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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 May. 17, 2016 2:12 pm3406d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Sergio Garcia is a fine golfer, but was no match for Sean McCarty Monday. The longtime head …
Sports May. 14, 2016 1:37 pm3409d ago
CHICAGO — Wrigley Field sure has changed, and it sure hasn’t. But whatever amenities have been added to the 102-year-old …
Sports May. 13, 2016 7:14 pm3410d ago
ESPN investigative sports news program ‘Outside the Lines’ will have a feature Sunday morning (the show is at 8 a.m., …
Sports May. 12, 2016 8:31 pm3411d ago
CHICAGO — In talking to reporters Thursday, Georges Niang sounded like he was rehearsing for Friday, when he’ll get interviewed …
Sports May. 9, 2016 10:49 am3415d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Whether you’re a 10-year-old who is a fast swimmer or a 40-year-old power forward trying to win …
Sports May. 6, 2016 10:49 am3418d ago
Surely you’ve heard the term ‘hot takes.’ Google it, and this definition is at the top of the page: A …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 3, 2016 6:46 pm3420d ago
It occurred Monday, it may be the biggest upset in team sports history, and it wasn’t mentioned in Tuesday morning’s …
Sports May. 2, 2016 3:32 pm3421d ago
The 2016 NFL Daft — er, Draft — is safely out of our way. I blame the fogginess from a …
Sports Apr. 27, 2016 4:23 pm3426d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — It was their biggest game of the season, before a gathering you could describe as intimate. It …
Sports Apr. 25, 2016 7:22 pm3428d ago
When you’re rolling down that slope that comes after middle-age, you either become ‘that guy” and flaunt it proudly, or …
Sports Apr. 23, 2016 7:20 pm3430d ago
IOWA CITY — During the Iowa football team’s spring game Saturday in Kinnick Stadium, I noticed something under my seat …
Sports Apr. 22, 2016 5:06 pm3431d ago
Ryan Wade of Iowa City is in the process of running 9 1/2 marathons in seven days, and that’s not …
Sports Mar. 2, 2022 11:35 am1292d ago
Rick Hartzell, a Division I basketball official for over a quarter-century and the former athletic director at Northern Iowa, guests …
Sports Apr. 18, 2016 12:57 pm3435d ago
This makes me a heretic among some of the people with whom I work and associate, but I hate spring …
Sports Apr. 16, 2016 10:16 pm3437d ago
MARION — It was a North Carolina home basketball game a thousand miles from Chapel Hill. Carolina blue was the …