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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 Apr. 6, 2011 1:07 pm5334d ago
Zach Johnson and Andy Roddick had never met before today. But Roddick is Johnson’s caddy in the Masters’ Par 3 …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 6, 2011 10:16 am5334d ago
Only a select few media agencies can use photos taken on the grounds of Augusta National Golf Club for commercial …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 5, 2011 11:21 pm5335d ago
Thirteen is a lot of players to be hospitalized for damaged muscles that can be harmful to the kidney. If …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 5, 2011 12:04 am5336d ago
OK, that title game between the Huskies and Bulldogs was a dog. It happens. The great games of history wouldn’t …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 3, 2011 6:48 pm5337d ago
This is simple. If you want to add to this, put your prediction of a game score in the comments …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 2, 2011 11:25 am5338d ago
The Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League had a pretty fair quarterback once upon a time. His name was …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 1, 2011 11:14 pm5339d ago
First and foremost, I’m all for the free enterprise system. It seems to beat the alternatives, like whatever it is …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 31, 2011 10:37 pm5340d ago
This video is brilliant. It comes to us courtesy of The Solid Verbal. Give their site a visit to repay …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 31, 2011 12:13 pm5340d ago
I’m of the opinion this has been the best NCAA men’s basketball tournament since the CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1950. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 30, 2011 4:57 pm5341d ago
It’s not just the Fiesta Bowl that has some interesting “expenses.” A Web site called Playoff PAC has been a …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 30, 2011 4:12 pm5341d ago
I’m not sure what will happen to sports journalism when newspapers go the way of VCRs and landline phones. However, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 29, 2011 10:42 pm5342d ago
It isn’t just celebrity deaths that come in threes. For the NCAA and big-time college sport, a three-headed monster of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 28, 2011 5:05 pm5343d ago
This has been the best NCAA basketball tournament ever. No matter how the Final Four plays out, this year’s NCAA …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 28, 2011 4:44 am5344d ago
Did you realize … Butler University has roughly 4,500 students. The average high school GPA of its incoming students is …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 26, 2011 3:46 pm5345d ago
It was Arena Football League action and such, Friday night from Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. The Iowa Barnstormers …

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