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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 May. 18, 2011 2:01 pm5292d ago
The Big Ten spring meetings are winding down in Chicago today. What precisely has been set in stone this week, …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 17, 2011 5:15 pm5293d ago
ESPN.com is currently asking its readers to rank the helmets of the 32 NFL teams. My vote there would require …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 17, 2011 3:51 pm5293d ago
From T Spoons coffee shop in Iowa City, the Gazette/KCRG SportsDesk features San Diego Chargers (and former Iowa Hawkeyes) placekicker …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 17, 2011 2:24 pm5293d ago
Quality nonconference opponents don’t pass through Carver-Hawkeye Arena all that much when it comes to men’s basketball, at least not …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 17, 2011 11:51 am5293d ago
Need some more evidence that bowl games aren’t true partners with college football, but instead are subsidized by it? Jay Christensen’s …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 16, 2011 4:44 pm5294d ago
IOWA CITY – San Diego bills itself as “America’s Finest City.” Many residents and millions of visitors agree. Blue skies. …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 16, 2011 10:11 am5294d ago
Score this one for the Cyclones. Georges Niang, a 6-foot-7, 235-pound senior-to-be at Tilton School in New Hampshire, gave a …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 14, 2011 2:26 pm5296d ago
Were this last year, or any previous year of the last few decades, Marion’s Allen Reisner would have a pro …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 13, 2011 4:43 pm5297d ago
This week, Iowa State’s Cyclone Tailgate Tour stopped in downtown Cedar Rapids. ISU Athletic Director was kind enough to join …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 12, 2011 3:12 pm5298d ago
The last two years, Iowa-Penn State has been a prime-time football game on ABC. This year’s Oct. 8 matchup between …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 11, 2011 8:28 pm5299d ago
Video of Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads talking about his 2011 team is at the end of this post. …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 11, 2011 1:50 pm5299d ago
Stewart Mandel, Sports Illustrated’s venerable college football go-to guy, was asked in his latest mailbag if having conference-title games would …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 11, 2011 12:05 pm5299d ago
I’m toying with the shop-worn idea of having an occasional Q&A here with notable people in and perhaps out of …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 10, 2011 11:01 pm5300d ago
It isn’t as if Adrian Clayborn hasn’t been on a team that had an occasional player make a, shall we …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 10, 2011 1:33 pm5300d ago
The Iowa football team has offered a verbal scholarship offer to ninth-grader Brian Allen of Hinsdale, Ill. Like about every …

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