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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 Feb. 15, 2016 3:11 pm3498d ago
So you’re Iowa, and you’re up by one game in the Big Ten standings with five games left to play. …
Sports Feb. 14, 2016 10:27 pm3499d ago
IOWA CITY — “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” — William Shakespeare. “Don’t be buggin’.” — Attributed to …
Sports Feb. 11, 2016 10:26 pm3502d ago
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Iowa’s lofty spot in the national rankings, its projected No. 1 NCAA seed by those who project …
Sports Feb. 10, 2016 12:42 pm3504d ago
Dan Dakich guests on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast to discuss Thursday’s Iowa-Indiana basketball game, as well as his thoughts …
Sports Feb. 10, 2016 11:56 am3504d ago
Iowa is ranked fourth in one major men’s basketball poll and fifth in the other, is alone atop the Big …
Sports Feb. 9, 2016 5:00 pm3504d ago
IOWA CITY — Tuesday night, NBA All-Star center Andre Drummond threw in a 73-foot shot for the Detroit Pistons to …
Sports Feb. 8, 2016 2:42 pm3505d ago
Their records might indicate the difference between the men’s basketball teams of Iowa and Indiana is slight. The Hawkeyes are …
Sports Feb. 6, 2016 1:11 pm3508d ago
The play that perhaps most represented Chad Greenway’s 10-season NFL career came last Sept. 27 in Minneapolis. San Diego Chargers …
Sports Feb. 4, 2016 1:58 pm3510d ago
This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast features Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway, the two-time Pro Bowler who has spent 10 seasons …
Sports Feb. 3, 2016 9:20 pm3510d ago
IOWA CITY — The serendipity of it was probably missed by the 12,596 fans in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Adam Woodbury of …
Sports Jan. 31, 2016 6:20 pm3513d ago
IOWA CITY — The best story of the first half of the Big Ten men’s basketball season is Iowa, but …
Sports Jan. 29, 2016 3:34 pm3515d ago
What if football didn’t exist and someone invented it tomorrow? Would you be drawn to it or repulsed by the …
Sports Jan. 27, 2016 3:04 pm3517d ago
Some media outlets like this and this either said or suggested the appearance of University of Iowa football players and …
Sports Jan. 27, 2016 12:17 pm3518d ago
In light of Tuesday’s New York Times’ story about deceased former Iowa football player Tyler Sash’s brain being diagnosed for …
Campaigns & Elections Jan. 26, 2016 9:45 pm3518d ago
IOWA CITY — Just a few feet apart outside the Iowa Field House on Tuesday night were these two distinctly …