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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 Aug. 29, 2012 8:30 am4822d ago
This could be a week that lifts the prestige of Big Ten football toward levels it once knew. If it …
Sports Aug. 28, 2012 4:51 pm4823d ago
IOWA CITY – Tom Donatell grew up surrounded by the highest level of football, but has worked his way up …
Sports Aug. 28, 2012 2:23 pm4823d ago
To start off Iowa football game week, Mike Hlas welcomes Bill Baker – the radio voice of the Northern Illinois …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 28, 2012 8:27 am4823d ago
Sure, it’s an exciting time, the first week of the college football season and all. But it’s also the time …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 27, 2012 3:01 pm4824d ago
I hate contests. Well, “hate” is a strong word that shouldn’t be thrown around loosely. I loathe contests. Despise them. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 27, 2012 11:42 am4824d ago
Nate Kaeding got back on the horse. The kicker from Iowa blew out his knee covering his first (and only) …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 26, 2012 8:25 pm4825d ago
Earlier this month, second-year New York Giants safety Tyler Sash of Iowa got a four-game suspension by the NFL for …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 24, 2012 1:12 pm4827d ago
Tom Brady and Drew Brees are pretty good starting points for a conference’s contributions to the NFL, and the Big …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 24, 2012 8:46 am4827d ago
This is my favorite kind of football season to cover, at least so far. It’s the kind in which you …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Aug. 23, 2012 11:47 am4828d ago
Five years isn’t really that long a time, is it? But though I was there and covered the game, and …
Podcasts Aug. 23, 2012 8:00 am4828d ago
In this episode of “The Mike Hlas Podcast,” Mike talks to RJ Bell of Pregame.com in Las Vegas about how …
Sports Aug. 22, 2012 1:34 pm4829d ago
There was a poignant segment in Tuesday night’s “Hard Knocks” when 9-year NFL veteran offensive lineman Eric Steinbach tells Miami …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 22, 2012 11:31 am4829d ago
Iowa has four nonconference football dates. It has chosen to fill two of them this year with games against teams …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 22, 2012 8:13 am4829d ago
The answer to the headline of this post is, not necessarily, and it’s too soon to tell. But Marvin McNutt, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Aug. 21, 2012 3:06 pm4830d ago
AMES – A year ago, the Big 12 Conference appeared to be sitting on a fault line that stretched from …

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