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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. 16, 2014 2:43 pm3955d ago
Everything is set up for Iowa’s football team to beat Wisconsin Saturday and have a shot to win the Big …
Nov. 15, 2014 6:44 pm3956d ago
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Just when all evidence pointed to Iowa’s football team plotting to drive its coaches and fans stark …
Sports Nov. 15, 2014 12:41 pm3956d ago
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Did Marshall Koehn’s 46-yard field goal try clanging off the right upright of the goal post not …
Sports Nov. 15, 2014 9:51 am3956d ago
When I look for picks of these games, there are some old reliables. They’re the people who pick all Big …
Sports Nov. 14, 2014 11:31 am3957d ago
The weather has turned wicked in the Midwest, Iowa’s football team hit the skids at Minnesota last Saturday — let’s …
Sports Nov. 13, 2014 12:30 pm3958d ago
College basketball season starts tonight. It ends April 6. That’s a long time from now. That said, here is the …
Sports Nov. 13, 2014 10:31 am3958d ago
You don’t think Hlastradamus is hot? He picked Iowa to cover the spread last week against Minnesota and still had …
Nov. 10, 2014 3:17 pm3961d ago
Better late than never. I’ll never again use a score from one college football game as part of my expectations …
Sports Nov. 10, 2014 11:11 am3961d ago
THREE GAMES I WISH I’D ATTENDED 1. Alabama 20, LSU 13 (OT) 2. Texas A&M 41, Auburn 38 3. Ohio …
Sports Nov. 9, 2014 7:23 pm3962d ago
These are the rankings of the Big Ten’s football performances of Week 11. Three of them were good. Two were …
Nov. 9, 2014 2:19 pm3962d ago
For today, let’s leave the wretched Saturday wreckage of Iowa and Iowa State behind. If ever there were a time …
Nov. 8, 2014 12:58 pm3963d ago
MINNEAPOLIS – Floyd of Rosedale just headed off to the nearest post office to get a change-of-address form. Mitch Leidner, …
Sports Nov. 8, 2014 10:13 am3963d ago
Given that Iowa is a slender favorite over Minnesota in the Nevada sports books (how do the sports books in …
Nov. 7, 2014 10:38 am3964d ago
The most-prominent current college football player from Cedar Rapids is leading one of the nation’s most-prominent teams in quarterback sacks. …
Sports Nov. 7, 2014 10:57 am3964d ago
1. Iowa has scored more than 30 points in its last three games. It has never done so in four …