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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 Sep. 11, 2009 4:20 pm5908d ago
Zach Johnson shot himself into contention at the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship in Lemont, Ill., Friday with a 6-under-par 65. …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 11, 2009 7:47 am5908d ago
Sure, Iowa-Iowa State has ingredients necessary for a great in-state college football rivalry. There’s plenty of they-don’t-like-us and we-don’t-like-them among …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 11, 2009 12:08 am5909d ago
OK, I’m stealing this bit, and doing a great disservice to David Letterman and his writing staff in the bargain. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 10, 2009 11:15 am5909d ago
It’s often said a prophet makes the most improvement from Week 1 to Week 2 in a college football season. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 8, 2009 2:18 pm5911d ago
The Alabama-Virginia Tech game was good. So was BYU-Oklahoma. That Miami-Florida State deal Monday night was terrific. My preseason Top …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 8, 2009 11:04 am5911d ago
Lost in the hubbub over FRY Fest was the presence of Notre Dame’s Rudy Ruettiger, the subject of the feel-good flick …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 7, 2009 6:11 pm5912d ago
This had a short shelf life on Gazetteonline’s sports page today for some reason. So … I brought it back. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 5, 2009 10:40 pm5914d ago
IOWA CITY — Saturday wasn’t the first time Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley impressed me. I’ve covered a few …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 5, 2009 10:19 pm5914d ago
It’s more than “could have.” Northern Iowa should have defeated Iowa. You get not one, but two chances at game-winning …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 4, 2009 8:00 pm5915d ago
Opine, respond, giggle, gripe. Do all of the above and more at our live chat from the Kinnick Stadium press …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 4, 2009 11:43 am5915d ago
AMES –There have always been those of the Hawkeye persuasion who insist the Iowa-Iowa State game is the Cyclones’ Super …
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Sep. 4, 2009 7:40 am5915d ago
Other than the moon and the stars, what more could you want from your college football team than this: Frequent …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 3, 2009 4:39 pm5916d ago
Starting at 6:45 p.m., I will be at Jack Trice Stadium for the North Dakota State-Iowa State football game, and …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 2, 2009 11:06 pm5917d ago
Hlastradamus, as generations have come to know and fear, is the world’s most-accurate prophet when it comes to picking games …
Columns & Sports Commentary Sep. 2, 2009 2:32 pm5917d ago
It’s a panicky headline, I know. Rest easy, Iowa and Big Ten football fans. The Dec. 26 bowl game in …


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