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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 Jan. 26, 2016 6:50 pm3518d ago
IOWA CITY — Maryland: Three McDonald’s High School All Americans. Iowa: None. Yet, the Hawkeyes are ranked fourth nationally and …
Sports Jan. 25, 2016 11:30 pm3519d ago
AMES — There’s no need to caucus about this: It was a second-half landslide in Hilton Coliseum Monday night. Bernie …
Sports Jan. 25, 2016 2:02 pm3520d ago
Iowa is ranked third in the Associated Press men’s basketball top 25 that came out today, and fourth in the …
Sports Jan. 24, 2016 6:06 pm3520d ago
IOWA CITY — When a basketball team can shoot, it becomes both stylish and savage at the same time. Here …
Sports Jan. 22, 2016 4:08 pm3522d ago
The Beatles were two months from breaking up the last time Iowa won its first seven Big Ten men’s basketball …
Sports Jan. 21, 2016 3:07 pm3523d ago
The clock is ticking. As I type this, it’s only six hours until Iowa plays Rutgers. The suspense is almost …
Sports Jan. 20, 2016 11:53 am3525d ago
Surely, the Federal Communications Commission will be upset with ESPNU for airing Thursday night’s Iowa-Rutgers men’s basketball game. So will …
Sports Jan. 18, 2016 10:59 pm3526d ago
AMES — Reports of the demise of Iowa State’s men’s basketball team? Yeah, you know the next sentence. They were …
Sports Jan. 18, 2016 1:24 pm3527d ago
We’ll see if Iowa’s foray into the Top 10 of the men’s college basketball rankings works out better than its last …
Sports Jan. 17, 2016 7:43 pm3527d ago
IOWA CITY — It stopped being anything resembling a secret last week. The Iowa men’s basketball team, 5-0 in the …
Sports Jan. 15, 2016 3:37 pm3529d ago
Jarrod Uthoff has a big fan in northern California. It’s someone who used to play Division I basketball himself, someone …
Sports Jan. 12, 2016 4:51 pm3532d ago
IOWA CITY — Under Tom Izzo, Michigan State has won 46 men’s basketball NCAA tournament games since 1998. That’s good. …
Sports Jan. 11, 2016 1:55 pm3534d ago
Just as you can’t win in football without a good quarterback, you can’t prosper in college basketball without a good …
Sports Jan. 9, 2016 6:03 pm3535d ago
AMES — Last Feb. 25, Iowa State suffered a 79-70 home men’s basketball loss to Baylor that ultimately cost it …
Sports Jan. 8, 2016 3:21 pm3536d ago
OK, it’s been a week since the Rose Bowl. I’ve resisted re-entry into winter long enough, and it’s time to …