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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 Sep. 27, 2012 3:00 am4793d ago
These were the very words of Hlastradamus last week. Kansas State +14 at Oklahoma. K-State isn’t two touchdowns worse than …
Sports Dec. 1, 2021 8:12 am1441d ago
A lot of people will watch the Ryder Cup this weekend. A lot of people will care about it. That …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 25, 2012 4:33 pm4795d ago
I can’t take it any more. Sure, I took cruel delight in the way the end of Monday night’s Green …
Sports Sep. 25, 2012 3:21 am4795d ago
My guest is Dave Johnson of Cedar Rapids, the father of PGA Tour star Zach Johnson. With the Ryder Cup …
Sports Sep. 24, 2012 2:41 pm4796d ago
I’m a one-trick pony. I’ve devoted the entirety of my adolescent and adult life to kicking balls between poles in …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 23, 2012 6:35 pm4797d ago
1. Mad Mark: The pressures on college football coaches are large. They get the big bucks to shoulder those loads. …
Sports Sep. 23, 2012 2:50 pm4797d ago
While there was so much focus in these parts on Iowa’s failure Saturday in its 32-31 loss to Central Michigan …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 23, 2012 12:35 pm4797d ago
This is where someone in my job might have called a misdirection play, told you all is not as mediocre …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 23, 2012 11:01 am4797d ago
It wasn’t easy for me to drop LSU from No. 2 to No. 3 on my Associated Press Top 25 …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 22, 2012 6:18 pm4798d ago
IOWA CITY – The slogan for Iowa’s football team as the 2012 season approached was “Enter the Black.” Mission accomplished. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 22, 2012 4:00 pm4798d ago
IOWA CITY — This is just a snippet. I was running around, from one interview room to another. I got …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 22, 2012 10:18 am4798d ago
IOWA CITY — I think the wind-chill in Iowa City was about 4 degrees Fahrenheit Saturday morning. The wind caused …
Sep. 22, 2012 8:45 am4798d ago
This is a little morsel to get this Game Day going. We’re two years and three games into the 2010s …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 21, 2012 9:00 am4799d ago
There was a time when games against the likes of Central Michigan were unheard of in Iowa football. In 1979, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 20, 2012 3:25 pm4800d ago
Oh, the prophet is on a roll. Last week Hlastradamus posted his second-consecutive 4-1 week against the Nevada pointspreads. (Season-record: …

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