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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 Dec. 29, 2011 3:16 pm5066d ago
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Kirk Ferentz likes wrestling. His sons have been terrific wrestlers at Iowa City High. Some of …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 29, 2011 6:58 am5067d ago
Bully for the Big Ten. As loyal Hlog readers know, I don’t mind needling the Big Ten for this and …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 28, 2011 4:04 pm5067d ago
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A good way to maintain a friendship is to avoid contesting the same piece of turf. For …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 28, 2011 2:33 pm5067d ago
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It isn’t just talk. Bob Stoops and Kirk Friends are good friends. If not, could Stoops have …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 27, 2011 7:29 pm5068d ago
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Kirk Ferentz didn’t have to think long and hard about what to do when defensive line coach …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 27, 2011 6:32 pm5068d ago
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Kirk Ferentz has said he won’t deal with the naming of a new defensive coordinator until after …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 26, 2011 7:17 pm5069d ago
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Just flew in from Iowa. Boy, are my arms tired. Did I really just write that? Well, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 26, 2011 7:45 am5070d ago
Let’s do this thing. Ten games involving Big Ten teams. Pick the winners. The entrant with the most winners and …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 24, 2011 9:35 am5072d ago
I’m not really one for the end-of-year Top Ten lists like the one we in Sunday’s Gazette with our top …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 23, 2011 12:38 pm5072d ago
Rick Kaczenski gave a 14-minute interview Thursday night to Jeff Culhane on the Husker Sports Network’s “Sports Nightly.” The five-year Iowa …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 23, 2011 6:58 am5073d ago
Here’s how they do these bowl things: A team arrives, a coach hastily gives some perfunctory remarks at the airport, …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 22, 2011 3:30 pm5073d ago
It wasn’t any big secret, but Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini announced Thursday that Rick Kaczenski is his new defensive …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 21, 2011 3:23 pm5074d ago
Business is about to pick up here, as the subject of this post is fond of saying. Jim Ross, who …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Dec. 21, 2011 6:58 am5075d ago
It wasn’t what Ferentz said via press release Tuesday night, it was that he said it at all. “There continues …

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