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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 Dec. 30, 2016 5:52 pm3179d ago
CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. — Erin Cochran was struggling. She couldn’t play piccolo for the Hawkeye Marching Band Friday when the …
Sports Dec. 29, 2016 4:33 pm3180d ago
TAMPA, Fla. — They’re in an NFL city. They’re playing Monday in an NFL stadium. They are C.J. Beathard, LeShun …
Sports Dec. 28, 2016 6:35 pm3181d ago
I may have a lot of concerns about the thought-processes of Americans, but I love America. New York, Chicago, Los …
Sports Dec. 28, 2016 3:39 pm3181d ago
TAMPA, Fla. — This is where Brandon Myers’ college career ended, catching four passes for Iowa in its 2009 Outback …
Sports Dec. 23, 2016 3:26 pm3186d ago
My guess is people have short attentions when it comes to reading as Christmas draws close, but that’s mainly because …
Sports Dec. 19, 2016 4:29 pm3190d ago
The last week in college football has been extraordinary, much more so than anything we’re likely to see in the …
Sports Dec. 17, 2016 7:19 pm3192d ago
DES MOINES — A young team incrementally improving over the course of a season is as old a story in …
Sports Dec. 15, 2016 5:51 pm3194d ago
IOWA CITY — Last week, Iowa football strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle tweeted this passage from the late Hunter …
Sports Dec. 13, 2016 2:14 pm3196d ago
Small basketball world. For the second time this season, the basketball teams of former University of Iowa players Devyn Marble …
Sports Dec. 12, 2016 3:01 pm3197d ago
This has been underreported everywhere such things remotely matter: Northern Iowa basketball player Jeremy Morgan scored 38 points in a …
Sports Dec. 9, 2016 2:46 pm3200d ago
It’s highly likely Peter Jok will give Iowa a first-team All-Big Ten men’s basketball player for the fourth-straight year. According …
Sports Dec. 8, 2016 10:37 pm3201d ago
IOWA CITY — Last December at Iowa State, the Iowa men’s basketball team coughed up a 20-point first-half lead, a …
Sports Dec. 7, 2016 11:28 am3202d ago
It will forever stick in the craw of Iowa football fans, the phantom offside call of the Jan. 2, 2006 …
Sports Dec. 6, 2016 4:23 pm3203d ago
If A is greater than B and B is greater than C, A is greater than C. That’s the transitive …
Sports Dec. 5, 2016 2:52 pm3204d ago
Matt Brown, who writes good stuff for Sports On Earth, ranks the Iowa-Florida Outback Bowl 21st in terms of attractive …