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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 Basketball Sep. 16, 2024 10:31 pm413d ago
Butler University officially announced Monday that former Iowa basketball player Connor McCaffery has been added to its men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach.
Iowa Football Sep. 16, 2024 10:30 pm413d ago
Big Ten 2024 football so far: Indiana has been very good. Michigan and Wisconsin, not so much.
Hawk Off the Press Sep. 14, 2024 9:37 pm415d ago
The nonconference portion of Iowa’s schedule wrapped up with a 38-21 win over Troy, a game more unusual than the score indicates. John Steppe break it down and look ahead to the Hawkeyes’ Big Ten potential on this episode of The Final Score podcast.
Iowa Football Sep. 15, 2024 9:35 am414d ago
Led by a wrecking ball running back named Kaleb Johnson, Iowa had offense Saturday in a 38-21 win over Troy. We’re talking points. We’re talking yards. We’re talking major rushing yards. For real!
Iowa Football Sep. 13, 2024 11:02 pm416d ago
Trojans-Hawkeyes game may lack cosmic meaning, but this game is being played in America, not an extraterrestrial vastness.
Iowa Football Sep. 12, 2024 12:56 pm417d ago
Fun Facts for Saturday’s Iowa football game against Troy. The game is on FS1, where the Hawkeyes have been invincible. Only Troy has a tight end from Ottumwa.
Iowa Football Sep. 10, 2024 2:56 pm419d ago
Glee will reign supreme in Iowa City if Hawkeyes respond to deflating home loss to Cyclones the way they did on their way to an unbeaten Big Ten season in 2002
Hawk Off the Press Sep. 7, 2024 9:44 pm422d ago
How did Iowa lose a 13-point halftime lead? How did Iowa State rally from a scoreless first half? And what does the Cyclones’ 20-19 win tell us about the rest of the season? We break down the Cy-Hawk game on this episode of The Final Score podcast.
Iowa Football Sep. 8, 2024 9:16 am421d ago
Iowa State didn’t accept a possibility of a total cave-in, digging itself from a 13-0 hole and leaving Iowa on the rocks.
Sports Sep. 7, 2024 6:56 pm422d ago
A clutch late drive and even more clutch 54-yard field goal with six seconds left by Kyle Konrardy gave the Iowa State Cyclones a 20-19 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes in Saturday’s Cy-Hawk Game at Kinnick Stadium.
Iowa Football Sep. 6, 2024 9:36 pm423d ago
Saturday’s Iowa State-Iowa game is a prologue to the greatest football season in our state’s history. If it’s not, at least this isn’t Florida.
Iowa Football Sep. 5, 2024 11:50 am424d ago
Fun Facts about Saturday’s Iowa State vs. Iowa football game. The quarterback matchup is a battle of Damonte Ranch and Wiregrass Ranch
Iowa Basketball Sep. 4, 2024 2:48 pm425d ago
Iowa has eight regular-season nonconference home men’s basketball games scheduled for the upcoming season. Times and television will be announced later.
Iowa Basketball Sep. 3, 2024 3:57 pm426d ago
Former Hawkeye superstar Caitlin Clark is on a tear for the WNBA’s hot Indiana Fever, averaging over 24 points and 10 assists the last eight games.
Iowa Football Sep. 1, 2024 11:57 am428d ago
OK, OK. It’s just one week, and against FCS opposition. But Iowa’s offense certainly started 2024 way better than it did in 2022 and 2023.

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