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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. 14, 2013 2:51 pm4653d ago
No Big Ten men’s basketball team has gone winless in conference play since Northwestern 13 years ago. The Wildcats were …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 13, 2013 3:07 pm4654d ago
Big Ten football is all over the place lately, trying to both move ahead and catch up. 1. Dropping FCS …
Iowa High School Wrestling Feb. 13, 2013 10:56 am4654d ago
There was so much good and informative stuff written Tuesday after the International Olympic Committee announced it was dropping wrestling …
Iowa High School Wrestling Feb. 12, 2013 7:19 pm4654d ago
IOWA CITY – Wrestling got pinned without seeing it coming. Yet, University of Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands may have …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 12, 2013 6:58 pm4654d ago
University of Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands already had a press conference scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to talk about his …
Iowa High School Wrestling Feb. 12, 2013 3:31 pm4655d ago
Last April, the four sessions of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in Iowa City’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena had a total of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 12, 2013 12:24 pm4655d ago
I’ll have a column on the International Olympic Committee dropping wrestling from the Olympics later today, but here are some …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 11, 2013 2:55 pm4656d ago
If you have the same sorts of mood-swings that college basketball showcases, please stay away from me. Last Saturday epitomized …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 9, 2013 7:05 pm4657d ago
IOWA CITY – Some of the negative comments about Devyn Marble’s recent basketball struggles were undeniable. The Iowa junior guard …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 8, 2013 1:34 pm4659d ago
Sean Considine’s most-surreal week ends Saturday night in what he calls “my favorite watering hole” in Byron, Ill. On Sunday, …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 7, 2013 4:29 pm4660d ago
MADISON, Wis. – Aaron White never stopped fidgeting during a postgame interview here Wednesday night. His words were fairly unemotional. …
Podcasts Dec. 17, 2021 9:27 am1425d ago
The one and only Tom Arnold guests on this week’s Mike Hlas Podcast. The Ottumwa native and former University of …
High School Basketball Feb. 6, 2013 10:40 pm4660d ago
MADISON, Wis. — Frustration is understood. It’s one been maddening Big Ten men’s basketball loss after another for Iowa, it …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 6, 2013 8:00 am4661d ago
What the heck, why not look at an NBA mock draft on Feb. 6? The draft is a mere four …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Feb. 5, 2013 3:50 pm4662d ago
For the Iowa men’s basketball team, Saturday was another day on the road in the Big Ten, another lump on …


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