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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 Nov. 29, 2022 1:19 pm1077d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The former heavyweight boxing champion of the world – “Two-time,” Riddick Bowe reminds you immediately – is …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 20, 2013 9:40 am4434d ago
Deny college football’s grip on the hearts and minds of Americans, and you’re blind, deaf, and really dumb. Look no …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 19, 2013 12:45 pm4435d ago
Week 3 is not good in college football because nearly everyone is about to launch into conference play in Week …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 19, 2013 11:53 am4435d ago
Had Eddie Phillips not been injury-plagued during his last two seasons, he would be way up the all-time Iowa rushing-leaders …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 19, 2013 9:05 am4435d ago
Iowa has upped its offensive tempo this football season. And it’s rushing and rushing. The Hawkeyes are first in the …
Podcasts Sep. 18, 2013 2:06 pm4436d ago
This week, the guest on the Mike Hlas Podcast is Armen Keteyian (@ArmenKeteyian on Twitter). Keteyian is one of the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 18, 2013 12:06 pm4436d ago
Under Kirk Ferentz, Iowa’s football program has defeated Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier, Brady Hoke. The only programs the Hawkeyes have …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 17, 2013 3:14 pm4437d ago
IOWA CITY — Briefly at Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz’s weekly press conference Tuesday the topic was the Bo Pelini …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 16, 2013 11:05 pm4438d ago
I think I’m going to sympathize with Bo Pelini, at least somewhat. Not with what the Nebraska football coach said, …
News Sep. 16, 2013 2:43 pm4438d ago
There is clutch putting, and then there’s what Zach Johnson did Monday. With his golf ball in the grass just …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 16, 2013 1:44 pm4438d ago
Nebraska didn’t care for Texas when they were together in the Big 12. But they share common ground this week. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 15, 2013 3:46 pm4439d ago
Not all rankings are based on a body of work. This weekly Big Ten ranking is based on Saturday’s games …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 15, 2013 12:47 pm4439d ago
It was fitting that it rained in Eastern Iowa Sunday. The rain was a long time coming here. Had Iowa’s …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 14, 2013 9:54 pm4440d ago
AMES – With Jack Trice Stadium half-empty Saturday night and long streams of red taillights in stadium parking lots, Iowa …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 14, 2013 10:30 am4440d ago
Stuff about Iowa-Iowa State football on the day of the Iowa-Iowa State football game: 1. Steele Jantz, who has moved …


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