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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 Mar. 5, 2010 4:34 pm5732d ago
I am at courtside in the Scottstrade Center in St. Louis. It’s Drake and UNI in the Missouri Valley Conference …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 5, 2010 5:21 am5733d ago
See John Campbell throw knives while blindfolded. See Scott Dochterman recite some sonnets he jotted down on his way home …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 4, 2010 8:08 pm5733d ago
Pick five players, regardless of position. (Statistics are through Wednesday’s games). Mine are Brackins, Eglseder, Gilstrap, Koch and Young. I …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 3, 2010 8:43 pm5734d ago
Ricky Davis has been on six different NBA teams in 12 seasons since he left Iowa after his freshman season. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 3, 2010 6:37 pm5734d ago
Often, price-hikes in sports ticket prices are accompanied by loud howls from the consumers. The news Iowa is raising its …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 2, 2010 7:04 pm5735d ago
First, I’ll tell you what I think. That seems to be how it goes here. But you get the last …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 1, 2010 10:39 pm5736d ago
It’s no shock after the sensational performances Shonn Greene gave in the playoffs, but former Iowa Hawkeye Greene is about …
Columns & Sports Commentary Mar. 1, 2010 2:42 am5737d ago
IOWA CITY – Matt Gatens plays for a losing team. You can do that and still be a winner. In …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 28, 2010 5:03 pm5737d ago
Let’s get right to the unpleasant video: Saturday, Steve Alford may have had the biggest win as a coach since …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 26, 2010 1:28 am5740d ago
I tried to watch Thursday night’s Iowa-Northwestern game on ESPN. Northwestern certainly did its best to put on a show. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 24, 2010 7:55 pm5741d ago
If you prefer the larger screen and have Local KCRG 9.2 on your cable or dish, it’s on at 10:35 …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 24, 2010 3:50 pm5741d ago
TIPTON – It was a mini-convention of women’s college basketball coaches here Tuesday, assembled in the dead of winter in …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 23, 2010 11:58 pm5742d ago
The Hlog will feast on Big Ten expansion quotes/gossip/rumors from now until the league makes its move. You have been …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 23, 2010 1:40 pm5743d ago
I didn’t share in the joy of U.S. hockey fans following the Americans’ win over Canada Sunday in the Winter …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 21, 2010 5:46 pm5744d ago
Jeff Potrykus of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is one of the best beat writers in Big Ten country, and he …


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