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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. 25, 2025 12:16 pm11d ago
Well, a statue of the famous Irish author did, anyway
Iowa Basketball Aug. 25, 2025 11:36 am11d ago
Hawkeyes still have openings in Ben McCollum’s first schedule as Iowa’s coach
Sports Aug. 25, 2025 8:52 am12d ago
Iowa State is No. 1 in the nation -- in one set of rankings, anyway
Sports Aug. 23, 2025 5:02 pm13d ago
Gustafson, in her seventh WNBA season, became a published author last week with a children’s book about a well-traveled basketball player and her well-traveled dog.
Sports Aug. 21, 2025 1:31 pm15d ago
While Clark is sidelined by injury, fellow No. 1 WNBA draft pick Bueckers is finishing off a terrific rookie season
Iowa State Football Aug. 20, 2025 10:38 am16d ago
For a rare and beautiful few hours Saturday, the Big Ten and SEC won’t have their huge paws all over college football.
Iowa Football Aug. 13, 2025 6:00 am24d ago
Parker is 40 years removed from playing in one of the more-memorable games in Kinnick Stadium history ... for the visiting team
Iowa Football Aug. 10, 2025 11:25 am26d ago
First-team All-Big Ten kick-returner from Williamsburg is trying to add wide receiver accomplishments to his portfolio in 2025.
Sports Aug. 7, 2025 10:24 am29d ago
Longtime Denver Nuggets assistant coach Ryan Bowen takes the reins for Denver’s G League team.
Sports Aug. 7, 2025 12:56 pm29d ago
The Todd Brommelkamp Show and the Gym Class aired their last shows this week after their three hosts were on KGYM for a combined half-century.
Iowa Football Aug. 6, 2025 1:45 pm30d ago
If you’re waiting until its media day for Iowa football to get the tough questions, you’ll be waiting a lot longer than that.
Sports Aug. 3, 2025 7:44 pm33d ago
Byron has just enough gas to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Iowa Corn 350 after racing “thousands of laps” at Iowa on a video game simulator as a kid
Sports Aug. 3, 2025 6:00 am34d ago
A group of U.S. Capitol Police journeyed to Dyersville Saturday to play baseball at the famed movie site for a good reason: They love the game.
Iowa Football Aug. 1, 2025 4:00 pm35d ago
Ferentz, in his 27th year as Hawkeyes’ head coach, is second-oldest coach in FBS
Sports Jul. 29, 2025 7:43 pm38d ago
Anyone who watched Sandberg play for the Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals on a June 1984 Saturday probably remembers what he did and how much happy noise it caused.