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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 Jun. 27, 2010 2:26 pm5618d ago
I spent three hours in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, and for once I actually had the same temporary raison …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 25, 2010 8:25 pm5620d ago
@kurt13warner My 4yrOlds height is right below my waist, so all day long when they want my attention they hit …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 25, 2010 3:50 pm5620d ago
Kurt and Brenda Warner were back in Kurt’s Cedar Rapids hometown this week to work on a Habitat for Humanity …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 24, 2010 12:26 pm5621d ago
It comes as no surprise, but the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team is a candidate to win an ESPY. And …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 24, 2010 11:54 am5621d ago
Many Iowa fans feel Ronnie Lester is the best Hawkeyes basketball player ever. I would concur. Time passes, and it’s …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 24, 2010 11:25 am5621d ago
This isn’t so much the big-play stuff packaged together for fans to get all warm and gooey, but rather solid, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 23, 2010 5:51 pm5622d ago
Giddy with anticipation, at 6 p.m. we begin to learn the winners of the third-annual Big Ten Network awards. I’ll …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 23, 2010 4:08 pm5622d ago
Never play a tennis match in which the fifth set takes seven hours and six minutes and STILL ISN’T DONE. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 23, 2010 11:59 am5622d ago
Was that crazy or what? You stave off tournament-elimination by winning a 90-minute game in the 91st minute. You do it …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 22, 2010 4:59 pm5623d ago
It was gold. Every day. The rumors. The opinions. The crazy-quilt scenarios. The cloak-and-dagger stuff. The reactions from fans, media, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 22, 2010 3:53 pm5623d ago
LeRon Dendy, we barely knew ye. He played one season at Iowa State, averaged 7.3 poins and 3.6 rebounds, and …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 21, 2010 3:24 pm5624d ago
The Big Ten Network has a gimmicky deal where it has its own knockoff of ESPN’s Espy awards. So here …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 21, 2010 2:43 pm5624d ago
But just the 37th-best quarterbacks? Phil Steele’s annual college football review always ranks individuals and units. I gave you Steele’s individual …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 20, 2010 9:39 pm5625d ago
1. Graeme McDowell is from Northern Ireland, which is a different nation from the Republic of Ireland. Which is more …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 20, 2010 12:20 pm5625d ago
Italy may traditionally be the suave sophisticates of world football, bestriding the scene with an imperious elegance and in a …


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