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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 Nov. 11, 2010 1:03 pm5481d ago
Hlastradamus has had quite a week. He ate Spam and Pop-Tarts with the other 3,300 stranded passengers of a cruise …
Nov. 10, 2010 7:48 pm5482d ago
Three guys, three minutes. It’s just heartfelt, beautiful stuff. Well, no. It’s actually discussion about Saturday’s Iowa-Northwestern football game. Now, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 10, 2010 7:18 pm5482d ago
It’s the weekly thing we do. I imagine it will involve Iowa-Northwestern speculation. That’s how these deals tend to go. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 10, 2010 2:48 pm5482d ago
Maybe this is why Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz doesn’t let freshmen talk to reporters. UPDATE: The post I refer to …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 10, 2010 11:22 am5482d ago
This is as less scientific than astrology, but it’s just for fun and no one’s going to get hurt. What …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 9, 2010 4:42 pm5483d ago
He could have shoved Iowa’s football team out of the Big Ten title picture. But Damarlo Belcher didn’t catch that …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 9, 2010 4:10 pm5483d ago
IOWA CITY – Iowa’s football program can spin it any way it wants, but Northwestern sticks in the Hawkeyes’ craws. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 9, 2010 1:41 pm5483d ago
COACH FERENTZ: Welcome. I think in the future we’ll just move this thing officially to 12:35 or 12:37 so that …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 8, 2010 11:28 pm5483d ago
I don’t know who this Mark is, but he has a lot of words about Iowa-Northwestern right here at sportschatplace.com. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 8, 2010 4:45 pm5484d ago
I watched the second half and overtime of the Oakland Raiders’ 23-20 win over the Kansas City Chiefs game Sunday, …
Nov. 8, 2010 10:56 am5484d ago
The Heartland Poker Tour completed its tournament at Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel Sunday. Kurt Fraser of Schaumburg, Ill., won the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 7, 2010 10:26 pm5484d ago
I keep trying. I mention Wynn Las Vegas here. Yet Steve Wynn never recripocates my generous free plugs. Why keep …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 7, 2010 8:50 pm5485d ago
It’s one thing to say that but for a play here and there, you’d be having a big season. Lots …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 7, 2010 6:47 pm5485d ago
Major sports Web sites have bowl projections out, and they vary considerably. They also depend on lots of events that …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 7, 2010 12:28 pm5485d ago
These are from Associated Press. I like them.

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