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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
Columns & Sports Commentary Oct. 26, 2011 8:45 am5131d ago
UPDATE: NOT SO FAST, MY FRIENDS, as former Louisville football coach Lee Corso is fond of saying. Louisville is trying …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 25, 2011 5:36 pm5131d ago
IOWA CITY – It remains as raw to Iowa football as the 23-degree Minneapolis day on which it happened. The …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 25, 2011 8:45 am5132d ago
Who would be in your first group of inductees? Rings of Fame and Rings of Honor seems to be more …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 24, 2011 2:04 pm5133d ago
The University of Minnesota’s 1-6 football record speaks for itself, but the Gophers’ statistics scream something. Namely, WE STINK! Of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Oct. 24, 2011 8:46 am5133d ago
You can find a lot of good stuff on newspapers’ Web sites. 1. Michael Hunt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 23, 2011 2:50 pm5134d ago
IOWA CITY — Brian Ferentz doesn’t give many interviews. It isn’t because he’s under some gag rule from his boss, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Oct. 23, 2011 11:47 am5134d ago
We Associated Press Top 25 voters had to earn our money this weekend. Oh wait, we don’t get paid. Why …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 22, 2011 6:15 pm5134d ago
IOWA CITY – It was several minutes after Iowa’s 45-24 football win over Indiana had ended, but a family lingered …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 22, 2011 3:58 pm5135d ago
IOWA CITY — First up, Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg talking about wide receiver extraordinaire, Marvin McNutt. Then, McNutt himself. Finally, Ferentz …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 22, 2011 10:36 am5135d ago
IOWA CITY — The dirtiest player in the game, as the world knows, is the Nature Boy, Ric Flair. The …
Columns & Sports Commentary Oct. 22, 2011 8:40 am5135d ago
It was Calgary 25, Saskatchewan 13. For Calgary Stampeders quarterback Drew Tate, in his first start since his senior year …
Columns & Sports Commentary Oct. 21, 2011 2:01 pm5136d ago
Which will you watch, or which will you watch more of? Did I just end a sentence in a preposition? …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Oct. 21, 2011 9:55 am5136d ago
Saturday’s Indiana-Iowa game will be the eighth major-college football contest I’ve covered this season, and none involved a team currently …
Columns & Sports Commentary Oct. 21, 2011 1:16 am5136d ago
Hlastradamus, like all front-runners, prefers favorites over underdogs. The prophet doesn’t have much time for the little people. After being …
Columns & Sports Commentary Oct. 20, 2011 4:00 pm5137d ago
Golly, I love Twitter. Here is a potpourri of reactions on that social media site to the Big Ten’s one-game suspension …

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