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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 Sep. 3, 2016 9:16 pm3297d ago
IOWA CITY — The weather here was perfect Saturday, like San Diego or Honolulu without some darn ocean and palm …
Sports Sep. 3, 2016 8:08 pm3297d ago
Watch head coach Kirk Ferentz’s comments after Iowa’s season-opening 45-21 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.
Sports Sep. 2, 2016 11:18 am3298d ago
They’re back. Facts that are fun. We call them Fun Facts. 1. The Miami-Iowa game is on ESPNU. The Hawkeyes …
Sports Sep. 2, 2016 10:53 am3298d ago
Former Iowa Hawkeyes football players made their closing arguments Thursday night for NFL roster spots. Quarterback Jake Rudock and wide …
Sports Sep. 1, 2016 5:10 pm3299d ago
The first Mike Hlas Podcast of the 2016 college football season features Chris Dufresne, who covered the sport for 20 …
Sports Sep. 3, 2016 12:07 pm3297d ago
IOWA CITY – At the same time as Saturday’s Miami (Ohio)-Iowa game on ESPNU, LSU is playing Wisconsin on ABC. …
Sports Sep. 1, 2016 11:05 am3299d ago
Hlastradamus is headin’ up to San Francisco for the Labor Day weekend show. He’s got his Hush Puppies on, he …
Sports Aug. 30, 2016 5:33 pm3301d ago
IOWA CITY — Iowa has a new starting punter. He once got flattened to fame. ‘If you look up my …
Sports Aug. 29, 2016 3:18 pm3302d ago
There are reasons why the most-obscure act on the card opens rock or country music festivals. You build to the …
Sports Aug. 29, 2016 12:51 pm3302d ago
Former Iowa center James Ferentz had an arthroscopic knee procedure Monday that will keep him out of the Denver Broncos’ …
Sports Aug. 29, 2016 3:55 pm3302d ago
Welcome to the preseason Hlist. These are power rankings for those who believe absolute power corrupts absolutely. 1. Michigan State: …
Sports Aug. 28, 2016 6:26 pm3303d ago
For much of Sunday’s final round at PGA Tour event The Barclays, it didn’t look good for Zach Johnson to …
Sports Aug. 27, 2016 10:02 am3305d ago
Earlier this month, a self-described lifetime Iowa football fan approached me in a Cedar Rapids supermarket and told me he …
Sports Aug. 14, 2016 7:13 pm3317d ago
SILVIS, Ill. — Ryan Moore won the John Deere Classic Sunday. He’s a superb player who has five PGA Tour …
Sports Aug. 13, 2016 10:02 pm3318d ago
SILVIS, Ill. — This account of Saturday at the John Deere Classic is written primarily for Eastern Iowans, so let’s …