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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 Mar. 5, 2016 10:08 pm3479d ago
IOWA CITY — This is hard stuff, wrestling. The story of this weekend’s Big Ten Championships in Carver-Hawkeye Arena looks …
Sports Mar. 2, 2016 9:26 am3483d ago
Dan Gable is part of a wrestling discussion focusing on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials, as well as …
Sports Mar. 2, 2016 12:32 am3483d ago
IOWA CITY — These basketball games, they really aren’t the end of the world. Iowa guard Mike Gesell was on …
Sports Feb. 29, 2016 9:34 pm3484d ago
AMES – In 1995, Fred Hoiberg played his last home basketball game at Iowa State, then told the Hilton Coliseum …
Sports Feb. 29, 2016 11:21 am3485d ago
For several weeks, you looked at the Iowa men’s basketball home finale and you saw something very special. When it …
Sports Feb. 28, 2016 6:22 pm3485d ago
Tuesday night, the Iowa men’s basketball program would have had its most-important game ever in Carver-Hawkeye Arena had the Hawkeyes …
Sports Feb. 27, 2016 10:42 pm3486d ago
UPDATE: Central beat Wartburg in Saturday night’s Iowa Conference championship game, 92-80. Dick Peth doesn’t get lost in ‘Remember When?’ …
Sports Mar. 2, 2022 9:58 am1292d ago
This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast features Ken Pomeroy, the man behind popular the college basketball rankings site, Kenpom.com. Pomeroy discusses …
Sports Feb. 24, 2016 11:55 pm3489d ago
IOWA CITY — So, Iowa can still win at least a share of the Big Ten men’s basketball title. Or, …
Sports Feb. 23, 2016 3:23 pm3490d ago
Iowa recently secured its second-straight winning season in Big Ten men’s basketball play. That isn’t taken lightly here, since the …
Sports Feb. 22, 2016 10:10 pm3491d ago
IOWA CITY — The night ended appropriately, with a thud. Iowa 285-pounder Sam Stoll had a second-period injury default against …
Sports Feb. 22, 2016 12:33 pm3492d ago
The Big Ten men’s basketball championship is up for grabs. I can see Indiana (12-3) winning it outright. I can …
Sports Feb. 18, 2016 11:08 am3496d ago
So Iowa got toppled at Penn State Wednesday night and lost its one-game lead in the Big Ten men’s basketball …
Sports Feb. 17, 2016 1:58 pm3496d ago
Who has a collection of productive seniors in men’s college basketball like Iowa’s? Some other good teams, that’s who. But …
Sports Feb. 16, 2016 3:43 pm3497d ago
Former Iowa football player James Ferentz guests on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast. He talks about being a member of …