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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 Mar. 21, 2015 8:45 pm3830d ago
SEATTLE – The best way to describe Sunday night’s opportunities for Iowa and Northern Iowa: Golden. The Hawkeyes and Panthers …
Sports Mar. 21, 2015 7:27 pm3830d ago
SEATTLE – Rick Pitino could sell vodka to Kentucky bourbon-distillers. Saturday, the Louisville men’s basketball coach predictably sold the merits …
Sports Mar. 21, 2015 2:42 pm3830d ago
SEATTLE – What could be as fun as the potential for an Iowa-UCLA Sweet 16 game in the NCAA men’s …
Sports Mar. 20, 2015 7:26 pm3831d ago
SEATTLE — Northern Iowa acted like a high-seeded team at the NCAA men’s basketball tournament coming into KeyArena Friday morning. …
Sports Mar. 20, 2015 1:37 pm3831d ago
SEATTLE – Northern Iowa’s most-famous athlete trekked from Arizona to Seattle to cheer on the Panthers in the NCAA basketball …
Sports Mar. 20, 2015 12:28 pm3831d ago
SEATTLE – A sign of the times: I’ve covered a few of these NCAA men’s basketball tournaments. And when you …
Sports Mar. 19, 2015 9:18 pm3832d ago
SEATTLE – Teams that play on Friday in the first week of the NCAA tournament have an advantage. They saw …
Sports Mar. 19, 2015 9:37 pm3832d ago
SEATTLE – Troy Washpun of Cedar Rapids is attending a college reunion of sorts here Friday in KeyArena, but his …
Sports Mar. 19, 2015 12:36 pm3832d ago
Wouldn’t it be wild if the founder of Davidson College were named Harley Davidson? But it isn’t. It’s named after …
Sports Mar. 18, 2015 1:57 pm3833d ago
First and foremost, please don’t respond to this with political diatribes. I don’t do politics here. People have a hard …
Sports Mar. 17, 2015 5:08 pm3834d ago
There comes a time when you can’t say you aren’t getting respected nationally. Iowa State’s men’s basketball team is at …
Sports Mar. 16, 2015 12:38 pm3835d ago
Iowa won games in 10 different NCAA men’s basketball tournaments from 1987 to 2001. It hasn’t won one since. The …
Sports Mar. 15, 2015 9:01 pm3836d ago
The reality of what’s ahead in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament for Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa is one …
Sports Mar. 15, 2015 11:05 pm3836d ago
First, here are the days and game times: (All Central times) Iowa State vs. UAB in Louisville, Thursday at 11:40 …
Sports Mar. 15, 2015 4:13 pm3836d ago
This will be rendered moot and perhaps foolish with a glaring omission or omissions two hours or so after it …