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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
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Apr. 17, 2012 3:21 pm4956d ago
They’re deflating the University of Iowa football bubble Friday morning, and a good thing it will be. The space the …
Iowa High School Wrestling Apr. 16, 2012 4:51 pm4957d ago
IOWA CITY – I’ve covered U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in Allandale, Mich., Spokane, Wash., and Dallas. All had unforgettable moments, …
High School Basketball Apr. 16, 2012 12:18 pm4957d ago
Hey, don’t shoot me. I’m only the messenger. Joe Lunardi, who somehow created a profession called bracketologist, has his first …
Iowa High School Football Apr. 15, 2012 3:19 pm4958d ago
The story stays the same. Southeastern Conference fans are hotter for football than fans anywhere else. Look at these announced …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 14, 2012 11:40 pm4959d ago
IOWA CITY — This is red-shirt freshman defensive back Nico Law. This is a collision between Law and running back …
Iowa High School Football Apr. 14, 2012 4:44 pm4959d ago
IOWA CITY — If the core of who and what you are is sound, you shouldn’t change it much. Iowa’s …
Iowa High School Football Apr. 14, 2012 3:36 pm4959d ago
I’m starting to like the farm family trophy of last summer a lot better. But the fourth one posted here, …
High School Basketball Apr. 12, 2012 9:42 pm4961d ago
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa’s high school “Mr. Basketball” in 2011, is leaving Wisconsin’s basketball program without having played a game for …
High School Basketball Apr. 12, 2012 3:40 pm4961d ago
Iowa and Iowa State win. Drake and Northern Iowa lose. No surprise there. After decades of quietly and not-so-quietly wishing …
Iowa High School Football Apr. 12, 2012 7:58 am4961d ago
IOWA CITY — Straightforward. Down-to-earth. A sense of humor. That’s usually a good hat trick as far as I’m concerned, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 11, 2012 3:37 pm4962d ago
Arkansas fired Bobby Petrino as its football coach because of his “personal and professional relationship” with a female employee who …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 10, 2012 7:58 am4963d ago
You cannot have a cell phone on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club during Masters Week. You can’t have …
Sports Apr. 8, 2012 7:46 pm4965d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – I’m glad Bubba Watson won that Masters playoff Sunday night, and not just because his name is …
Sports Apr. 8, 2012 4:20 pm4965d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The crowd noise blasted across three Augusta National fairways to the No. 16 green at the Masters …
Sports Apr. 7, 2012 7:11 pm4966d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A University of Iowa athletics trainer had been a spectator at Augusta National for just an hour …


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