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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 Jul. 2, 2012 2:18 pm4880d ago
I was rummaging across a list of former Iowa Hawkeyes in the NFL to see if any are making news. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 2, 2012 9:28 am4880d ago
Iowa senior basketball captain Eric May was a versatile athlete at Dubuque Wahlert, where he excelled at more than one …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 28, 2012 2:19 pm4884d ago
As TheGazette.com’s Marc Morehouse reported Wednesday in this post, there are a lot of “donor opportunities” for the University of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 28, 2012 10:00 am4884d ago
It’s a slow news day. OK, a slow sports news day in Iowa. So far. First, this from the University …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 27, 2012 2:58 pm4885d ago
We don’t have national-title football or basketball teams at Iowa state universities, but we find our way to the ESPYs. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 27, 2012 2:40 pm4885d ago
Many a college football fan and sportswriter celebrated Tuesday’s official announcement that there will be a four-team major-college playoff starting …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 27, 2012 11:30 am4885d ago
OK, there was a semi-historic announcement Tuesday to usher in a four-team playoff to major-college football. But first … — …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 26, 2012 2:21 pm4886d ago
This, apparently, is the look Iowa will sport when it plays Iowa State in Kinnick Stadium on Sept. 8. The …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 26, 2012 11:57 am4886d ago
Thursday night, Iowa State can take a 9-8 lead over Iowa in all-time first-round NBA draft choices if Royce White …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 26, 2012 11:01 am4886d ago
Things I’ve never tried: Veal. 5-hour Energy. Veal-flavored 5-hour Energy. HLINKS — This story is a couple weeks old now, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 25, 2012 2:54 pm4887d ago
If there indeed is a selection committee to decide the four participants in a major-college football playoff starting in 2014, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 25, 2012 2:23 pm4887d ago
Iowa junior guard Devyn Marble and former Hawkeye center Jarryd Cole each scored 34 points in their Prime Time League …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 22, 2012 3:23 pm4890d ago
I’ll never run with the bulls in Pamplona. For one thing, I don’t run. It’s tiring. But mostly, stampeding bulls …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 22, 2012 12:09 pm4890d ago
The NBA season is over. The world champion is Miami. The MVP is LeBron James. But let’s not forget the …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 21, 2012 12:26 pm4891d ago
NORTH LIBERTY — This is just a blurb from the Prime Time League Tuesday night. I watched Iowa forward Melsahn …

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