116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401

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.
Invite you to subscribe to our weekly Hawkeyes newsletter, or subscribe to our podcast.
Latest Articles by Mike Hlas
Sports Sep. 28, 2014 3:40 pm4004d ago
This is my ranking of how Big Ten teams did in Week 5, and Week 5 alone. Alone, by the …
Sep. 28, 2014 3:40 pm4004d ago
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – So, Iowa’s football team and all who pay attention to it can exhale this week. It’s …
Sep. 27, 2014 9:04 pm4005d ago
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sunshine, indeed. That was the byword of Iowa’s football team after its 24-10 handling of Purdue …
Sep. 27, 2014 1:36 pm4005d ago
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Iowa should win this game. I think. The Hawkeyes stumbled and bumbled and trailed 10-0, and …
Sports Sep. 26, 2014 11:53 am4006d ago
I was in Pittsburgh last weekend. It’s a city with great architecture, magnificent bridges, a vibrant downtown, all sorts of …
Sports Sep. 25, 2014 11:31 am4007d ago
The Hlastradamus you know, love, and fear with every fiber of your being returned last week. The prophet was very …
Sep. 23, 2014 11:43 pm4009d ago
IOWA CITY – The first 14 questions at Kirk Ferentz’s Tuesday press conference were, directly or indirectly, about Iowa’s quarterback …
Sports Sep. 23, 2014 12:00 pm4009d ago
This was one of the those stories that had The Onion written all over it. In two convenience stores in …
Sep. 22, 2014 4:12 pm4010d ago
Who’s been a more-interesting college football team to follow so far this season than Iowa? Sure, Jameis Winston causes different …
Sep. 22, 2014 12:53 pm4010d ago
It’s Monday morning. It’s easy to be listless, but don’t be Hlist-less. FOUR GAMES I WISH I’D ATTENDED SATURDAY 1. …
Sports Sep. 21, 2014 1:40 pm4011d ago
Each week I rank the Big Ten’s football performances based on that week and that week alone. This week, for …
Sep. 22, 2014 11:46 am4010d ago
PITTSBURGH – It’s been said a million times that baseball is a game of inches. Big deal. So is golf, …
Sep. 20, 2014 8:19 pm4012d ago
PITTSBURGH – This win was for everybody. This Iowa 24-20 win over Pittsburgh was for the outside world that insisted …
Sep. 20, 2014 1:42 pm4012d ago
PITTSBURGH — It’s no mystery what Iowa has to do to win this game, or have a chance to win …
Sports Sep. 19, 2014 9:33 am4013d ago
I’ve been to a few American cities for college football work trips. Of those, Pittsburgh ranks high on my list …