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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
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 8, 2014 10:55 am4208d ago
This concludes our regular-season edition of Fun Facts. If you want the box set, I can’t help you. And now, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 7, 2014 3:41 pm4209d ago
The 2014 Iditarod is underway, and it’s tough stuff. The 1,000-mile race of dog sled teams has an appeal to …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 6, 2014 12:55 pm4210d ago
Directions to East Lansing, Mich.: Go to Lansing, Mich. Turn east. Now, on with the Fun Facts: 1. This is …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 6, 2014 10:13 am4210d ago
Usually, a school’s all-time winningest men’s basketball coach is a graybeard, someone with a tenure as long as any who …
Podcasts Mar. 5, 2014 2:25 pm4211d ago
Iowa Hawkeyes football strength and conditioning coach Chris Doyle is this week’s guest on the Mike Hlas Podcast. Chris (@coach_Doyle) …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 4, 2014 3:08 pm4212d ago
Most Big Ten basketball programs wouldn’t be terribly frustrated with records of 11-5 in the conference and 22-7 overall. Most …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 4, 2014 1:57 pm4212d ago
Maybe it’s fitting that someone “India” is unafraid to pursue his golf dreams in other countries and both hemisphere. Former …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 3, 2014 1:21 pm4213d ago
I have a theory: Some of the better Big Ten men’s basketball squads got burned out in February. And some …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 2, 2014 4:59 pm4214d ago
IOWA CITY – Devyn Marble may not be the favorite to be the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Player of the …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 2, 2014 12:57 pm4214d ago
Thanks, BTN.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 2, 2014 10:44 am4214d ago
Do regular-season basketball games constitute “March Madness” if they’re played in March? Is March really March if the wind-chill is …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 28, 2014 2:12 pm4216d ago
Rumors of the demise of the Iowa men’s basketball team have been greatly exaggerated. Although, the Hawkeyes better beat Purdue …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 27, 2014 9:52 pm4217d ago
This is kind of remarkable in a really bad way for the Iowa men’s basketball team: Over the last three …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 27, 2014 11:04 am4217d ago
Didn’t I just do one of these Iowa-Indiana deals last week? Anyway, on with the Fun Facts, some of which …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 26, 2014 9:22 pm4218d ago
Three Februarys ago, I saw Linn-Mar High’s boys’ basketball team play at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. Jefferson had senior big man …