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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. 9, 2017 12:41 pm3014d 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 pm3015d 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 am3016d 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 am3017d 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 pm3018d 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 pm3020d 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 pm3022d ago
As this is published, Iowa’s football season starts in a month and a day. Time flies, eh? Well, enjoy August. …
Iowa High School Sports Jul. 30, 2017 12:14 pm3024d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — An amazing circle of football life closes for Kurt Warner this week. This Saturday night, the 1989 …
Sports Jul. 27, 2017 3:34 pm3027d 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 pm3029d 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 pm3030d 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 am3031d 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 pm3034d 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 pm3036d 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 pm3036d ago
I realize we live in a time in which words don’t matter and truth isn’t demanded. But having lived in …

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