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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 Jan. 13, 2009 6:00 pm6149d ago
Oh, is this idiotic blog stirring up something saucy about the Iowa football coach that lacks substance? Well … yeah. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 12, 2009 10:09 pm6150d ago
Evans was a preseason All-America after finishing second in the nation with sacks last season with 12.5. He was suspended …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 12, 2009 4:02 pm6150d ago
Thanks to the great college football site https://www.thewizofodds.com/, we learned of an Atlanta Constitution-Journal story that’s not good news for …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 11, 2009 4:16 pm6151d ago
Take a look at the letters to the sports section in today’s The State, the daily newspaper of Columbia, S.C. What …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 10, 2009 10:27 pm6152d ago
Adam Rittenberg of ESPN.com got the story today (http://myespn.go.com/blogs/bigten) that Iowa junior quarterback Jake Christensen will transfer from the school. This …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 10, 2009 12:14 pm6153d ago
The Outback Bowl was watched on television by a lot of people in Iowa and South Carolina and, uh, uh, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 8, 2009 11:14 pm6154d ago
I wrestled with my AP ballot from the moment Utah drilled Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl on the night …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 8, 2009 12:50 am6155d ago
I’ve caught some grief from USC supporters who think I’m being unfair to the Trojans by noting Utah beat Oregon …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 7, 2009 1:27 pm6155d ago
The “colorful” governor of Illinois appointed a former attorney general of his state to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 6, 2009 10:40 pm6156d ago
The PGA Tour’s offseason lasted about, what, a week-and-a-half? Zach Johnson’s 2009 season starts a week earlier than most Tour …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 6, 2009 11:37 am6157d ago
Ben Bruns played the game. Played it very well. He was an Iowa State offensive lineman from 1996 to 2000. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 5, 2009 3:51 pm6157d ago
You think it’s cold in Iowa? How about in Syracuse, N.Y., where they have no good college football memories to …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 4, 2009 2:55 pm6158d ago
I really was going to totally ignore this Kirk Ferentz/Cleveland Browns business altogether, but the Iowa football season is over …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 3, 2009 4:30 pm6159d ago
For all of ESPN’s warts, one of the good things it does it have Wayne Drehs write for its Web …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 2, 2009 11:00 pm6160d ago
A day that had a rather severe start for yours truly is having a wonderful finish. You get up at …


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