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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 Apr. 11, 2023 9:22 am944d 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 pm4262d 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 pm4263d 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 pm4264d 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 pm4264d 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 pm4265d 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 pm4265d ago
AMES – Oklahoma State point guard Marcus Smart will make a lot of money in the NBA, but he’ll have …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 8, 2014 10:55 am4265d 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 pm4266d 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 pm4267d 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 am4267d 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 pm4268d 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 pm4269d 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 pm4269d 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 pm4270d ago
I have a theory: Some of the better Big Ten men’s basketball squads got burned out in February. And some …


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