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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
Sports Jul. 5, 2010 12:24 pm5610d ago
On Monday, PGA Tour star Zach Johnson returned to his Cedar Rapids hometown to announce the creation of the Zach …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 3, 2010 1:57 pm5612d ago
I was vacationing in San Francisco in 1992, not far from the Golden Gate Bridge, when I saw a Chevy …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 2, 2010 11:43 am5613d ago
Countdowns are big summertime features for writers and bloggers of college football. Bob Asmussen of the Champaign Press-Gazette, one of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 1, 2010 10:34 pm5614d ago
Drew Tate is in his fourth year of getting paid to play football, which puts him ahead of the curve …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 1, 2010 11:23 am5614d ago
In late December of 2002, I paid a visit to St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. It …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 1, 2010 7:58 am5614d ago
St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., is one of the nation’s top prep football programs. Just check …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 30, 2010 5:50 pm5615d ago
Evan Turner will be there. John Wall, too. Here’s who else will participate in NBA summer leagues in Orlando and …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 30, 2010 1:06 am5616d ago
Last week, Gazette colleague Marc Morehouse had this On Iowa post about betting lines established by Las Vegas Sports Consultants. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 29, 2010 8:25 pm5616d ago
IOWA CITY – As a well-known freedom-fighter, I recoil when I hear of college football players forced into indentured servitude …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 29, 2010 7:46 pm5616d ago
Iowa made several of its football players available for interviews today (June 29). Here are some clips, including quarterback Ricky …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 29, 2010 12:39 am5617d ago
Kevin Gamble first met Keno Davis in 1986, when Davis was an adolescent. On Monday, Providence men’s basketball coach Davis …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 1, 2022 12:45 pm1322d ago
I wasn’t around before 1900. If I had been, I’d have tried to make friends with Henry Ford so I …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 28, 2010 11:32 am5617d ago
Summertime and hot rods. Racin’ in the street. Ain’t this America, baby?
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 28, 2010 12:51 am5618d ago
Many a college football team has survived the preseason loss of a wide receiver, no matter how important. Still, it …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 27, 2010 8:50 pm5618d ago
They did it twice with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Now they’re getting ready to do it with LeBron James, …


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