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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 Nov. 3, 2015 7:21 pm3602d ago
Getting stirred up about Iowa’s No. 9 spot in the first College Football Playoff rankings may not be the best …
Sports Nov. 3, 2015 3:26 pm3603d ago
Saturday's Indiana-Iowa football game and the Hawkeyes' season in general forms the subject material for this Mike Hlas Podcast. The guest is Scott Long, a stand-up comedian based in Indianapolis who has written for Fox's NFL pregame show, but is a native Iowan and calls the Hawkeyes 'his girlfriend.'
Sports Nov. 2, 2015 3:02 pm3604d ago
Forecasting how Tuesday night’s initial set of College Football Playoff rankings is folly, but I’ll make this prediction: Iowa will …
Sports Nov. 1, 2015 2:03 pm3605d ago
Maryland and Rutgers just haven’t quite caught on yet in Big Ten country. Saturday, the crowd at the Maryland-Iowa game …
Sports Nov. 1, 2015 1:37 pm3605d ago
Last Monday, after Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads announced offensive coordinator Mark Mangino had been fired after irreconcilable differences, …
Sports Oct. 31, 2015 11:52 pm3605d ago
A Tuesday night television production will reveal the first set of College Football Playoff rankings, and Iowa’s name will be …
Sports Oct. 31, 2015 5:16 pm3606d ago
IOWA CITY – If Iowa loses this game after that first half, it’s not just Halloween. It’s Halloween on top …
Sports Oct. 31, 2015 2:51 pm3606d ago
Iowa is favored to defeat Maryland by 17 or so points Saturday. In football. If the Hawkeyes beat Maryland by …
Sports Oct. 30, 2015 11:25 am3607d ago
What if I’d told you two months ago that the Big Ten West would be full of programs in upheaval …
Sports Oct. 29, 2015 6:33 pm3608d ago
Can Iowa’s football team go 12-0? That’s one of the topics on the Mike Hlas Podcast this week. It’s a …
Sports Oct. 29, 2015 3:59 pm3608d ago
Hlastradamus had a bye week last week. That was unfortunate, because the seer told close friends that Georgia Tech would …
Sports Oct. 29, 2015 4:03 pm3608d ago
Ah, the classic Big Ten rivalry, Maryland and Iowa. ‘Fear the Turtle’ is the backbone of the University of Maryland’s …
Sports Oct. 28, 2015 4:22 pm3609d ago
Minnesota Gophers football hasn’t been a perennial loser in the last 10 years. But it has been a near-perennial mediocrity …
Sports Oct. 27, 2015 5:46 pm3610d ago
IOWA CITY — I’d say count me among those guilty of looking ahead when it comes to 7-0 Iowa’s remaining …
Sports Oct. 26, 2015 1:41 pm3611d ago
Let’s get this as clear as the clearest trout stream. This is not the least bit scientific. This is totally …