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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 Jan. 13, 2012 1:20 pm5051d ago
I guess Iowa’s 2011 football season was more interesting than I thought, and I covered every one of its 13 …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 12, 2012 10:53 pm5052d ago
Jewel Hampton found life after Iowa at Southern Illinois, and now he’s leaving the Salukis behind as a fourth-year junior …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 12, 2012 11:31 am5053d ago
Wednesday night in Hilton Coliseum, I had a clear view of Iowa State’s Scott Christopherson teeing up and sinking a …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 12, 2012 6:45 am5053d ago
On Wednesday’s “Pardon the Interruption,” they did some bit in which they graded this thing and that thing. One of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 11, 2012 9:23 pm5053d ago
AMES – He’s a ballhandler. He’s a passer. He’s a rebounder. He’s a scorer. He’s a special player. But what …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 10, 2012 7:40 pm5054d ago
There have been better nights for Iowa basketball than Tuesday. There have been better nights for a certain Breslin Center …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 10, 2012 7:04 pm5054d ago
Iowa’s football program can’t compare with Penn State and Ohio State for recent off-field controversy, fortunately. But the Hawkeyes sure …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 10, 2012 1:52 pm5054d ago
And that’s that for college football. The BCS title game was a dud, but that’s sports and it didn’t bother …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 9, 2012 9:54 pm5055d ago
My preseason No. 1 team was Alabama. So I guess I didn’t need to waste all that time filling out …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 9, 2012 3:44 pm5055d ago
IOWA CITY – As a University of Pennsylvania basketball player, Fran McCaffery ran with a bad crowd. Namely, sports writers. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 9, 2012 6:58 am5056d ago
So this college football season isn’t over yet, at least not when this was published. Does that mean it’s too …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 7, 2012 9:05 pm5057d ago
IOWA CITY — Tom Brands didn’t know what the tiebreaker criteria was until it was explained to him later. It …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 7, 2012 6:52 pm5057d ago
IOWA CITY — What a wall of sound in Carver-Hawkeye Arena after Iowa’s Tony Ramos scored an upset, 4-3 overtime …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 7, 2012 4:52 pm5057d ago
IOWA CITY – So when it comes to men’s college basketball, Iowa isn’t Ohio State. That’s OK. Neither is anyone …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 6, 2012 10:27 pm5058d ago
Sioux City was too far for me to travel Friday with a big basketball/wrestling doubleheader in Iowa City Saturday. So …

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