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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 Apr. 13, 2016 5:26 pm3440d ago
IOWA CITY — You’re better off this way, Drew Ott. Now you can get paid to give and receive the …
Sports Apr. 13, 2016 1:26 pm3440d ago
Mary Ferentz, the wife of Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz, guests on the Mike Hlas Podcast this week to talk …
Sports Apr. 11, 2016 7:34 pm3442d ago
IOWA CITY — I’ve covered five U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials over three decades, and there has been this constant …
Sports Apr. 10, 2016 11:47 pm3443d ago
IOWA CITY – Daniel Dennis and second-place went their separate ways Sunday night. Most Olympic wrestlers experience little but championships …
Sports Apr. 9, 2016 4:40 pm3444d ago
IOWA CITY — Brent Metcalf dropped to his knees Saturday afternoon, loudly sobbing behind a Carver-Hawkeye Arena tunnelway door that …
Sports Apr. 7, 2016 3:38 pm3446d ago
IOWA CITY — Tony Ramos is the charismatic local drawing card, the 2014 NCAA champion, the No. 1 seed at …
Sports Apr. 5, 2016 4:33 pm3448d ago
So Marcus Paige will never have that national championship. It’s devastating to get so close and come up short. It’s …
Iowa High School Sports Mar. 30, 2016 1:47 pm3454d ago
Someone very familiar with North Carolina point guard Marcus Paige and incoming Iowa basketball recruit Jordan Bohannon guests on this …
Sports Mar. 26, 2016 3:44 pm3458d ago
I don’t ask for much, I really don’t. Twenty or thirty million euros in a Swiss bank account, a secluded …
Sports Mar. 25, 2016 10:47 pm3459d ago
CHICAGO — There hasn’t been a so-so defensive team that ever won an NCAA basketball championship, and never will be. …
Sports Mar. 24, 2016 6:05 pm3460d ago
CHICAGO — Yes, Iowa State is going up against the opposite of chopped liver Friday night. The Cyclones are 5-point …
Sports Mar. 24, 2016 12:42 am3461d ago
CHICAGO — I wouldn’t blame Iowa junior guard Peter Jok a bit if he decided to turn pro in May. …
Sports Mar. 23, 2016 10:53 pm3461d ago
CHICAGO — Fred Hoiberg was introduced before the start of the Chicago Bulls’ game against the New York Knicks in …
Sports Mar. 20, 2016 4:36 pm3464d ago
NEW YORK — Many claim it’s better to get blown out than have your heart broken by one questionable officiating …
Sports Mar. 19, 2016 11:14 pm3465d ago
NEW YORK — This was Midtown Manhattan, but it definitely wasn’t Broadway. There was no drama on the big Madison …