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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 Nov. 20, 2009 9:36 pm5837d ago
Two busload of Minnesota Gophers football fans visited Floyd Friday. No, not Floyd of Rosedale, who presumably is under lock …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 20, 2009 3:51 pm5838d ago
Hlastradamus was 3-2 last week, which is good enough for you people, and you know it. But just to show …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 19, 2009 11:01 pm5838d ago
I’ve witnessed a few of these University of Iowa football seasons now, and this has easily been my favorite year. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 19, 2009 9:49 pm5838d ago
We’ll get to “Hate Week” at the end of this entry. “I’ve got to be careful here,” Minnesota Vikings linebacker …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 19, 2009 3:10 pm5839d ago
I’ve witnessed a few of these University of Iowa football seasons now, and this has easily been my favorite year. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 19, 2009 1:23 pm5839d ago
It was January of 1989, not 1988 as the video caption says. Don’t tell me everything about sports today is …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 18, 2009 10:07 pm5839d ago
This week, Minnesota Coach Tim Brewster talked about the pink visitors’ dressing room at Kinnick Stadium. From a Minnesota Daily …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 18, 2009 4:34 pm5840d ago
Sometimes, you stumble on gold. That happened to me in late May when, for reasons I can’t imagine, I started …
Sports Nov. 16, 2009 7:51 pm5841d ago
OPENING KICKOFF “What’s your deal? What’s your deal?” – USC Coach Pete Carroll to Stanford counterpart Jim Harbaugh after the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 16, 2009 9:55 am5842d ago
Iowa State and Iowa in bowls in the same metropolitan area five days apart? Give it to me. The Cyclones …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 15, 2009 9:06 pm5842d ago
With 52 seconds left of a tie game at Ohio State, Iowa went conservative and played for overtime, which it …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 15, 2009 3:16 pm5843d ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Saturday’s Iowa-Ohio State football game gave us a lot to chew on, so here are some bites: …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 15, 2009 11:33 am5843d ago
Oh yeah. Mr. Brave swapped out Alabama for TCU at No. 3. Why? Because TCU has beaten just as many …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Nov. 15, 2009 10:43 am5843d ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The responses Iowa’s football players got as they made their way out of their Ohio Stadium locker …
Columns & Sports Commentary Nov. 14, 2009 11:58 pm5843d ago
Iowa doesn’t want to leave the Top 14 of the BCS. Why? Pride? Vanity? Try getting to a BCS bowl …


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