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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 Feb. 6, 2017 11:52 am3141d ago
While President Donald Trump surely liked seeing his friend Tom Brady win another Super Bowl as the New England Patriots’ …
Sports Feb. 5, 2017 4:24 pm3142d ago
IOWA CITY — Basketball is an international game, but holding one of your shoes while playing defense isn’t a method …
Sports Feb. 5, 2017 1:32 pm3142d ago
IOWA CITY — Marbles and moons are both circles. The size of Kirk Ferentz’s circle of trust is a lot …
Sports Feb. 3, 2017 9:59 am3144d ago
It’s the most-watched television show of the year by far, it’s Sunday, and it will be manned by someone who …
Sports Feb. 1, 2017 6:06 pm3146d ago
Clemson and Alabama were nowhere to be found in the final coaches’ Top 25 college football rankings of 10 years …
Sports Jan. 30, 2017 6:37 pm3148d ago
IOWA CITY — “The line doesn’t look that long,” said a blue-clad fellow as he approached his fellow Chicago Cubs …
Sports Jan. 28, 2017 10:19 pm3150d ago
IOWA CITY — Twenty-five years ago next month, the Michigan men’s basketball team started five freshmen for the first time. …
Sports Jan. 27, 2017 9:36 pm3151d ago
Jarrod Uthoff and Adam Woodbury are teammates again. Raptors 905, the Toronto Raptors’ NBA D-League franchise in Mississauga, Ontario, traded …
Sports Jan. 26, 2017 3:30 pm3152d ago
Something rare and precious returns to Carver-Hawkeye Arena this weekend. It’s a men’s basketball game that is both on a …
Sports Jan. 25, 2017 4:35 pm3153d ago
Brent Musburger did the play-by-play on the telecast of the most-memorable game in Kinnick Stadium history, No. 1 Iowa’s 12-10 …
Sports Jan. 24, 2017 4:06 pm3154d ago
Stuff is coming at us fast these days, even in sports. Michigan’s football team is taking a trip to Rome …
Sports Jan. 23, 2017 2:34 pm3155d ago
Jonathan Babineaux persevered, and now he’s going to the Super Bowl. The former Iowa defensive tackle is going to his …
Sports Jan. 21, 2017 1:32 pm3157d ago
IOWA CITY — For a while Friday night, Carver-Hawkeye Arena had that old, familiar feel that some visiting high-ranked college …
Sports Jan. 19, 2017 10:41 pm3159d ago
IOWA CITY — So, it wasn’t really the best look for Iowa men’s basketball on Thursday night. The Hawkeyes lost …
Sports Jan. 19, 2017 9:25 pm3159d ago
Hear from Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery following the Hawkeyes’ 84-76 loss to No. 25 Maryland on Thursday. Iowa …