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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 Nov. 21, 2016 3:02 pm3218d ago
The silly season for men’s college basketball takes a hiatus this week, at least for Iowa and Iowa State. The …
Sports Nov. 20, 2016 2:31 pm3219d ago
Big Ten power rankings for people who like to eat turkey on Thanksgiving. And for those who don’t. 1. Wisconsin …
Sports Nov. 20, 2016 11:21 am3219d ago
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The tale of Levi and Landan Paulsen at the University of Iowa got its first chapter Saturday. …
Sports Nov. 19, 2016 4:55 pm3220d ago
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — This was where we would find out if Iowa had a genuine November football team or faded …
Sports Nov. 18, 2016 2:14 pm3221d ago
Hlastradamus knows you tire of a world with so much look-at-me and ain’t-I-great. He knows a lot of things, actually. …
Sports Nov. 18, 2016 1:44 pm3221d ago
Iowa starting football center James Daniels is not very good. Wait, what? That’s not my opinion. No way, no how. …
Sports Nov. 17, 2016 11:20 pm3222d ago
IOWA CITY — After using and abusing Kennesaw State and Savannah State in its first two games here, Iowa hosted …
Sports Nov. 17, 2016 10:34 am3222d ago
Iowa-Illinois. Two states separated by a river. Will we ever come together? Let’s hope not. That would mean the Mississippi …
Sports Nov. 15, 2016 4:48 pm3224d ago
IOWA CITY — Iowa’s punter and placekicker celebrated their football team’s 14-13 upset of Michigan Saturday night by messing with …
Sports Nov. 14, 2016 12:30 pm3225d ago
Superlatives are subjective, memories are flawed, and your mileage may vary. But I would suggest Iowa’s 14-13 win over Michigan …
Sports Nov. 13, 2016 12:36 pm3226d ago
Big Ten power rankings for people who have stopped believing in polls, be they college football or political. 1. Ohio …
Sports Nov. 13, 2016 11:44 am3226d ago
IOWA CITY — From outer space, Kinnick Stadium may have looked like a black hole under electric lighting late Saturday …
Sports Nov. 13, 2016 12:01 am3227d ago
IOWA CITY — What was this thing Saturday night, this shocking, stunning, season-saving thing? Just the most-glorious moment Iowa’s football …
Sports Nov. 12, 2016 11:04 am3227d ago
This is, perhaps, a pointless post. What, like you haven’t read some of those in your lives? Of course everyone …
Sports Nov. 11, 2016 10:07 am3228d ago
Hlastradamus rode the underdogs hard last week, and to good results. Illinois beat Michigan State. Rutgers covered against Indiana. Purdue …