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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 Jun. 23, 2011 11:56 am5256d ago
I don’t know what to believe anymore. If O.J. Simpson has confessed to stabbing ex-wife Nicole Simpson to death, even …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 23, 2011 5:49 am5256d ago
Shaun Prater was among several Iowa football players made available to the media Tuesday. Here’s a video of him talking …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 22, 2011 11:53 am5257d ago
It really was. The writing, reporting, editing and presentation were terrific, and the content was plentiful and had depth. It …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 22, 2011 5:29 am5257d ago
Who better than our good friends at BeyondTheBets.com to give us some historical perspective on which Big Ten coaches can …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 21, 2011 12:34 pm5258d ago
This week’s news that high school senior-to-be Cameron Wilson of Dublin, Ohio had given a verbal commitment to join Iowa’s …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 20, 2011 5:54 pm5259d ago
That someone is me. The Omaha World-Herald has Big Ten fever. It is in the middle of an 11-part series …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 17, 2011 7:22 am5262d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg gave a 7-minute speech without using as much as a note Thursday, making …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 16, 2011 2:04 pm5263d ago
University of Iowa football has had tough, brave and inspiring captains over the years, but perhaps none more so than …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 16, 2011 1:33 pm5263d ago
James Vandenberg, Iowa quarterback, spoke Thursday at the Cedar Rapids Area Association of Realtors Scholarship Luncheon. I’ll have a column …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 16, 2011 10:49 am5263d ago
I haven’t been to Vancouver, B.C., since 1999. It was a different time, I guess. A different century. A different …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 15, 2011 2:46 pm5264d ago
This video says it all. The tension in my Cedar Rapids office hours before the puck gets dropped tonight in Vancouver …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 15, 2011 11:40 am5264d ago
Four of the top American PGA Tour pros (Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler, Hunter Mahan and Bubba Watson) have made a …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 14, 2011 4:58 pm5265d ago
That was Tweeted by CBS Sports’ Jeff Goodman late Tuesday afternoon. Miami’s head coach is Charlie Coles, who is 69 …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 14, 2011 4:44 pm5265d ago
Frankly, I never thought mixed martial arts star Tito Ortiz would ever want to speak to me. And I never …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 14, 2011 4:10 pm5265d ago
Twelve teams, and maybe nine conference games in the future, but I maintain it’s good for Big Ten teams to …

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