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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
Dec. 30, 2014 1:27 pm3968d ago
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – Thirteen other Big Ten schools may not want to hear it, but they’re better off with …
Sports Dec. 30, 2014 3:56 pm3968d ago
This one counts. You can go 9-4 or 4-9 in the nonconference, but go 18-0 in the Big Ten and …
Dec. 28, 2014 10:21 pm3969d ago
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – How powerful a hold does football have on Americans? Though the sky was blue, the temperature …
Dec. 28, 2014 8:49 am3970d ago
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As an enterprising reporter – or as someone who wanted an excuse to get out of Jacksonville …
Dec. 26, 2014 11:07 am3972d ago
The math supports what you may have believed about the TaxSlayer Bowl in the first place. No, not the part …
Dec. 22, 2014 5:53 pm3975d ago
What better way is there to tip off Christmas Week than to play a basketball game against the North Florida …
Dec. 22, 2014 12:21 pm3976d ago
The Iowa men’s basketball team shot 46.3 percent from the field last season, which was pretty good. It was 65th-best …
Dec. 20, 2014 10:07 pm3977d ago
DES MOINES — Let’s petition the NCAA to give Iowa State and Northern Iowa another game, one against each other. …
Dec. 19, 2014 4:06 pm3979d ago
It’s the Big Four Classic. You need one thing to be a ‘Classic.” That’s someone to call it a classic. …
Sports Dec. 13, 2014 1:37 pm3985d ago
No one will hold any clothing drives for Big Ten football. But to borrow from Mr. Springsteen, some days the …
Sports Dec. 12, 2014 11:49 am3986d ago
Do we even need a preamble for Iowa State-Iowa basketball? It’s fun. This isn’t football, where the ISU-Iowa game of …
Dec. 11, 2014 4:28 pm3987d ago
(Updated at the bottom of the post) As far as crimes go, Bryce Dejean-Jones’ biggest one may be being a …
Sports Dec. 10, 2014 5:42 pm3987d ago
Less than three weeks ago, I interviewed Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez in a Cedar Rapids sandwich shop. I didn’t …
Dec. 9, 2014 3:46 pm3989d ago
This is kind of incredible. A record-tying 10 Big Ten teams are going to bowl games, but none are favored …
Dec. 9, 2014 4:52 pm3989d ago
The North Florida men’s basketball team won at Purdue Saturday. North Florida plays at Iowa on Dec. 22. Which means …

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