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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 Mar. 1, 2011 8:36 pm5370d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Josh Oglesby had four points in the first half. Only four. It didn’t matter, since his Cedar …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 1, 2011 2:27 pm5370d ago
Anthony Tucker had a turbulent two years as a University of Iowa basketball player, and that pattern continues. Tucker, a …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 28, 2011 9:49 pm5371d ago
MycroBurst.com had a recent contest to select a new Big Ten logo. Newer than the new Big Ten logo, I …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 28, 2011 3:53 pm5371d ago
Recruiting, preparation for games, in-game management – those are obvious gauges to decide if a coach has what it takes …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 27, 2011 10:54 pm5372d ago
Iowa’s Ricky Stanzi will probably have one of the 96 quarterback jobs in the 2011 NFL season. If there’s an …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 26, 2011 3:24 pm5373d ago
The Des Moines Register published a letter to the editor on Feb. 6 from Brett Walderbach (click here to see …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 25, 2011 1:13 pm5374d ago
I’m not a recruitnik, but I can get interested in Iowa’s pursuit of Bellflower, Calif., guard Cezar Guerrero. Why? Because …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 25, 2011 10:26 am5375d ago
Iowa State’s football team will have a national-television audience on Sept. 16 when it plays at Connecticut, as is reported …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 24, 2011 3:56 pm5375d ago
Laura Podolak, Ed Podolak’s daughter sent out this e-mail to Iowa’s sports information department Thursday. The SID office relayed it …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 24, 2011 1:30 pm5375d ago
The deadline for NFL teams to place franchise tag on players has passed, and Robert Gallery did not get the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 24, 2011 1:04 pm5375d ago
This is pretty good. Texas-El Paso men’s basketball coach Tim Floyd, who worked at Iowa State in the same capacity …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 23, 2011 11:18 pm5376d ago
That’s a funny question coming from someone in Iowa, isn’t it? Since the Hawkeyes’ previous four seasons produced 6, 5 …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 23, 2011 3:59 pm5376d ago
After a terrific performance at Daytona International Speedway, lots of positive attention came Landon Cassill’s way. But though he has …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 22, 2011 9:13 pm5377d ago
We are not being served in Iowa this year when it comes to men’s basketball. This is nothing new in …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 22, 2011 4:32 pm5377d ago
I’d lost my passion for baseball several years ago. Maybe it was one too many pickoff throws to first base …

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