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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 Feb. 10, 2010 9:30 pm5755d ago
IOWA CITY – Who doesn’t want to see a “first?” I always try to catch a slice of history whenever it’s …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 10, 2010 5:32 pm5755d ago
Iowa football recruiting and a little thing known as the Super Bowl are covered in this week’s edition of “Unnamed …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 10, 2010 2:52 pm5756d ago
I’m not sure I ever thought I’d see the day, but a Northwestern men’s basketball team is favored to win at …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 9, 2010 4:47 pm5756d ago
Landon Cassill of Cedar Rapids is a 20-year-old race car driver without a full-time ride, but he’ll try to make …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 9, 2010 3:54 pm5756d ago
I know some places. One is called sportsbook.com. It has odds on teams winning next season’s BCS championship game. I …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 9, 2010 1:42 pm5757d ago
Item: Sunday’s Super Bowl was the most-watched telecast in the U.S. … Ever. It supplanted the 1983 series-finale of “M*A*S*H.” …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 9, 2010 12:04 pm5757d ago
This little insight from Ohio State center Jim Cordle was brought to my attention by Black Heart Gold Pants, and …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 8, 2010 9:12 pm5757d ago
Look at it this way: What follows isn’t a Charles Barkley Taco Bell commercial. So you can take it. Iowa …
Sports Feb. 8, 2010 7:02 pm5757d ago
Tom Speer never felt landlocked in Stanwood. “I was always interested in sailing,” he said. “In high school, I taught …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 7, 2010 10:19 pm5758d ago
I liked these. They’re straight from YouTube, so if there’s a problem with using them, go after YouTube, corporate America. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 7, 2010 8:54 pm5758d ago
There are a lot of Jake’s Pizza parlors in America. But there’s only one jakespizza who won the Hlog’s first …
Sports Feb. 6, 2010 11:25 pm5759d ago
CEDAR FALLS – For a while, it appeared Saturday’s storyline here was Tony Freeman returning to Iowa to lead Southern …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 6, 2010 8:00 pm5759d ago
CEDAR FALLS – For a while, it appeared Saturday’s storyline here was Tony Freeman returning to Iowa to lead Southern …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 6, 2010 12:33 pm5760d ago
Dallas Clark has one Super Bowl ring, and may have secured a second one by Sunday night. But the Indianapolis …
Columns & Sports Commentary Feb. 4, 2010 11:50 pm5761d ago
First of all, forced apologies aren’t really apologies. Now, for the back story on this, I urge you to go …


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