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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
Nov. 22, 2014 9:25 pm3949d ago
IOWA CITY – Two points, one play, no conversion. No trophy with a brass bull, no shot at a West …
Nov. 22, 2014 4:13 pm3949d ago
IOWA CITY – It was a pretty good first quarter for Iowa. It was not a good first half. The …
Nov. 22, 2014 10:49 am3949d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Why would Barry Alvarez put himself through it? He’s 67 years old and has a consuming job …
Nov. 21, 2014 11:07 am3950d ago
1. This was written Thursday on Hawkeyesports.com: Thursday’s 2K Classic game against No. 10 Texas will be a defining early-season …
Sports Nov. 21, 2014 10:47 am3950d ago
Hey, Wisconsin is ranked and Iowa isn’t. The Badgers are 10-point favorites and the Hawkeyes are 10-point underdogs. So it’s …
Sports Nov. 22, 2014 1:00 am3950d ago
I thought ‘Heartland Trophy’ (Iowa-Wisconsin) was a lame name for a rivalry trophy. Then came ‘Heroes Trophy’ (Iowa-Nebraska) and ‘Freedom …
Sports Nov. 20, 2014 9:55 am3951d ago
You’ve been waiting all week for this. It’s one thing to have someone tell you he or she picks winners …
Nov. 20, 2014 3:39 pm3951d ago
So Iowa is playing the nation’s No. 10 team in its third game of the season, and in New York’s …
Sports Nov. 19, 2014 11:01 am3952d ago
I was feeling pretty fed up with my cable television provider because I haven’t been able to get certain channels …
Nov. 18, 2014 5:41 pm3953d ago
IOWA CITY — You’ll probably have been Melvin Gordon-ed to tears by the time Saturday’s Wisconsin-Iowa football game arrives, but …
Nov. 18, 2014 10:48 am3953d ago
OK, so you know Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon is good. There’s something about seeing a guy rush for 408 …
Sports Nov. 17, 2014 3:46 pm3954d ago
Out of nowhere this afternoon, I feel horrible. So I think I’ll write something. The news Des Moines got first- …
Sports Nov. 17, 2014 1:45 pm3954d ago
North Dakota State is an unusual out-of-state nonconference home opponent for Iowa in one regard: It was very good last …
Sports Nov. 17, 2014 11:01 am3954d ago
College football, lists, combined. Here we go. THREE GAMES I WISH I’D ATTENDED 1. Northwestern 43, Notre Dame 40 (OT) …
Sports Nov. 16, 2014 3:04 pm3955d ago
Some weeks, it’s been hard to find a lot of Big Ten football heroics. Not so on Saturday. It starts …