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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. 19, 2024 4:07 pm655d ago
Iowa sophomore guard Josh Dix had back-to-back career-highs for scoring in the Hawkeyes’ three-game win streak. Now they host Purdue, the No. 2 team in the nation.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 20, 2024 11:33 am654d ago
The Iowa men’s basketball team puts a three-game winning streak on the line against Purdue, the Big Ten’s best shooting and best rebounding team with the reigning National Player of the Year.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 17, 2024 8:43 am657d ago
Iowa’s men’s basketball team is in the midst of a January surge that has the Hawkeyes again looking like one of the more imposing teams in the Big Ten.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 15, 2024 10:55 am659d ago
The Iowa men’s basketball team seeks its third-straight victory in general, and third-straight win at Minnesota on Monday.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jan. 14, 2024 9:38 am660d ago
No. 3 Iowa used the brilliant play of Caitlin Clark and three of her senior teammates to disassemble Indiana, 84-57.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 12, 2024 1:05 pm662d ago
Nebraska’s men’s basketball team got to Iowa ahead of Friday’s snowstorm, thus Friday night’s 8:37 matchup is a go.
Iowa Basketball Jan. 12, 2024 4:32 pm661d 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 pm666d 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 pm667d 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 pm668d 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 pm669d 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 pm672d 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 pm672d 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 pm672d 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 pm673d ago
Iowa men’s basketball vs. Wisconsin on Tuesday: The Hawkeyes have a tough assignment in their quest for their first Big Ten win.

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