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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. 2, 2009 4:36 am6161d ago
TAMPA, Fla. – The last time Iowa had won a bowl game, it did so with a lightning bolt of …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jan. 1, 2009 5:42 pm6161d ago
Well, well, well. That was quite a display of efficiency the Iowa football squad displayed against a South Carolina team …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 31, 2008 4:07 pm6162d ago
I should be anywhere in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater right now but my hotel out by the Tampa airport. The weather’s nice, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 29, 2008 3:34 pm6164d ago
TAMPA, Fla. — When two teams get thrown together in a bowl game, they often don’t know a lot about …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 28, 2008 11:17 am6166d ago
All our Outback Bowl stuff can be found at http://www.hawkeyebowlgame.com. But I’m offering this for those who bookmark straight to …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 27, 2008 3:29 pm6166d ago
Before I saw any Iowa Hawkeye fans here in Tampa for Outback Bowl week, I encountered a pair of Oakland …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 26, 2008 6:52 pm6167d ago
This is Pepin/Rood Stadium, the home of the University of Tampa Spartans and the Outback Bowl practice site for the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 26, 2008 12:03 am6168d ago
The above is the back of a 747. Where’s the rest of the plane? What am I, an air traffic controller? …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 22, 2008 6:02 pm6171d ago
The following was cut-and-pasted directly from The State, the daily newspaper of Columbia, S.C.: USC fifth-year linebacker Dustin Lindsey became the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 20, 2008 6:48 pm6173d ago
In December 1967, new Iowa State head football coach Johnny Majors didn’t make enough money to feel comfortable buying a …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 20, 2008 1:32 pm6174d ago
While former Iowa State assistant coach Paul Rhoads gets ready to ascend to the head coaching position there, his old boss …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 20, 2008 12:55 pm6174d ago
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utBh8helsDw] This is back in Paul Rhoads’ Pittsburgh days, but I think it gives a flavor of his personality. His …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 20, 2008 10:51 am6174d ago
The following link to a video on new Iowa State football coach Paul Rhoads is unrelated to the photo above, taken …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 19, 2008 1:03 pm6175d ago
South Carolina’s base defense apparently doesn’t match up well with Iowa’s offense, so the Gamecocks are changing it up for …
Columns & Sports Commentary Dec. 19, 2008 11:18 am6175d ago
Unloading trucks at a furniture store here for $8 an hour is part of the Shonn Greene legend. But the …


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