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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. 4, 2016 9:26 am3266d ago
David Feherty, the NBC/Golf Channel commentator/interview show host, is the guest on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast. Feherty discusses the …
Sports Oct. 2, 2016 3:24 pm3268d ago
Big Ten power rankings for people who think there should be a Prohibition for people who are drunk with power. …
Sports Oct. 2, 2016 12:39 pm3268d ago
Five years ago, 15-point favorite Iowa lost 22-21 at Minnesota midway through the 2011 football season. The next week, instead …
Sports Oct. 1, 2016 6:50 pm3269d ago
IOWA CITY — The Iowa football way is to keep things internally, to not publicly speak in specifics when it …
Sports Sep. 30, 2016 1:04 pm3270d ago
Hlastradamus is a homer. No, he doesn’t root for Iowa teams. But he handicaps them with a brilliance normally shown …
Sports Sep. 30, 2016 10:57 am3270d ago
The question here for much of this week: Who will pick up the slack for Iowa at wide receiver now …
Sports Sep. 29, 2016 11:19 am3271d ago
Shouldn’t it be Northmidwestern? Why must I be the one to point out these obvious things? Anyway, here are the …
Sports Sep. 28, 2016 12:21 pm3272d ago
The Big Ten cited Iowa senior punter Ron Coluzzi as its Special Teams Player of the Week this week, and …
Sports Sep. 27, 2016 6:08 pm3273d ago
IOWA CITY — A tough break for Iowa, Matt VandeBerg’s broken foot. Not to be flippant about it, mind you. …
Sports Sep. 27, 2016 5:24 pm3273d ago
MOUNT VERNON — Drive by Kroul Farms on Highway 1 and you think you’re looking at what would make a …
Sports Sep. 26, 2016 11:43 am3274d ago
Many times, players transfer from Iowa and aren’t heard from again. That isn’t the case with defensive back Maurice Fleming, …
Sports Sep. 25, 2016 7:54 pm3275d ago
Big Ten power rankings for people who think if you have to say you’re powerful, you aren’t. 1. Wisconsin (4-0): …
Sports Sep. 25, 2016 1:34 pm3275d ago
The Rutgers football experience reminded me a lot of the Maryland football experience of two years ago when Iowa played …
Sports Sep. 24, 2016 7:20 pm3276d ago
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — They don’t ask how, they ask how many. Except that when it comes to Iowa football, there …
Sports Sep. 23, 2016 11:28 am3277d ago
Hlastradamus was no one’s favorite in North Dakota last week when he said Iowa would cover whatever the point spread …