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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
Sports Oct. 5, 2025 12:33 am28d ago
The preseason Nos. 1 and 2 teams aren’t in my latest top 25. Nor should they be.
Iowa Football Sep. 28, 2025 8:15 am34d ago
The No. 11 Hoosiers had to struggle for 60 minutes, but they had enough to stave off Iowa in Kinnick Stadium for the first time since 2007.
Iowa Football Sep. 27, 2025 7:00 pm35d ago
A 49-yard touchdown pass from Fernando Mendoza to Elijah Sarratt capped a wild fourth quarter as Indiana wins at Kinnick Stadium.
Iowa Football Sep. 26, 2025 6:00 am37d ago
If Iowa wants to be part of the national college football discussion, the time is now, not as a spoiler against Penn State or Oregon.
Iowa Football Sep. 25, 2025 11:38 am37d ago
She has the most fans in which two states? Probably, that is.
Iowa Football Sep. 23, 2025 3:10 pm39d ago
Curt Cignetti’s Indiana team looks like anything but a one-hit wonder, but the transformation he has done with the Hoosiers is a wonder indeed.
Sports Sep. 23, 2025 1:05 pm39d ago
Iowa fans, take note. If your team is beating Indiana Saturday, chanting “Overrated!” at the No. 11 Hoosiers would devalue the Hawkeyes’ win.
Iowa Basketball Sep. 18, 2025 4:50 pm44d ago
Ben McCollum’s first game as Iowa’s coach is Nov. 4. His first matchup with a Big Ten foe is Dec. 2 at Michigan State.
Iowa Football Sep. 18, 2025 12:36 pm44d ago
If you feed a Jersey Shore seagull, it’s going to want more, more, more.
Iowa Football Sep. 18, 2025 9:42 am44d ago
It’s a Blackout game in Piscataway, but it’s unlikely to rival the Northeast Blackout of 2003.
Sports Sep. 16, 2025 3:39 pm46d ago
No college QB has won more games than Gronowski, but he starts Friday night at 0 in Big Ten.
Iowa Football Sep. 16, 2025 11:22 am46d ago
Ferentz got Win No. 206 Saturday, and his players brought him into their Swarm afterward as a fitting tribune
Iowa Football Sep. 14, 2025 1:42 pm48d ago
Hawkeyes breeze in final game before Big Ten play starts
Iowa Basketball Sep. 13, 2025 6:19 pm49d ago
From Camas, Wash., Harris bypassed homestate schools Washington and Gonzaga to join the Hawkeyes’ 2026 recruiting class.
Iowa Football Sep. 12, 2025 2:26 pm50d ago
Here’s what $1.7 million gets you in 2025: A home gate and what ought to be a rout of an overmatched Massachusetts team

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