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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 Apr. 9, 2010 3:44 pm5697d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It was a short night. I had a late lunch. And Tiger Woods speaks with a soft voice, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 9, 2010 8:09 am5698d ago
Never eat Chinese food in Barnwell, S.C. shortly before going to bed. It was harmless, actually, but I always wanted …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 8, 2010 7:54 pm5698d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – I heard this while passing through the Augusta National media center Thursday night: “Best Thursday ever.” Tiger …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 8, 2010 7:10 pm5698d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs … The scene surrounding …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 8, 2010 10:50 am5699d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The sky has turned gray, the wind has picked up, and weather promises to mess with the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 7, 2010 9:25 pm5699d ago
BARNWELL, S.C. — What’s with the kooky dateline, you ask. This is my base of operations (place to sleep) during Masters …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 7, 2010 5:26 pm5699d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – I expected the Masters’ official comment on the unearthed transgressions of Tiger Woods to basically be a …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 7, 2010 1:22 pm5699d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Billy Payne, the chairman of Augusta National and the Masters, didn’t mince words Wednesday afternoon on the subject …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 6, 2010 10:24 pm5700d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — “I’m in. I’m playing.” That was John Daly’s answer when I asked him Tuesday if he would …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 6, 2010 4:06 pm5700d ago
Of course not. Right. Had Gordon Hayward’s half-court heave banked through the basket Monday night to give Butler an NCAA …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 6, 2010 3:53 pm5700d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. – I realize Tiger Woods is kind of, you know, the focal point of the 2010 Masters. As …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 6, 2010 12:34 pm5701d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — For weeks, people have wondered who would be the two “lucky” souls to be paired with Tiger …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 6, 2010 10:13 am5701d ago
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods update: He’s playing a practice round right now. That’s all. I am in my same …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 5, 2010 10:56 am5702d ago
It was Saturday night. I tossed it on Twitter, like so many other millions of scraps of useless mental paper …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 4, 2010 4:30 pm5702d ago
Todd Lickliter has caught more than his fair share of criticism the last couple years . In Iowa, that is. But …


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