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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
Sports Apr. 6, 2012 6:52 pm4967d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Jason Dufner is to the Masters leaderboard what a pair of brown shoes is to a tuxedo. …
Sports Apr. 5, 2012 7:04 pm4968d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – It was hard to tell which putt Zach Johnson liked more at the Masters Thursday, his 25-footer …
Sports Apr. 4, 2012 3:14 pm4969d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The weather here isn’t doing the Masters golf tournament or Zach Johnson any favors. An overnight storm late …
Sports Apr. 4, 2012 3:02 pm4969d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The new CEO of IBM is Virginia Rometty. This matters to some reporters here because IBM is …
Sports Apr. 3, 2012 5:18 pm4970d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It is simply called “The Big Oak Tree.” Just about everyone who is anyone in golf walks …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 3, 2012 3:37 pm4970d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — For an hour Tuesday night, maybe be glad you aren’t a former Masters champion. OK, I’m exaggerating. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 3, 2012 7:58 am4971d ago
I don’t know. If I knew things like that, I’d be doing this blog from Monte Carlo. And I’d be …
Sports Apr. 2, 2012 12:49 pm4971d ago
I had the distinct pleasure of covering the Masters win of Zach Johnson’s in 2007. I’ve witnessed a lot of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 2, 2012 7:58 am4972d ago
Ohio State blew it Saturday. Thus, the Big Ten is now without an NCAA men’s basketball title for the 12th-straight …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 30, 2012 9:01 pm4974d ago
@ClayTravisBGID Just bought lottery ticket at downtown Nashville gas station. Like last plane out of Saigon right now. @onlytheo That …
High School Basketball Mar. 30, 2012 5:32 pm4974d ago
I’m not a Kentucky basketball fan, never have been one, and have no reason to be one. But, as I …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 30, 2012 3:07 pm4974d ago
Ahh, Friday. Restaurants have been named for it. So was Joe Friday. And Man Friday. Let there be links. And …
Iowa High School Football Mar. 29, 2012 11:12 pm4975d ago
There are no such things as curses, jinxes, hexes. You can’t get bad luck from a black cat running in …
Iowa High School Football Mar. 28, 2012 3:19 pm4976d ago
Bret Bielema has figured out how to beat the system. For the second-straight year, Wisconsin’s football coach hasn’t felt entirely …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 28, 2012 7:58 am4977d ago
Of six non-Kentucky basketball underclassmen that The Big Lead is eyeing as undeclared about their intentions for next season, be …

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