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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. 19, 2015 12:36 pm3889d 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 pm3890d 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 pm3890d 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 pm3892d 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 pm3892d 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 pm3892d 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 pm3892d ago
This will be rendered moot and perhaps foolish with a glaring omission or omissions two hours or so after it …
Sports Mar. 15, 2015 12:40 pm3893d 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 pm3895d 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 am3895d 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 am3897d 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 pm3897d 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 pm3899d 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 pm3899d 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 pm3901d ago
IOWA CITY – Senior ballplayers must rise above Seniors Day. It’s easier said than done. The pregame hoopla, the center-court …

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