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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. 15, 2015 12:40 pm3836d ago
Psychology, meteorology, fermentology (the brewing of beers) – they and every other ‘ology” are more useful than bracketology. Thankfully, ESPN’s …
Sports Mar. 12, 2015 6:53 pm3839d ago
CHICAGO – OK, this is a fact and not an attempt to blow smoke: Many is the college basketball team …
Sports Mar. 13, 2015 2:07 am3838d ago
What is wrong with some people? It’s been out there for weeks now that Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock was probably …
Sports Mar. 11, 2015 11:30 am3840d ago
1. Iowa is the No. 5 seed in the Big Ten tournament. No fifth-seed has ever won the tourney. Only …
Sports Mar. 10, 2015 4:47 pm3841d ago
These are the good old days. Has there been a better overall men’s basketball season for Iowa, Iowa State and …
Sports Mar. 9, 2015 2:13 pm3842d ago
People who say ‘I told you so” aren’t the lousiest humans. Cattle-rustlers and horse-thieves are worse. Remember that as I …
Sports Mar. 8, 2015 7:00 pm3843d ago
ST. LOUIS – Their postgame body language said ‘confident champions,” not ‘guys drenched in flop sweat who had to crawl …
Sports Mar. 7, 2015 3:54 pm3844d ago
IOWA CITY – Senior ballplayers must rise above Seniors Day. It’s easier said than done. The pregame hoopla, the center-court …
Sports Mar. 6, 2015 11:21 am3845d ago
Hey, it’s the final Iowa men’s basketball home game of the season. It seems like only yesterday we were doing …
Sports Mar. 5, 2015 10:51 pm3846d ago
Here’s the statistic about Iowa basketball player Aaron White’s that leaps off the page: He’s made 600 free throws. That’s …
Sports Mar. 3, 2015 10:16 pm3848d ago
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Without knowing how the rest of the season had turned out, what if you were Iowa at …
Sports Mar. 2, 2015 3:26 pm3849d ago
It’s not a short drive from Cedar Rapids to Bloomington. Nor is it the easiest trip when Tuesday’s weather forecast …
Sports Mar. 2, 2015 11:43 am3849d ago
Iowa senior Aaron White had his career week last week. Of that, there is no denying. In games at Nebraska …
Sports Mar. 1, 2015 5:26 pm3850d ago
IOWA CITY – That is how you (don’t) say farewell. The Iowa women’s basketball team had what can accurately be …
Sports Feb. 27, 2015 3:26 pm3852d ago
There are those who would have you believe wrestling and ice hockey are more-popular winter sports at Penn State right …