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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
Iowa Football Aug. 30, 2025 10:10 am63d ago
After a dormant period, quarterback and offensive line appear to be positions that are very good to Iowa this year
Sports Aug. 28, 2025 12:19 pm65d ago
ESPN College GameDay commentator is making his last appearance Saturday. Before that, Corso was a coach who used a coffin to make a point.
Iowa Football Sep. 18, 2025 10:59 am44d ago
The Gazette sports writers Madison Hricik and Mike Hlas discuss the upcoming 2025 Iowa Hawkeye Football season including their first game against University of Albany at Kinnick Stadium Saturday, August 30, 2025.
Sports Aug. 27, 2025 5:11 pm66d ago
Farley was UNI’s head coach for the last 24 years.
Sports Aug. 28, 2025 10:43 am65d ago
Albany, the city, was the site of great Hawkeye memories in another sport last year.
Iowa Football Aug. 27, 2025 3:45 pm66d ago
Higgins had 15 tackles for Baltimore over three preseason games, as well as an interception and a forced fumble.
Iowa Football Aug. 27, 2025 10:23 am66d ago
Gronowski, 49-6 as a college starter, is likely to inflict pain on the UAlbany Great Danes Saturday similar to the hurt he and South Dakota State delivered to the Danes in the 2023 FCS playoffs
Sports Aug. 25, 2025 12:16 pm68d ago
Well, a statue of the famous Irish author did, anyway
Iowa Basketball Aug. 25, 2025 11:36 am68d ago
Hawkeyes still have openings in Ben McCollum’s first schedule as Iowa’s coach
Sports Aug. 25, 2025 8:52 am68d ago
Iowa State is No. 1 in the nation -- in one set of rankings, anyway
Sports Aug. 23, 2025 5:02 pm70d ago
Gustafson, in her seventh WNBA season, became a published author last week with a children’s book about a well-traveled basketball player and her well-traveled dog.
Sports Aug. 21, 2025 1:31 pm72d ago
While Clark is sidelined by injury, fellow No. 1 WNBA draft pick Bueckers is finishing off a terrific rookie season
Iowa State Football Aug. 20, 2025 10:38 am73d ago
For a rare and beautiful few hours Saturday, the Big Ten and SEC won’t have their huge paws all over college football.
Iowa Football Aug. 13, 2025 6:00 am81d ago
Parker is 40 years removed from playing in one of the more-memorable games in Kinnick Stadium history ... for the visiting team
Iowa Football Aug. 10, 2025 11:25 am83d ago
First-team All-Big Ten kick-returner from Williamsburg is trying to add wide receiver accomplishments to his portfolio in 2025.

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