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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 Dec. 5, 2009 11:07 pm5822d ago
This is an abbreviated version of what I normally try to provide because I spent a lot of time actually …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 4, 2009 10:19 pm5823d ago
Bob Smith blogs for pennlive.com, perhaps the best Web site for Penn State stories and commentaries. Smith questions whether it …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 4, 2009 1:56 pm5824d ago
This isn’t about the adultery. I’m not going to get on some soap box and rip Tiger Woods for two-timing …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 3, 2009 9:16 pm5824d ago
Chris Dufresne of the Los Angeles Times is one of the best and most-entertaining college football writers around. Conventional wisdom …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 3, 2009 1:26 pm5825d ago
Answer all, some or none. As always, this (the Cayman Islands, from where this originates) is a free country. 1. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 2, 2009 9:37 pm5825d ago
AMES – The team that knows who it is beat the team trying to find its identity. Northern Iowa is …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 1, 2009 9:50 pm5826d ago
Penn State’s people aren’t sitting quietly in the Alleghenies, hoping to get a BCS bowl bid but resisting the temptation …
Sports Dec. 1, 2009 6:20 pm5826d ago
The one thing you can take to heart from the Fiesta Bowl camp this week is you can’t take anything …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 30, 2009 10:07 pm5827d ago
Boise State was full of surprises when it played in the Fiesta Bowl three seasons ago, capping its 43-42 overtime …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 30, 2009 2:52 pm5828d ago
We’ve heard and heard that bowl games are about money. If so, then why not take the bowl by the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 29, 2009 7:21 pm5828d ago
MINNEAPOLIS – Chad Greenway didn’t look tired in the Minnesota Vikings’ dressing room Sunday night, and with good reason. The …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 29, 2009 1:03 pm5829d ago
We all know the Fiesta Bowl skinny. It’s Iowa or Penn State for the Fiesta if Texas beats Nebraska in …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 29, 2009 11:07 am5829d ago
OK, almost every team has finished its 12-week regular season. So I took some time in my Twin Cities hotel …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 28, 2009 8:14 pm5829d ago
All right, Oklahoma State effectively removed itself for Fiesta Bowl contention Saturday. Oklahoma State Coach Mike Gundy’s team, which has …
Sports Nov. 28, 2009 5:13 pm5830d ago
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A beat-up Coe College football team got a beat-down to end its NCAA Division III playoff …


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