm3053d ago
When it comes to understanding law, courts of law, or anything using legalese, I’m a walleye out of water. I …
Sports May. 2, 2017 1:11 pm3056d ago
Iowa’s football season starts precisely four months from today. Precisely four months ago today, the Hawkeyes played in the Outback …
Sports Jan. 11, 2022 12:20 pm1341d ago
For all the 2017 NFL mock drafts and stories about draft prospects, no one told you Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard …
Sports Apr. 25, 2017 1:54 pm3063d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Sports bars are hardly new concepts, but one opened here about a month ago that has caught …