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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
News Jan. 5, 2014 10:21 am4271d ago
A few weeks ago, we got the first Iowa-Iowa State meeting of ranked men’s basketball teams since 1987. But what’s …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 2, 2014 12:07 pm4273d ago
I wrote this column for the April 17, 1994 Gazette, days after Johnny Orr retired as Iowa State’s men’s basketball …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 1, 2014 6:27 pm4274d ago
TAMPA, Fla. — It wasn’t as if a lot of illusions got shattered. When Iowa’s football team faced teams that …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 1, 2014 9:44 am4275d ago
TAMPA, Fla. — Having a lovely time, wish you were here. I’m not rubbing it in about how cold it …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 1, 2014 8:46 am4275d ago
1. LSU’s bowl record is 22-21-1. Its first bowl game was a 3-2 loss to TCU in the 1936 Sugar …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 31, 2013 11:44 am4276d ago
There are coaches who have won stacks of conference-championships, who won national-titles, who were and are genuine national household names. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 31, 2013 9:23 am4276d ago
TAMPA, Fla. — Is Iowa football ready for prime-time at noon? Within Iowa and across the Big Ten, the Hawkeyes …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 30, 2013 2:32 pm4276d ago
CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. — If you want professional photographs from this event, look around TheGazette.com on Monday afternoon/evening. The Gazette …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 30, 2013 8:17 am4277d ago
TAMPA, Fla. – James Morris and his younger brother, Jake, stayed in a big hotel, saw the Gulf of Mexico, …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 29, 2013 12:19 pm4277d ago
TAMPA, Fla. – Oh, how the Southeastern Conference gets on the last nerve of so many Big Ten football fans. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 28, 2013 7:45 pm4278d ago
TAMPA, Fla. – It’s become a college football cliché. Pick against teams that don’t want to be at their bowl …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 28, 2013 2:50 pm4278d ago
TAMPA, Fla. — Now this is how you run a blog: Have ace Gazette photographer Jim Slosiarek give you photos, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 28, 2013 12:33 pm4278d ago
A disclaimer: I don’t really find the concept of a Nile Kinnick bobblehead particularly tasteful. That said, I happened into …
News Dec. 26, 2013 10:28 am4281d ago
“Football in Paradise.” That’s what the Outback Bowl calls itself. That’s what Iowa’s football program has been calling it in tweets …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 24, 2013 2:24 pm4282d ago
Apparently, media access to LSU’s football players will be fairly limited in the days leading up to the Outback Bowl. …