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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 Jan. 25, 2014 2:18 pm4250d ago
EVANSTON, Ill. – With business effectively taken care of here Saturday, the Iowa men’s basketball team embarks on the biggest …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 24, 2014 1:46 pm4251d ago
Northwestern has never participated in an NCAA men’s basketball tournament. That would qualify as a Fun Fact in Evanston. Here …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 23, 2014 12:55 pm4252d ago
Only a total fool who does what I do for a living would expect pity of any sort for something …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 22, 2014 9:16 pm4253d ago
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Here’s how good you need to be on the road in Big Ten basketball: If your …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 22, 2014 3:44 pm4253d ago
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Let’s see if we have this right: This is a game between two teams with a …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 21, 2014 2:55 pm4254d ago
You know the scene on “Seinfeld” when Jerry Seinfeld had a reservation for a rental car, but the agency didn’t …
Podcasts Jan. 21, 2014 12:38 pm4254d ago
Big game, big podcast. Mark Snyder, who covers Michigan basketball for the Detroit Free Press, joins me to discuss the …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 20, 2014 4:03 pm4255d ago
Five games out of 18 does not a statistical profile make. But at the same time, five games that include …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 20, 2014 10:06 am4256d ago
It had been 12 years since Iowa had last been in the Top Ten of Associated Press’ men’s college basketball …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 19, 2014 3:46 pm4256d ago
IOWA CITY – Richard Pitino saw it all too well, up close. Ten other Big Ten men’s basketball coaches couldn’t …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 19, 2014 9:36 am4257d ago
IOWA CITY — My original opening paragraph was factually non-factual. That said … On with the Fun Facts: 1. Exactly …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 17, 2014 2:21 pm4258d ago
Like bowl-projections in September and October, NCAA tournament brackets in November, December, January and February are for entertainment purposes only. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 17, 2014 8:52 am4259d ago
We have photographic evidence that Iowa really does have “Rock & Roll Fran” McCaffery bobbleheads to give to the first …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 15, 2014 2:50 pm4260d ago
Michigan State is at Northwestern tonight. If the Wildcats win, I will travel from Iowa City to Chicago by Megabus …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 15, 2014 11:25 am4261d ago
The following is the release Iowa State just put out. If I could add something remotely useful to it, I …