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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
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 30, 2014 5:53 pm4243d ago
NEW YORK – It was suggested Sunday by many in Connecticut, New York, and maybe even New Jersey that the …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 29, 2014 10:37 am4244d ago
NEW YORK – For a state that’s always trying to get positive light shined on it, it wasn’t Iowa’s best …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 28, 2014 10:50 pm4244d ago
NEW YORK — DeAndre Kane plopped next to Melvin Ejim in a corner of Iowa State’s Madison Square Garden dressing …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 28, 2014 5:33 pm4245d ago
NEW YORK — They’ve got long hair at the Madison Square …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 28, 2014 9:00 am4245d ago
NEW YORK — Thursday night about 11:20, I saw four TV crews from Virginia and Michigan doing live shots across …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 27, 2014 4:28 pm4246d ago
NEW YORK – It is a simple, but effective recruiting pitch. “I played in the NBA. I know how to …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 27, 2014 12:31 pm4246d ago
NEW YORK – Iowa State not only plays in the nation’s most-famous arena Friday night, but it has the nation’s …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 26, 2014 10:39 am4247d ago
The attendance for the Iowa State-North Carolina/Baylor-Creighton NCAA tourney third-round twinbill Sunday in San Antonio’s AT&T Center was 13,431. Whew, …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 24, 2014 10:02 am4249d ago
So, Iowa State more or less has to play a road game in the Sweet 16. The Cyclones face Connecticut …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 23, 2014 10:06 pm4250d ago
SAN ANTONIO – Seventeen points, four minutes, zero panic. You’ve seen a lot of teams that would be trailing by …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Apr. 11, 2023 8:57 am944d ago
SAN ANTONIO — There are a lot of cool cities that start with “San,” including this one. There’s San Francisco, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 11, 2023 9:00 am944d ago
SAN ANTONIO – There are plenty of basketball fans in Iowa who have little time for Marcus Paige since he …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 22, 2014 12:53 am4251d ago
SAN ANTONIO — They were playing so well. He was playing so well. Iowa State sophomore forward Georges Niang had …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 22, 2014 12:10 am4251d ago
SAN ANTONIO — Iowa State forward Georges Niang suffered a fractured fifth metatarsal — a long bone — in his …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 21, 2014 11:12 pm4251d ago
(A followup column from me on Georges Niang’s broken bone in his right foot will be found on the Hlog …

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