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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
Podcasts Mar. 17, 2014 3:33 pm4199d ago
The Hlas Podcast’s go-to guy for college basketball in Iowa is Mac McCausland. There’s plenty of meat on the bone …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 17, 2014 11:57 am4199d ago
Iowa’s exposure to Dayton, Ohio, is minimal, but what happened there on Dec. 23, 1979, may have cost the Hawkeyes …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 16, 2014 8:07 pm4200d ago
The thought Iowa could have used a win over Northwestern last Thursday hit home again Sunday like a basketball to …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 16, 2014 5:51 pm4200d ago
Iowa is in an NCAA men’s basketball tournament play-in game against Tennessee Wednesday night at Dayton, Ohio. If the Hawkeyes …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 16, 2014 11:32 am4200d ago
Things get moving very fast this afternoon when the NCAA men’s basketball tournament pairings are set, and what happened this …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 14, 2014 12:12 am4203d ago
INDIANAPOLIS – Something is beyond messed up. It’s one thing to lose, and to lose six out of seven games, …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 13, 2014 3:19 pm4203d ago
INDIANAPOLIS — What would anyone rather do at 9 p.m. on a weeknight in Indianapolis than pay to attend a …
Podcasts Mar. 12, 2014 3:13 pm4204d ago
It’s Big Ten Tourney time, so this week’s guest on the Mike Hlas Podcast is a staple of Big Ten …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 11, 2023 9:22 am888d ago
Some say say it’s hard to beat a team a third time in college basketball. I say it isn’t. If …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 11, 2014 4:42 pm4205d ago
Don’t blindly accept it when you hear everything starts fresh and new in conference basketball tournaments. It’s been 13 years …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 10, 2014 3:12 pm4206d ago
All news is local, or so we’ve been told. If you only got your information from the cocoon of Eastern …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 9, 2014 10:09 pm4207d ago
(If this post seems vaguely familiar to one I did 364 days ago, there’s a good reason for that.) Iowa …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 9, 2014 12:37 pm4207d ago
IOWA CITY — The odds a team would play 30 regular-season basketball games and end up with the same overall …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 8, 2014 10:06 pm4208d ago
IOWA CITY — A warning to Iowa men’s basketball fans: The following postgame photographs by Cliff Jette of The Gazette …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 8, 2014 3:58 pm4208d ago
AMES – Oklahoma State point guard Marcus Smart will make a lot of money in the NBA, but he’ll have …