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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
Hawk Off the Press Sep. 22, 2024 2:12 am350d ago
It’s a late-night (well, more like early-morning) edition of The Final Score podcast after Kaleb Johnson trampled Minnesota in a 31-14 Iowa victory. Tune in for our postgame thoughts.
Iowa Football Sep. 22, 2024 11:35 am350d ago
The difference between the 2023 Hawkeye running game and the 2024 version? Ask Minnesota, which stymied Iowa a year ago and got run over by the Hawkeyes Saturday.
Iowa Football Sep. 21, 2024 11:29 pm351d ago
A closer look at Iowa’s 31-14 win over Minnesota Saturday night at Huntington Bank Stadium. This game turned the moment Iowa ran its first play of the second half.
Iowa Football Sep. 19, 2024 10:02 pm353d ago
If nothing else, the invalid fair catch signal call against the Hawkeyes in last year’s Minnesota-Iowa football game sure sold a lot of T-shirts.
Sports Sep. 20, 2024 8:36 am352d ago
The WNBA playoffs are set. Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever face two games at Connecticut in best-of-3 series that starts Sunday.
Iowa Basketball Sep. 19, 2024 4:29 pm353d ago
The Iowa men’s basketball schedule for 2024-25 has been filled in, with Thursday’s announcement of its 20 Big Ten conference games.
Iowa Football Sep. 19, 2024 11:19 am353d ago
Fun Facts for Saturday’s Iowa football game against Minnesota. The two starting quarterbacks have a total of 12 college seasons between them and the Gophers’ offensive coordinator used to coach for the Hawkeyes’ offensive coordinator.
Iowa Basketball Sep. 17, 2024 1:24 pm355d ago
Former Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder has had quite a summer, surrounded by celebrities and doing things she never previously had the time to experience.
Iowa Basketball Sep. 16, 2024 10:22 pm356d ago
Navon Shabazz is the Iowa men’s basketball team’s first commitment from the Class of 2026. He’ll play for a prep school in Des Moines after helping Davenport Assumption to the Class 3A state title last March.
Iowa Basketball Sep. 16, 2024 10:31 pm356d ago
Butler University officially announced Monday that former Iowa basketball player Connor McCaffery has been added to its men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach.
Iowa Football Sep. 16, 2024 10:30 pm356d ago
Big Ten 2024 football so far: Indiana has been very good. Michigan and Wisconsin, not so much.
Hawk Off the Press Sep. 14, 2024 9:37 pm358d ago
The nonconference portion of Iowa’s schedule wrapped up with a 38-21 win over Troy, a game more unusual than the score indicates. John Steppe break it down and look ahead to the Hawkeyes’ Big Ten potential on this episode of The Final Score podcast.
Iowa Football Sep. 15, 2024 9:35 am357d ago
Led by a wrecking ball running back named Kaleb Johnson, Iowa had offense Saturday in a 38-21 win over Troy. We’re talking points. We’re talking yards. We’re talking major rushing yards. For real!
Iowa Football Sep. 13, 2024 11:02 pm359d ago
Trojans-Hawkeyes game may lack cosmic meaning, but this game is being played in America, not an extraterrestrial vastness.
Iowa Football Sep. 12, 2024 12:56 pm360d ago
Fun Facts for Saturday’s Iowa football game against Troy. The game is on FS1, where the Hawkeyes have been invincible. Only Troy has a tight end from Ottumwa.