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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 Feb. 11, 2015 2:25 pm3868d ago
I’ll always think of two primary things when remembering Jerry Tarkanian. One was how good and how entertaining his UNLV …
Sports Feb. 11, 2015 11:21 am3868d ago
In February 1999, James ‘Buster” Douglas was already the answer to a trivia question. It was nine years after he …
Sports Feb. 10, 2015 2:57 pm3869d ago
Eight years before Iowa men’s basketball coach gave a terse ‘Because I said so,” as an answer to a question …
Sports Feb. 9, 2015 5:51 pm3870d ago
Sometimes, people just find themselves in bizarre situations. This Adam Woodbury/eye-poking saga isn’t tragic or criminal. But it is bizarre, …
Sports Feb. 8, 2015 12:46 pm3871d ago
A Sunday afternoon Big Ten basketball matchup between Maryland and Iowa. Does that sound right to you? Well, that’s reality. …
Sports Feb. 5, 2015 11:04 am3874d ago
I used to watch the show ‘Rescue Me,” with Denis Leary. The show’s opening music was ‘C’mon C’mon” by the …
Sports Feb. 4, 2015 5:02 pm3875d ago
I’m not a recruitnik, but I can find football’s Signing Day as entertaining as the next person. Here is an …
Sports Feb. 2, 2015 3:07 pm3877d ago
Devyn Marble is headed back to Erie, Pa., to get in some basketball work. The rookie from Iowa was assigned …
Sports Jan. 31, 2015 3:19 pm3879d ago
IOWA CITY – It was a week of worry about Aaron White’s shoulder and blather about Dan Dakich’s, uh, blather. …
Jan. 30, 2015 12:02 pm3880d ago
January is almost over. January is usually my blue period. But it’s almost over. Almost. However, there’s one more batch …
Jan. 29, 2015 2:49 pm3881d ago
This Wichita State-Northern Iowa men’s basketball game Saturday afternoon in Cedar Falls is kind of a big deal. The won-lost …
Sports Jan. 30, 2015 3:30 pm3880d ago
There are people out there, the Gazette’s Scott Dochterman among them, who think Roy Marble’s No. 23 basketball jersey should …
Jan. 28, 2015 2:07 pm3882d ago
It says here to take New England and throw the two points against Seattle Sunday. But I can’t help you …
Jan. 27, 2015 4:52 pm3883d ago
AMES – At Iowa State men’s basketball games in Hilton Coliseum, someone in the Cyclone Alley student section hoists a …
Jan. 26, 2015 11:54 pm3884d ago
AMES – At halftime, Phillip Phillips’ snappy hit ‘Home” was played on the Hilton Coliseum public-address system. It seemed fitting, …