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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 Aug. 27, 2015 5:22 pm3671d ago
Last year, I had a countdown. I ranked the games on Iowa’s football schedule by how much I was looking …
Sports Aug. 26, 2015 1:01 pm3672d ago
It’s back to work for Young Mike, who will dip his toe back into these waters by looking at a …
Sports Aug. 14, 2015 7:39 pm3684d ago
HAVEN, Wis. – That’s life (that’s life), that’s what all the people say You’re ridin’ high in April, shot down …
Sports Aug. 13, 2015 11:36 pm3684d ago
HAVEN, Wis. – Jordan Spieth chipped in from 37 feet for birdie at the 12th hole Thursday at Whistling Straits, …
Sports Aug. 12, 2015 5:06 pm3686d ago
HAVEN, Wis. – From Iowa’s Cedar Valley comes a professional golfer who said he’s ‘expecting to do some damage” at …
Sports Aug. 14, 2015 7:35 pm3684d ago
HAVEN, Wis. – This isn’t a love story. Zach Johnson played great golf at the 2010 PGA Championship here at …
Sports Aug. 12, 2015 2:34 pm3686d ago
WEST ALLIS, Wis. – Who’s nuttier, the guy who walks on a tightrope 10 stories above the ground, or someone …
Sports Aug. 11, 2015 11:30 pm3686d ago
HAVEN, Wis. – You’re playing in this week’s PGA Championship and you’re pretty serious about winning. Would you: a) Want …
Sports Aug. 8, 2015 10:26 pm3690d ago
IOWA CITY – For all the noise about coaching hot seats, declining ticket sales, discontent, fatigue, fear and loathing, the …
Sports Aug. 7, 2015 4:08 pm3691d ago
Zach Johnson will be in the same PGA Championship threesome as the world’s top two players next Thursday and Friday. …
Sports Aug. 7, 2015 4:02 pm3691d ago
Paul Burmeister faces a far-bigger audience Sunday night than he ever played before as Iowa’s quarterback in the early 1990s. …
Sports Aug. 7, 2015 4:41 pm3691d ago
IOWA CITY – There’s a difference between gimmicks and genius, and holding an Oklahoma State-Iowa wrestling meet in Kinnick Stadium …
Sports Aug. 6, 2015 5:01 pm3692d ago
Former Iowa State player Melvin Ejim was added to the Orlando Magic’s training camp roster Tuesday. Ejim signed a partially …
Sports Aug. 4, 2015 4:39 pm3694d ago
What follows isn’t to be used as a statement, a prediction, a comparison, or anything other than a curiosity. Got …
Sports Aug. 3, 2015 4:44 pm3695d ago
I say it year after year at this time. Namely, I’d like another three months of summer, please. That comes …