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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 Basketball Jan. 12, 2024 4:32 pm605d ago
Iowa men’s basketball vs. Nebraska on Friday: Time, TV, live stream and game notes. The Hawkeyes catch the Huskers after their biggest win in the five-year Fred Hoiberg era, an 88-72 win over No. 1 Purdue Tuesday in Lincoln.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 8, 2024 2:48 pm609d ago
USC freshman guard JuJu Watkins is second in the nation in scoring ... behind Iowa senior Caitlin Clark.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 6, 2024 4:29 pm611d ago
Iowa’s 86-77 win over Rutgers made Fran McCaffery the program’s leader in wins in Big Ten games.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 6, 2024 4:02 pm611d ago
Payton Sandfort’s 24 points led Iowa out of the Big Ten men’s basketball basement. He had plenty of help in an 86-77 win over Rutgers.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 5, 2024 3:37 pm612d ago
Saturday’s Rutgers vs. Iowa men’s basketball game features two teams in search of their first Big Ten victory clashing in a morning start.
Hawk Off the Press Jan. 1, 2024 8:00 pm616d ago
John Steppe and Mike Hlas discuss the future of the Iowa football program and their final takeaways from the 2023 season on this episode of The Final Score.
Iowa Football Jan. 1, 2024 7:34 pm616d ago
The Hawkeyes’ next offensive coordinator is facing a fixer-upper of a unit. Kirk Ferentz needs to let whomever he hires get to fixing.
Iowa Football Jan. 1, 2024 5:04 pm616d ago
Iowa vs. Tennessee Game Report: The Hawkeyes get battered and blanked by their SEC foe, closing the season with the middle of a doughnut.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 1, 2024 12:05 pm616d ago
Iowa men’s basketball vs. Wisconsin on Tuesday: The Hawkeyes have a tough assignment in their quest for their first Big Ten win.
Iowa Football Dec. 31, 2023 9:42 am617d ago
Iowa is a rare non-playoff bowl team. Nearly its entire roster is showing up to play Tennessee, which has had to replace a lot of talent in its starting lineup.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 29, 2023 9:23 pm619d ago
Iowa enters full-time Big Ten play with an 8-5 overall record after its fourth 100-point game of the season, a 103-74 win over Northern Illinois.
Iowa Football Dec. 31, 2023 6:01 am617d ago
Fun Facts about Monday’s Citrus Bowl between Iowa and Tennessee at Camping World Stadium in Orlando: One of the two teams has a wide receiver with 64 catches who goes by the name of “Squirrel.”
Iowa Basketball Dec. 28, 2023 2:37 pm620d ago
The Iowa men’s basketball team, averaging 97 points at home, has its final nonconference game Friday against Northern Illinois before Big Ten play begins.
Sports Dec. 24, 2023 9:43 am624d ago
Christmas Day is for football, too! And so is the day after Christmas, if you count the Quick Lane Bowl as football.
Iowa Football Dec. 21, 2023 1:51 pm627d ago
Denver Broncos linebacker keeps getting fined for his firearm pantomimes because the NFL doesn’t like violence.