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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 Oct. 16, 2016 4:28 pm3254d ago
Big Ten power rankings for people who have never seen the Chicago Cubs in a World Series. Or on the …
Sports Oct. 16, 2016 12:52 pm3254d ago
It’s just this simple: Iowa’s football team will enter its bye week with a boom or a bust. How big …
Sports Oct. 15, 2016 7:43 pm3255d ago
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For a while, the symmetry was perfect. Iowa’s first-team offense was removed from the game early …
Sports Oct. 14, 2016 12:38 pm3256d ago
Hlastradamus has been given a mandatory one-week leave of absence for committing crimes against college football forecasting. The prophet not …
Sports Oct. 14, 2016 12:38 pm3256d ago
I’m writing a book. I have the page numbers done, now I just have to fill in the rest. That’s …
Sports Oct. 13, 2016 10:45 am3257d ago
You came here, I presume, because you hoped to find a little fun here, some solace from the grim pounding …
Sports Oct. 11, 2016 5:33 pm3259d ago
IOWA CITY — Ron Stewart once lost his hat protecting Kirk Ferentz, but never lost his head. It was a …
Sports Oct. 10, 2016 11:15 am3260d ago
Big Ten football power rankings for people who have never built a 7,500-square-foot house that resembles a football stadium. 1. …
Sports Oct. 9, 2016 12:03 pm3261d ago
Unlike people who are actual doers or thinkers, I find it’s best to go against my first impulse. Saturday night, …
Sports Oct. 8, 2016 6:55 pm3262d ago
MINNEAPOLIS — It’s halfway through the season, and the only thing you can declare with certainty about Iowa’s football team …
Sports Oct. 7, 2016 12:45 pm3263d ago
Hlastradamus knows what’s going on in Iowa. He knows it’s time to harvest the soybeans and corn. He knows the …
Sports Oct. 7, 2016 10:38 am3263d ago
A golden anniversary of a not-so-golden milestone will probably come Minnesota’s way next year. If the Minnesota Gophers don’t win …
Sports Oct. 6, 2016 10:58 am3264d ago
They call Minneapolis-St. Paul the Twin Cities. Yet, they aren’t the same size and don’t look alike. So you have …
Sports Oct. 5, 2016 7:00 pm3265d ago
IOWA CITY — You may not be thrilled having college basketball shoved down your throat in the first week of …
Sports Oct. 4, 2016 5:36 pm3266d ago
IOWA CITY — In the last few days, I’ve heard two different things that are equally wrong when it comes …