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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 Dec. 31, 2012 11:56 am4698d ago
MEMPHIS — The Liberty Bowl stadium is not new. I needed to borrow a surge protector so I could have …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 30, 2012 6:27 pm4699d ago
MEMPHIS – Jamie Pollard knew what he was doing when he lobbied the Liberty Bowl to invite Iowa State to …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 30, 2012 4:13 pm4699d ago
[HTML2] MEMPHIS – Ironically, Iowa State tempered outside enthusiasm about its Liberty Bowl matchup against Tulsa because it was so …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 30, 2012 10:13 am4699d ago
MEMPHIS — It was almost surprising Ryan Bowen even knew what city he was in on Saturday night. The former …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 29, 2012 2:24 pm4700d ago
MEMPHIS – Iowa State senior linebacker A.J. Klein’s name “is loudly spoken in the history of Iowa State football, I …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 29, 2012 7:00 am4700d ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — While the Mississippi delta may be shining like a National guitar, and I may have been following …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 28, 2012 5:15 pm4701d ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – When you looked out the window first thing Friday morning, the term “bowl site” didn’t immediately flutter …
Sports Dec. 28, 2012 7:00 am4701d ago
(Former University of Iowa kicker Nate Kaeding is an occasional guest-contributor to the Hlog. He was waived by the San …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 26, 2012 1:29 pm4703d ago
Here’s what I’ll remember about 2012: Man, there were a lot of television commericals running down Barack Obama and Mitt …
Podcasts Dec. 26, 2012 7:00 am4703d ago
Our guest for the newest Mike Hlas Podcast is Brett McMurphy of ESPN.com. Brett covers college football’s ins and outs, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 23, 2012 7:38 pm4706d ago
We’ve seen it a hundred times, more or less. The Big Ten season is a whole different deal than the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 21, 2012 3:04 pm4708d ago
Bob Elliott was an assistant coach for three different head coaches at Iowa State, and was on Hayden Fry’s Iowa …
Sports Dec. 21, 2012 10:46 am4708d ago
Some NFL guys go from Buffalo to Cleveland. Nate Kaeding is going from San Diego to Miami. The ninth-year NFL …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 21, 2012 7:30 am4708d ago
It is with a heavy heart that I bring you the last of these “Know Your Iowa Basketball Opponents.” After …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 19, 2012 8:56 pm4709d ago
Some of my favorite tweets during the second half of the South Carolina State-Iowa basketball game:


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