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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
Iowa Football Jul. 25, 2025 11:51 am42d ago
Junior safety from the shadow of Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor visited Iowa City, was hooked, and has Hawkeye coaches and players expecting him to be a key player for them this season.
Iowa Basketball Jul. 24, 2025 7:01 pm43d ago
Carver, 42 years old, once routinely hosted some of music’s biggest stars. With a renovation, that could again be the norm.
Iowa Football Jul. 23, 2025 6:57 pm44d ago
“Iowa 42” was a phrase drummed in Badger players’ heads in offseason conditioning workouts, thanks to the Hawkeyes’ 42-10 rout of the Badgers at Kinnick Stadium last November.
Iowa Football Jul. 23, 2025 4:44 pm44d ago
Penn State is a popular pick to win the conference. Oregon won it last year and says it wants to “Double down.” Indiana, so good last year, has plenty of talent in 2025.
Sports Jul. 22, 2025 6:30 pm45d ago
Iowa plays at Nebraska this November, where the Hawkeyes have won in each of their last six visits
Sports Jul. 22, 2025 5:09 pm45d ago
The conference and Sin City would have seemed like strange bedfellows for, oh, forever. But they’re together in Las Vegas for the league’s football media days, with men’s and women’s basketball tournaments coming here in 2027.
Sports Jul. 20, 2025 3:26 pm47d ago
Jones sparkled in NBA Summer League for Nuggets, averaging 14.6 points and shooting 47 percent from deep.
Iowa Football Jul. 21, 2025 7:44 am47d ago
Iowa offensive lineman Kade Pieper won his second-straight Beef Days Hay Bale Toss, but as always, a good time was had by all.
Iowa Football Jul. 17, 2025 4:43 pm50d ago
Not a lot of tickets are left for any of the Hawkeyes’ seven 2025 home games.
Sports Jul. 16, 2025 10:49 am51d ago
Ironside doesn’t just run a business, or do radio color commentary for Hawkeye wrestling, or farm, or build and drive race cars. He does all those things.
Iowa Football Jul. 13, 2025 10:42 am54d ago
Dunker was a second-team All-Big Ten honoree last year by the league’s coaches, but says he’d like to have all the 2024 games back.
Iowa Basketball Jul. 11, 2025 12:45 pm56d ago
Big East’s Musketeers went 22-12 last season, won a game in NCAA tournament
Sports Jul. 9, 2025 6:00 am59d ago
If Erie, Pa., can cash in on switching from the SeaWolves to the Moon Mammoths, why can’t Cedar Rapids create a new cash cow (or goat, or panda) of its own?
Sports Jul. 7, 2025 7:56 am61d ago
Author Christine Brennan looks at why Clark should have embraced warmly by the entirety of the WNBA and USA Basketball coming out of Iowa last year, but wasn’t.
Iowa Basketball Jul. 5, 2025 2:41 pm62d ago
Trey Thompson was wooed by many a premier program, but is joining the Hawkeyes