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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
Mar. 1, 2017 12:00 am3119d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Fran McCaffery has more good players from Iowa coming to his University of Iowa men’s basketball program …
Iowa High School Sports Mar. 6, 2017 6:35 pm3113d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Fran McCaffery has more good players from Iowa coming to his University of Iowa men’s basketball program …
Sports Feb. 27, 2017 12:01 pm3120d ago
Putting oversized expectations on college athletes isn’t the kindest thing to do, so I’ll couch things by saying this: It …
Sports Feb. 25, 2017 6:50 pm3122d ago
AMES — Here’s how you absolutely, positively don’t win a college basketball game against anyone, let alone a team as …
Sports Feb. 24, 2017 5:04 pm3123d ago
DES MOINES — Two men from Cedar Rapids-Marion briefly guarded each other Thursday night on a basketball court where they …
Sports Feb. 22, 2017 12:37 am3126d ago
IOWA CITY — Someday soon, robots will rule the world. Indiana’s men’s basketball team must have felt like one was …
Sports Feb. 20, 2017 12:44 pm3127d ago
No one clamors for NIT bracketology. Anywhere. Ever. For a lot of teams, the NIT is a letdown. It’s filler …
Sports Feb. 18, 2017 5:43 pm3129d ago
IOWA CITY — Show me that smile again (Show me that smile) Don’t waste another minute on your cryin’ We’re …
Sports Feb. 16, 2017 10:36 am3131d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Watching the Cedar Rapids Titans practice in the U.S. Cellular Center Wednesday night, you half-expected Marvin McNutt …
Sports Feb. 14, 2017 2:51 pm3133d ago
Blackouts. Be bold, wear gold. Stripe the stadium. One color-coordinated day for fans at an Iowa Hawkeyes football or basketball …
Sports Feb. 13, 2017 3:28 pm3134d ago
For a while, I thought it was just me. I’d been so focused on dedicating my Grammy acceptance speech to …
Sports Feb. 11, 2017 8:33 pm3136d ago
AMES — How can you win in a men’s basketball conference as strong as the Big 12 when you get …
Iowa High School Sports Feb. 10, 2017 10:51 am3137d ago
Fifty years ago can be difficult to describe to those who weren’t alive then, especially kids. You couldn’t watch movies …
Sports Feb. 6, 2017 4:37 pm3141d ago
Ah, the vagaries of fate. Once, Georges Niang was a rival of Jarrod Uthoff and Adam Woodbury. Niang played for …
Sports Feb. 6, 2017 3:06 pm3141d ago
Of course Kurt Warner is a Pro Football Hall of Famer. This was always a ‘when,’ not an ‘if.’ You …