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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
Iowa Football Aug. 27, 2024 4:55 pm376d ago
Wallace was a wide receiver (and eventually, an assistant coach) at Coe who made catches count long before he started guiding All-America linebackers at Iowa.
Iowa Basketball Aug. 25, 2024 1:55 pm378d ago
The Hawkeyes’ 2019 National Player of the Year, Megan Gustafson had a season-high 13 points for the Las Vegas Aces in their 77-75 win at Chicago.
Iowa Football Aug. 25, 2024 10:05 am378d ago
Iowa has a sixth-year quarterback, a defense as daunting as ever, and a schedule that may be as favorable as any the program will have for a long time. It’s College Football Playoff or bust
Iowa Football Aug. 22, 2024 5:24 pm381d ago
A self-imposed one-game suspension to Iowa football coach Ferentz and receivers coach Jon Budmayr comes over 20 months after quarterback Cade McNamara transfeered to the Hawkeyes from Michigan. Odd.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 21, 2024 4:31 pm382d ago
Iowa sophomore Noah Kent had a sensational week, and summer, in reaching the rarefied amateur golf air of the U.S. Amateur’s championship match. It is the greatest story in Hawkeye men’s golf history.
Iowa Football Aug. 20, 2024 3:17 pm383d ago
Iowa redshirt freshman wide receiver Jarriett Buie knows if you power anything to zero, it’s a 1.
Sports Aug. 14, 2024 2:17 pm389d ago
The Olympics reinforced that basketball not only is enjoyed world-wide, but is played at a new, higher level globally than ever before.
Iowa Football Aug. 10, 2024 1:19 pm393d ago
Never has an Iowa defense been this experienced, and seldom has it had as many heralded returning players.
Hawkeye Wrestling Aug. 8, 2024 12:47 pm395d ago
Former Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee has advanced to the men’s freestyle 57 kg gold-medal match at the Paris Olympics. The 3-time NCAA champion won by technical fall in the quarterfinals and semifinals Thursday after a tight opening-round triumph.
Iowa Basketball Aug. 8, 2024 3:07 pm395d ago
The Iowa men’s basketball team will play Washington State in Moline, Ill., on Nov. 15. It’s the Hawkeyes’ first game in Moline since 1998.
Sports Aug. 8, 2024 11:18 am395d ago
The 44-year-old from Sioux City took a 4-0 American Association record with him to Kansas City this week, where he was slated to pitch again Tuesday night.
Iowa Football Aug. 5, 2024 4:16 pm398d ago
Five other Big Ten teams are ranked, but Hawkeyes face Ohio State and avoid the other four.
Sports Aug. 3, 2024 9:48 pm400d ago
The season starts -- OMG! -- this month. Here are some nonessential things to know about Iowa as the days and hours and minutes and seconds tick away until kickoff.
Iowa Basketball Jul. 31, 2024 11:03 pm403d ago
Former Hawkeye Megan Gustafson again had a game-high scoring total as Spain again had a one-point victory, and guaranteed itself a spot in the Olympic quarterfinals.
Iowa Basketball Jul. 30, 2024 3:11 pm404d ago
Jan Jensen was a new Iowa assistant coach at Iowa in 2000 when Randi Henderson was a senior player. Twenty-four years later, the two native Iowans have reunited. Henderson is a new Hawkeyes assistant coach for new head coach Jensen.