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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 Dec. 20, 2010 8:27 pm5441d ago
Say what? Who has preseason football rankings in the third week of December? None other than nationalchamps.net. Not only does …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 20, 2010 2:13 pm5442d ago
Why, back in my day, we played football outdoors when it was 50 degrees below zero in T-shirts and shorts. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 20, 2010 1:42 pm5442d ago
Quick, name the last football team to beat Iowa by more than one score (nine points or more). Hint: Its …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 19, 2010 8:07 pm5442d ago
Almost every football team has fights in practice. Most don’t see the light of day publicly. But once in a …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 19, 2010 3:33 pm5443d ago
A rough December for Iowa’s football program took an upturn this weekend with the apparent verbal commitments of a top …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 19, 2010 11:18 am5443d ago
They’re saying the Insight Bowl will have a record-high crowd for its Iowa-Missouri matchup at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 18, 2010 2:45 pm5444d ago
The Las Vegas Hilton’s sports book has put the Iowa-Missouri game back on the board. Missouri was a 1.5-point favorite …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 17, 2010 5:27 pm5444d ago
IOWA CITY – It’s kind of weird, but Iowa got its best bowl opponent in several years by falling down …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 17, 2010 2:49 pm5445d ago
COACH FERENTZ: Welcome. It’s a busy time obviously. Jeff Tarpinian medically, Jeff has a shot to play in the game. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 17, 2010 10:22 am5445d ago
Big Ten Commissioner was surprised to see a 90 percent disapproval rating for his league’s football division names, Legends and …
Dec. 16, 2010 7:02 pm5445d ago
It wasn’t like Dan McCarney, the former Iowa State head football coach, just grabbed any old life raft out of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 16, 2010 3:35 pm5446d ago
SourceMedia (The Gazette and KCRG-TV9) are doing these Sports Desk Webcasts daily, usually Iowa-themed on college and high school sports. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 16, 2010 3:19 pm5446d ago
This seems like a good time for levity, so let’s discuss the Big Ten’s new division names and Saturday’s start …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 15, 2010 8:49 pm5446d ago
Bob Feller, one of the all-time greatest sports figures to ever come from Iowa, died Wednesday. I interviewed him in …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 15, 2010 1:43 pm5447d ago
Rumors. That’s what drove Nevada casinos’ sports books to take down the Iowa-Missouri Insight Bowl matchup of Dec. 28 on …

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