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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 Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 22, 2013 3:07 pm4645d ago
COACH FERENTZ: Welcome. Good to be back here, obviously, back on campus. Just start off with the staff, probably yesterday’s …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 21, 2013 5:37 pm4645d ago
Pete Roussel of CoachingSearch.com gets credit for being the first to report Minnesota Vikings special teams assistant Chris White will be …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 21, 2013 11:00 am4646d ago
There are 347 Division I men’s college basketball teams in this place we call the United States of America. So …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 20, 2013 1:09 pm4647d ago
Ten years ago next month, Iowa defeated Iowa State in a second-round NIT game in Ames, 54-53. Though Steve Alford …
Iowa High School Wrestling Feb. 20, 2013 10:43 am4647d ago
Iowa wrestling legend Dan Gable was on KCRG 9.2’s “On Iowa Live” Monday night, and on Fox News’ “Fox & …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 20, 2013 7:01 am4647d ago
Thursday’s Iowa-Nebraska men’s basketball game in Lincoln has been rescheduled for this Saturday afternoon. That’s fine with me. But I …
High School Basketball Feb. 19, 2013 3:19 pm4648d ago
Love it when common sense prevails. It would have been a lousy thing to do to Iowa’s men’s basketball team …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 19, 2013 1:59 pm4648d ago
You can do a lot of magical things with what-ifs. You can turn your whole world around. What if your …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 18, 2013 3:01 pm4649d ago
It seems like the RPI peaked a few years ago as a conversation topic when it came to the NCAA …
Iowa High School Wrestling Feb. 18, 2013 1:59 pm4649d ago
This week’s Mike Hlas Podcast discusses a hot-button sports issue, last week’s decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop …
High School Basketball Feb. 17, 2013 4:39 pm4650d ago
IOWA CITY – Minnesota’s basketball team was like a meteor shower Sunday in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, a frightening display that threatened …
Iowa High School Wrestling Feb. 15, 2013 3:10 pm4652d ago
Politicians sit yourselves down, there’s nothing for you here. So sang Graham Nash in “Chicago,” back when we were all …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 15, 2013 11:00 am4652d ago
I don’t know how Ke$ha became the rallying voice of Big Ten men’s basketball, but she has. First, Wisconsin’s basketball …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 14, 2013 11:37 pm4652d ago
If for some insane reason this is one of the first sites you’ve gone to on the Internet this morning, …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 14, 2013 3:27 pm4653d ago
Bobby Kennedy was named Iowa’s new wide receivers coach Thursday. Jim Reid was named a new defensive coach. Kennedy replaces …


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