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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 Feb. 9, 2014 10:41 pm4292d ago
This past weekend was kind of an amazing one in sports. It was the weekend after the Super Bowl, normally …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 9, 2014 2:54 pm4292d ago
There is a lot to process from this college basketball weekend in Iowa and the other 49 states. Well, not …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 8, 2014 4:42 pm4293d ago
On, guards! You often hear the NCAA basketball tournament called a guard’s tournament. Well, basketball at all levels is a …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 7, 2014 10:03 am4294d ago
This week has given Iowa both Groundhog Day and a visit from the Wolverines. Is there an opossum in the …
Podcasts Feb. 6, 2014 12:48 pm4295d ago
Acie Earl, Iowa basketball’s No. 2 all-time leading scorer and all-time leading shot-blocker, guests on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 6, 2014 10:06 am4295d ago
It doesn’t take much to tick people off in these touchy times. That’s not a great thing for society, but …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 4, 2014 9:11 pm4297d ago
IOWA CITY – The “realities” of a college basketball season change as often as the amount of snowfall on the …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 4, 2014 10:26 am4297d ago
IOWA CITY — In the words of Joe Cocker, I can stand a little rain. Snow, not so much. On …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 4, 2014 7:00 am4297d ago
You missed a great basketball game. The Cyclones beat the Cowboys in three overtimes, 98-97.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 3, 2014 2:28 pm4298d ago
The first half of the Big Ten’s men’s basketball season can be summed up this way: Iowa won at third-ranked …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 1, 2014 9:24 pm4300d ago
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – With all the chaos and carnage in Big Ten basketball over the last week, Iowa’s rocket ride …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 1, 2014 4:34 pm4300d ago
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — State Farm Center is kind of cold tonight.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 1, 2014 11:33 am4300d ago
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The only “must-wins” are wars. That said, Iowa really needs to beat Illinois tonight here in men’s …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 31, 2014 1:03 pm4301d ago
I can never tell when I drift from Champaign into Urbana and vice versa. It’s probably how strangers feel about …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 31, 2014 10:26 am4301d ago
I covered the New England-St. Louis Super Bowl in New Orleans 12 years ago. Little did we know it was …


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