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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 Jan. 26, 2013 4:43 pm4672d ago
AMES – Who loses to lousy Texas Tech, then bumps off the nation’s 11th-ranked college basketball team three days later? …
Sports Jan. 24, 2013 3:58 pm4674d ago
IOWA CITY – Marshal Yanda’s mom is headed to New Orleans for the Super Bowl. Next Tuesday. The game is …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 23, 2013 1:11 pm4675d ago
I’m not sure what it means that, through Tuesday, Big Ten men’s basketball teams were 17-18 at home in conference …
Sports Jan. 22, 2013 3:46 pm4676d ago
These are good days for Julian Vandervelde. The former University of Iowa offensive lineman is at home in Davenport, unlikely …
Podcasts Jan. 22, 2013 1:58 pm4676d ago
This week’s guest on the Mike Hlas Podcast is former University of Iowa offensive guard Julian Vandervelde, who just finished …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 22, 2013 10:46 am4676d ago
Just when you thought it was safe for the Iowa men’s basketball team to come out of the water … …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 21, 2013 2:32 pm4677d ago
The NCAA says it’s OK for Iowa (or anyone else) to have Nike swooshes on its basketball uniforms. But to …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 20, 2013 7:47 pm4677d ago
Seeing Joe Flacco quarterback the Baltimore Ravens into the Super Bowl Sunday night made me remember a Saturday afternoon in …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 19, 2013 9:24 pm4678d ago
IOWA CITY – The 20th anniversary of Chris Street’s death was observed in Carver-Hawkeye Arena Saturday night with a halftime …
Minor League Sports Jan. 17, 2013 5:51 pm4681d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A minor-league baseball franchise needs a jolt of something every so often, and you can only build …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 17, 2013 12:53 pm4681d ago
I haven’t rushed in to join many others in writing/talking about Saturday’s 20th anniversary of the death of University of …
Podcasts Jan. 16, 2013 2:45 pm4682d ago
Something different and fun on the Mike Hlas Podcast this week. My guest is WWE icon Mick Foley, who is …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 16, 2013 2:04 pm4682d ago
Just when you thought it was safe to look at Iowa’s basketball schedule … After the murderer’s row of Indiana, …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 15, 2013 2:10 pm4683d ago
For years, we’ve heard about the RPI in college basketball. For years, we’ve heard it’s overrated when it comes to how …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 14, 2013 1:46 pm4684d ago
OK, a little prologue. I don’t stay awake at night trying to think of obscure things to research. For one …


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