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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. 14, 2012 3:18 pm4806d ago
Zounds! ESPN.com and CBSsports.com writers pick UNI to beat Iowa I don’t think you’d have seen this coming a few …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 14, 2012 8:52 am4806d ago
Usually, it’s pretty annoying any time a Big Ten football team plays someone with an FCS affiliation. Minnesota 44, New …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 13, 2012 5:07 pm4807d ago
Hlastradamus sees nothing but truth and beauty emerging from the Big Ten this week. The ever-vigilant, ever-prescient, ever-environmentally conscious prophet …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 13, 2012 3:25 pm4807d ago
The illustrious end of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun came at the hands of Iowa State. In the Cyclones’ …
Sports Sep. 13, 2012 12:37 pm4807d ago
UNI play-by-play voice Gary Rima joined Mike on this Thursday’s edition of The Mike Hlas Podcast. Gary had some interesting …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 13, 2012 10:01 am4807d ago
UPDATE: The transcript of the chat is below. Next Thursday, right here at the Hlog, we do it again at …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 13, 2012 8:50 am4807d ago
Usually, tight ends are converted to offensive linemen instead of vice versa. Iowa’s Riley Reiff was taken by the Detroit …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 12, 2012 1:37 pm4808d ago
ESPN’s Brett McMurphy reported this morning that Notre Dame will join the Atlantic Coast Conference for all sports except football, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 11, 2012 5:15 pm4809d ago
If you stepped back about 100 yards and looked at college football objectively, wouldn’t you just have to laugh? Does …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 11, 2012 4:47 pm4809d ago
Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema fired offensive line coach Mike Markuson Sunday, after Markuson’s second game with the Badgers. On …
Sports Sep. 11, 2012 1:05 pm4809d ago
Today’s podcast is about the Hawkeyes’ loss to Iowa State, their lack of playmakers at wide receiver, and … comedy. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 11, 2012 10:26 am4809d ago
“I had 364 days of rest,” Nate Kaeding joked after his San Diego Chargers beat the Oakland Raiders Monday night. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 10, 2012 5:59 pm4810d ago
This is written with zero disrespect to Northern Iowa. I’ll laud UNI’s football program as much as anyone. The Panthers …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 10, 2012 11:52 am4810d ago
USA TODAY publishes the Sagarin Ratings, one of the components of the BCS formula. It doesn’t have a prejudice when …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 10, 2012 8:45 am4810d ago
UPDATE: Mike Jones of the Washington Post reported Monday afternoon that Bernstine is out for the year with a torn …

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