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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 Apr. 4, 2013 7:00 am4604d ago
NEW YORK — Anyone can take photos with cell phones. Not everyone should.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Apr. 3, 2013 10:42 am4605d ago
NEW YORK — Devyn Marble is scoring. Iowa’s junior guard has 97 points in his four NIT games. That’s 24.3 …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Apr. 2, 2013 11:26 pm4605d ago
NEW YORK — Iowa was a win from the NCAA basketball title in 1956, but Bill Russell and the San …
Apr. 2, 2013 7:21 pm4605d ago
This column was originally published in the Gazette in 2002 IOWA CITY – Unless he made his decision to remain …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 2, 2013 1:57 pm4606d ago
NEW YORK — I’m here for the NIT. But people here seem to have all sorts of other concerns. Brian …
Sports Apr. 2, 2013 10:02 am4606d ago
Nate Kaeding signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tuesday morning. Kaeding, the former All-America collegian from Iowa, …
News Apr. 2, 2013 8:44 am4606d ago
NEW YORK — How did you spend your Monday night? I found myself in a 74th-floor residence looking over the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 1, 2013 8:44 am4607d ago
The last time I came here to New York to cover college basketball, the world was different. It was 2001. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 30, 2013 11:35 am4609d ago
Let me address the headline of this post, by asking another question. Why does New York usually vote for the …
High School Basketball Mar. 29, 2013 6:10 pm4609d ago
IOWA CITY – Melsahn Basabe’s mother has had her fingernails painted in Iowa Hawkeyes colors, and has been wearing outfits …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 29, 2013 10:58 am4610d ago
First, let me state this as emphatically as I can: I like Fred Hoiberg. I respect him. I’m surprised at …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 28, 2013 9:31 pm4610d ago
This came from Iowa State a little while ago: AMES, Iowa – Iowa State men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg has …
High School Basketball Mar. 28, 2013 4:28 pm4610d ago
It’s safe to say this year’s NIT Final Four of Baylor, BYU, Iowa and Maryland won’t make everyone in Manhattan …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 28, 2013 8:29 am4611d ago
It’s the Year of the Big Ten in basketball, all right. Not only do four Big Ten teams still have …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Mar. 27, 2013 8:40 am4612d ago
I barely remember this stuff, but I have archives at my fingertips. What I do recall is I thought it …


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