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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 Sep. 20, 2014 10:42 pm4012d ago
Even centuries-old know-it-alls are mystified by the Big Ten’s bungling. Hlastradamus has gone kaplooey the last two weeks by having …
Sep. 16, 2014 6:43 pm4016d ago
IOWA CITY – This is how Tuesday went for the football teams of Iowa State and Iowa: Cyclones head coach …
Sports Sep. 15, 2014 4:15 pm4017d ago
Like almost everyone, I live with self-contradictions. For instance, I believe with all my heart in eating right. Yet, my …
Sports Sep. 15, 2014 1:14 pm4017d ago
THREE GAMES I WISH I’D ATTENDED 1. South Carolina 38, Georgia 35 2. Florida 36, Kentucky 30 (3 OT) 3. …
Sports Sep. 14, 2014 3:51 pm4018d ago
This is a ranking of how Big Ten football teams did in Week 3, and Week 3 only. Week 3 …
Sports Sep. 15, 2014 1:17 am4018d ago
This isn’t 30 years ago when college football offenses were more conservative, and most of the talent was hoarded by …
Sep. 13, 2014 10:01 pm4019d ago
IOWA CITY – He grinned after he missed a 42-yard field goal that briefly seemed like it would cost Iowa …
Sep. 13, 2014 5:05 pm4019d ago
1. Of all the football coaches at any level on this planet, the least-likely to go for a first down …
Sports Sep. 13, 2014 2:29 pm4019d ago
Berry Tramel, The Oklahoman: Iowa 19, ISU 17. Stewart Mandel, FoxSports.com: Iowa 21, ISU 14. Bruce Feldman, Fox Sports.com: Iowa …
Sports Sep. 12, 2014 12:51 pm4020d ago
Ah, Iowa State-Iowa. It’s a truly great rivalry. In basketball, anyhow. The best way to pump some fun into the …
Sep. 12, 2014 12:37 pm4020d ago
Imagine if Iowa were a faraway land where things are totally different. Like Wisconsin. Or Minnesota. Or Missouri. Or, yes, …
Sports Sep. 11, 2014 4:45 pm4021d ago
Let’s be honest. As football rivalries go, Iowa State-Iowa is pretty weenie, to borrow the phrase of the old barfly …
Sports Sep. 11, 2014 11:02 am4021d ago
The only explanation is that Hlastradamus ate a bad piece of 16th Century fish. He went 0-5 against the spread …
Sep. 8, 2014 6:10 pm4024d ago
I’m not going to tell you Iowa State has a great football team. The Cyclones are 0-2, are 107th in …
Sports Sep. 8, 2014 12:06 pm4024d ago
THREE GAMES I WISH I’D ATTENDED SATURDAY 1. Oregon 46, Michigan State 27 . It was a far more competitive …