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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
Sports Aug. 7, 2025 10:24 am86d ago
Longtime Denver Nuggets assistant coach Ryan Bowen takes the reins for Denver’s G League team.
Sports Aug. 7, 2025 12:56 pm86d ago
The Todd Brommelkamp Show and the Gym Class aired their last shows this week after their three hosts were on KGYM for a combined half-century.
Iowa Football Aug. 6, 2025 1:45 pm87d ago
If you’re waiting until its media day for Iowa football to get the tough questions, you’ll be waiting a lot longer than that.
Sports Aug. 3, 2025 7:44 pm90d ago
Byron has just enough gas to win Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Iowa Corn 350 after racing “thousands of laps” at Iowa on a video game simulator as a kid
Sports Aug. 3, 2025 6:00 am91d ago
A group of U.S. Capitol Police journeyed to Dyersville Saturday to play baseball at the famed movie site for a good reason: They love the game.
Iowa Football Aug. 1, 2025 4:00 pm92d ago
Ferentz, in his 27th year as Hawkeyes’ head coach, is second-oldest coach in FBS
Sports Jul. 29, 2025 7:43 pm95d ago
Anyone who watched Sandberg play for the Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals on a June 1984 Saturday probably remembers what he did and how much happy noise it caused.
Iowa Football Jul. 25, 2025 11:51 am99d ago
Junior safety from the shadow of Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor visited Iowa City, was hooked, and has Hawkeye coaches and players expecting him to be a key player for them this season.
Iowa Basketball Jul. 24, 2025 7:01 pm100d ago
Carver, 42 years old, once routinely hosted some of music’s biggest stars. With a renovation, that could again be the norm.
Iowa Football Jul. 23, 2025 6:57 pm101d ago
“Iowa 42” was a phrase drummed in Badger players’ heads in offseason conditioning workouts, thanks to the Hawkeyes’ 42-10 rout of the Badgers at Kinnick Stadium last November.
Iowa Football Jul. 23, 2025 4:44 pm101d ago
Penn State is a popular pick to win the conference. Oregon won it last year and says it wants to “Double down.” Indiana, so good last year, has plenty of talent in 2025.
Sports Jul. 22, 2025 6:30 pm102d ago
Iowa plays at Nebraska this November, where the Hawkeyes have won in each of their last six visits
Sports Jul. 22, 2025 5:09 pm102d ago
The conference and Sin City would have seemed like strange bedfellows for, oh, forever. But they’re together in Las Vegas for the league’s football media days, with men’s and women’s basketball tournaments coming here in 2027.
Sports Jul. 20, 2025 3:26 pm104d ago
Jones sparkled in NBA Summer League for Nuggets, averaging 14.6 points and shooting 47 percent from deep.
Iowa Football Jul. 21, 2025 7:44 am104d ago
Iowa offensive lineman Kade Pieper won his second-straight Beef Days Hay Bale Toss, but as always, a good time was had by all.

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