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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. 1, 2011 6:45 am5095d ago
Rules of thumb: 1. A bowl game official will always talk up the team that a reporter is inquiring about. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 30, 2011 2:55 pm5095d ago
This isn’t a commentary on anything. It’s just a quick roundup of some Iowans and former University of Iowa basketball …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 29, 2011 10:20 pm5096d ago
[pullout_quote credit=”Fran McCaffery” align=”left”]”What I do is go to work. I stay after it and go to work. Our players …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 29, 2011 3:23 pm5096d ago
It’s only two minutes long. Hey, a person shouldn’t talk out loud to himself for longer than that. The subject …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 27, 2023 12:36 pm1020d ago
We call it “The Sports Desk”. “The Sports Reporters,” “Pardon the Interruption,” and “Jim Rome is Burning” were names that …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 28, 2011 1:39 pm5098d ago
Every year, I say never again. Never will I fall in the trap of speculating about bowl destinations and pairings in …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 28, 2011 12:24 pm5098d ago
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Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 27, 2011 9:52 pm5098d ago
It was predictable that the percentage of Penn State fans who thought Joe Paterno should be fired was much smaller …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 27, 2011 9:53 am5099d ago
This stuff is easy at this time of year. When I get most of the criticism for voting the way …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 27, 2011 8:00 am5099d ago
Forty-eight teams of the 66 teams in BCS conferences (counting Notre Dame) will be bowl-eligible for certain counting the winner …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 26, 2011 5:15 pm5099d ago
After 1,328 miles in a car over a 7-day period to cover college football, you’ll understand if this column is …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 25, 2011 5:09 pm5100d ago
LINCOLN, Neb. – The previous time Iowa’s football team played at Nebraska, the Hawkeyes scored first, and trailed by just …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 25, 2011 2:40 pm5100d ago
LINCOLN, Neb. — If you’re looking for keys to open locks or clues to unravel mysteries following Iowa’s 20-7 loss …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 24, 2011 6:39 am5102d ago
This is a new and mysterious place Iowa football enters today, something you wouldn’t have dreamed of just two years …

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