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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 Jul. 29, 2010 6:40 am5586d ago
I look at Iowa’s 2010 football schedule. I see challenges. A lot of them. Just like every year. The schedule: …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 28, 2010 6:35 am5587d ago
Because of the crazy career I chose, I’ve been fortunate enough to see a lot of different sporting events I …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 15, 2021 1:05 pm1520d ago
Warning: This is for college football wonks. Whatever a wonk is. I just like the word “wonk.” I’ve been a …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 25, 2010 7:21 am5590d ago
If you’re just joining this, I’m offering this as a footnote to the 10 best Iowa football games in the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 24, 2010 6:52 am5591d ago
Like I said in the previous post, you can’t appreciate the good times without remembering the bad ones. Is that …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 23, 2010 7:31 am5592d ago
OK, we had a two-week whoop-de-do of the best Iowa football games in the coaching era of Kirk Ferentz. And …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 22, 2010 1:15 pm5593d ago
Few sports powers other than the Miami Heat were built overnight. For decades, University of Wisconsin men’s basketball was nothing …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 21, 2010 11:56 am5594d ago
Folks, if your college basketball coach was 76-26 in his first three years at your school, you’d want to keep …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 20, 2010 11:26 pm5595d ago
To see them, click here at the NCAA’s Web site. There’s just one problem, Iowa Hawkeyes fans. You don’t have …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 20, 2010 7:10 pm5595d ago
Recruiting is an enormously popular subject with many college sports fans, and it’s easy to see why. So many recruitment …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 20, 2010 11:26 am5595d ago
Bernie Miklasz of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports here that former Cedar Rapids Regis/Northern Iowa/you-know-the-rest quarterback Kurt Warner has been …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 19, 2010 9:13 pm5596d ago
1. First of all, we have no idea how recruits respond to college coaches. But there is no question Wisconsin …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 19, 2010 11:47 am5596d ago
The Penn State tradition of all its fans wearing white for a home football game has been suspended for a …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 17, 2010 2:32 pm5598d ago
It’s seemed like a sudden explosion, the interest shown by major-college basketball coaches in Cedar Rapids high school players Josh …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 16, 2010 12:46 pm5599d ago
For several years, terrific college football site The Wiz of Odds has led into the coming season by showing the poster-schedules of …

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