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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
Podcasts Feb. 20, 2014 12:14 pm4281d ago
How the NCAA tournament field is chosen, seeded and slotted is a mystery to many of us. Reid Forgrave of …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 20, 2014 10:09 am4281d ago
I would like to take a moment in the middle of the season to thank the Iowa and Iowa State …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 19, 2014 3:58 pm4282d ago
The following video is from Wednesday’s press conference in which Indiana Athletic Director Fred Glass discusses the status of Assembly …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 18, 2014 9:00 pm4283d ago
AMES – Iowa State isn’t a great men’s college basketball team. Few of those are around. But ISU is very …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 18, 2014 4:21 pm4283d ago
The postponed Iowa-Indiana men’s basketball game doesn’t have a makeup date. My solution is this: Play the game in Iowa …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 18, 2014 10:09 am4283d ago
(UPDATE: UN-FUN FACT: Tonight’s game in Assembly Hall was postponed because of this.) I bought a snow blower in October. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 17, 2014 12:06 pm4284d ago
It’s become chic to say it’s Football Night in America or Bowling Night in Bugtussle. That’s a spin off of …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 16, 2014 3:12 pm4285d ago
One of the best days the Iowa men’s basketball team has had this season was one in which it didn’t …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 16, 2014 9:52 am4285d ago
Something I’ve noticed over the years is we in Iowa usually don’t celebrate the sporting achievements of our natives if …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 14, 2014 10:29 am4287d ago
This will require some answers. Before I get knee-deep in the mud of this investigation, I’ll put this out there …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 14, 2014 9:53 am4287d ago
A Happy Valley winter? Seems like a misnomer to me. On with the Fun Facts: 1. Iowa hasn’t lost to …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 13, 2014 9:59 am4288d ago
Derrick Walton Jr. and Zak Irvin, freshmen, had significant roles in Michigan’s 70-60 basketball win at Ohio State Tuesday night. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 12, 2014 9:55 am4289d ago
Rashad Vaughn announced Tuesday that he was going to play basketball at Nevada-Las Vegas, not Iowa State. The guard from …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 11, 2014 2:22 pm4290d ago
It’s a statistical oddity as much as anything. The Big Ten men’s basketball season is slightly more than half over, …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 10, 2014 11:28 am4291d ago
Iowa State’s Melvin Ejim can claim all the National Player of the Week honors, but here’s how you know he’s …


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