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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. 4, 2010 12:34 am5703d ago
I love contests that reward foresight. For instance, I thought it was pretty darn cool of me to have Butler …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 2, 2010 3:07 pm5704d ago
It’s called “Let’s Be Mad Again.” The “Mad” is a reference to March Madness, not to being angry or insane. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Apr. 1, 2010 6:34 pm5705d ago
The NCAA is going to do it. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany basically said so Wednesday when he used the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 31, 2010 10:56 pm5706d ago
According to this Newark Star-Ledger story detailing Seton Hall’s search for a new men’s basketball coach, the school bypassed Fran …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 31, 2010 11:26 am5707d ago
I somehow missed this in all the March Madness madness, but the Kansas City Star’s Bill Reiter had this story …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 30, 2010 11:51 pm5707d ago
Why? Because you need to get away for a moment. I shot this on a Sun Country jet (I don’t …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 30, 2010 6:56 pm5707d ago
This week’s subject matter was easy to determine in the KCRG/Gazette college sports talk show, which airs on Local KCRG …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 29, 2010 11:34 pm5708d ago
Some of you Hawkeye fans who scoop up everything have seen some or all of the following. Don’t feel insulted. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 29, 2010 5:47 pm5708d ago
IOWA CITY – If Fran McCaffery absorbs opponents’ tendencies the way he grasped what he needed to say here Monday, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 29, 2010 5:10 pm5708d ago
I used the phrase “Hot Live Chat” because the mere phrase “Live Chat” put last week’s Gazetteonline live chat in …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 29, 2010 2:14 pm5708d ago
Bob Hansen, former Iowa player and current Hawkeyes broadcaster, was on the five-person search committee to hire Iowa’s men’s basketball …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 29, 2010 9:48 am5709d ago
I did not write a single word on Sunday about Margaret McCaffery, the wife of new Iowa men’s basketball coach …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 28, 2010 6:26 pm5709d ago
So “overwhelmed and overjoyed” may not capture the mood of the Iowa fan base after it learned of the school’s …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 28, 2010 1:49 pm5709d ago
1) He has taken three different schools — Lehigh, UNC Greensboro and Siena — to NCAA tournaments. 2) One of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 28, 2010 1:15 pm5710d ago
1) It’s McCaffery, not McCaffrey. 2) Seton Hall met with him last week about its basketball coaching opening. Seton Hall …


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