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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 Jul. 27, 2008 1:33 am6320d ago
It’s 34 days until the Maine-Iowa football game, Aug. 31 in Iowa City. The USS Maine, a second-class battleship built …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 23, 2008 11:57 am6324d ago
“The rules today are more restrictive for us to spend time with these kids. The whole process is sped up. …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 22, 2008 6:17 pm6324d ago
I just returned from the State Board of Regents’ special meeting in Iowa City Tuesday afternoon. Calling it tense would understate …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 17, 2008 9:04 pm6329d ago
College football teams play 12 games. Never mind, for a moment, how many you want your favorite team to win …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 13, 2008 10:08 am6334d ago
Has anyone considered that Brett Favre was simply tired of playing in Green Bay in the winter? You surely saw …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jul. 8, 2008 8:40 pm6338d ago
I report, you decide. Actually, it’s more like I steal from a popular Web site, you decide if it’s valid, …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 30, 2008 4:13 pm6347d ago
The Hlog is on vacation from now until the last firecracker is shot off Friday night. Happy Birthday, USA. So …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 27, 2008 12:37 am6350d ago
In 1997, the University of Iowa needed a baseball coach to replace the retiring Duane Banks. The finalists were Hawkeyes …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 23, 2008 1:54 am6354d ago
The American media mourned Tim Russert long and loudly, and understandably. But I’ll maintain George Carlin was just as important …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 21, 2008 12:25 am6356d ago
Relying more than a little on some of the work done in the last two weeks by The Gazette’s fine …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 15, 2008 1:00 am6362d ago
(Gazette photo by Cliff Jette) I have never seen or heard a more moving musical performance than when Bruce Springsteen …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 14, 2008 12:17 am6363d ago
I don’t think many Cedar Rapidians are hearing or receiving the message. They’ve got to stop using city water for …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 7, 2008 12:10 pm6370d ago
… and the only prescription is more cowbell. OK, that doesn’t really make any sense, but Christopher Walken is the …
Columns & Sports Commentary Jun. 4, 2008 4:19 pm6373d ago
It’s true, and it’s sort of interesting. Iowa has released its non-conference men’s basketball schedule for next season, and it …
Columns & Sports Commentary May. 29, 2008 10:58 pm6378d ago
Betty Lynn, who played Barney Fife’s girlfriend Thelma Lou on “The Andy Griffith Show,” has moved from West Hollywood to …


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