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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
Iowa Basketball Jun. 15, 2022 9:36 pm
Former Iowa men’s basketball player Austin Ash is getting put on a full-ride scholarship by The Citadel for his final season of eligibility.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 15, 2022 7:20 pm
Former Iowa standout Matt Gatens has come home, to help Fran McCaffery coach Hawkeyes men’s basketball.
Sports Jun. 14, 2022 3:11 pm
Rick Reilly spares no empathy for Phil Mickelson and those who joined the Saudi-sponsored LIV Golf Invitational Series. Reilly was in Cedar Rapids Monday for a speaking engagement promoting his latest book about golf’s other side, its better side.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 14, 2022 11:20 am
Keegan Murray's parents made Cedar Rapids their home, and soon their city will claim an NBA first-round draftee.
Iowa Hawkeyes Jun. 9, 2022 2:13 pm
Just because the SEC is dominant in football doesn’t mean it holds a candle to the Big Ten in things that really matter, like turkeys, and millionaires per capita.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 9, 2022 11:47 am
Former Iowa men’s basketball player Matt Gatens is returning to the Hawkeyes as an assistant coach after a coaching stint at Drake.
Iowa Football Jun. 6, 2022 5:26 pm
Former Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard was carted off the field Monday and taken to the locker room at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice Monday.
Iowa Football Jun. 6, 2022 10:33 am
Iowa football special teams coordinator LeVar Woods once wasn’t keen about special teams or coaching, but now is passionate about both.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 3, 2022 7:05 pm
The Iowa men’s basketball team will play Duke in the Jimmy V Classic at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Dec. 6.
Iowa Football Jun. 3, 2022 10:46 am
Iowa’s kickoff-return and punt-return positions have opened with the transfer of Charlie Jones. LeVar Woods talked about who might replace the 2021 Big Ten Return Specialist of the Year.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 2, 2022 4:56 am
Hawkeye junior forward withdraws from NBA draft
Iowa Basketball Jun. 1, 2022 4:14 pm
“A winning mentality, for starters,” is what Keegan Murray Jim told Rome about what the NBA team that drafts him will be getting.
Iowa Hawkeyes Jun. 1, 2022 4:14 pm
Dan Schleisman decided to celebrate his 50th year as a University of Iowa graduate by attending 2021-22 Hawkeyes sporting events in Iowa City. All of them.
Iowa State Basketball May. 27, 2022 5:01 pm
Big 12 Freshman of the Year Tyrese Hunter chooses an Iowa State conference rival to transfer to: Texas.
Iowa Football Jun. 1, 2022 4:21 pm
Starting times for five of Iowa’s 2022 football games were announced Thursday.