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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. 8, 2016 6:55 pm3319d 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 pm3320d 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 am3320d 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 am3321d 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 pm3322d 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 pm3323d ago
IOWA CITY — In the last few days, I’ve heard two different things that are equally wrong when it comes …
Sports Oct. 4, 2016 9:26 am3323d 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 pm3325d 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 pm3325d 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 pm3326d 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 pm3327d 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 am3327d 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 am3328d 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 pm3329d 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 pm3330d ago
IOWA CITY — A tough break for Iowa, Matt VandeBerg’s broken foot. Not to be flippant about it, mind you. …

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