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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 Jul. 8, 2022 10:50 am1160d ago
The 2022 Nebraska-Iowa football game will be played in the shadows of a soccer match in Qatar — the United States vs. England in the men’s World Cup.
Iowa Basketball Jul. 3, 2022 11:11 pm1164d ago
Keegan Murray scored a game-high 26 points in Sacramento’s NBA Summer League win over Golden State.
Iowa Football Jul. 2, 2022 1:43 pm1166d ago
UNLV to the Big Ten? The school and the city of Las Vegas have everything the conference could want other than a competitive football program, and the league wouldn’t need the Rebels to be any good.
Iowa Basketball Jul. 1, 2022 8:41 am1167d ago
Former Iowa star Luka Garza was let go by the Detroit Pistons earlier this week and will now try to impress the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA Summer League.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jul. 1, 2022 8:25 am1167d ago
As the Big Ten squeezes the Pac-12 with a power grab of UCLA and USC, it’s more clear than ever: Iowa was lucky to get in on the ground floor of the Big Ten long ago.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 28, 2022 6:08 pm1170d ago
The Athletic reported that the Detroit Pistons aren’t picking up their option for the second year of Luka Garza’s two-year contract with the team.
Sports Jul. 1, 2022 10:23 am1167d ago
LIV Golf has Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka. The John Deere Classic has no involvement in murders and oppression.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 27, 2022 10:02 pm1170d ago
Iowa men’s basketball has six nonconference games against major-conference teams in 2022-23, with the latest report being the Hawkeyes will play at Seton Hall in the Gavitt Games.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 27, 2022 10:35 am1171d ago
Iowa men’s basketball loses Keegan Murray to the NBA, but has ample talent returning, starting with Keegan’s brother, Kris Murray.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 24, 2022 8:54 am1174d ago
General manager Monte McNair raved about Keegan Murray Thursday night after the Sacramento Kings selected him with the No. 4 overall pick in the NBA Draft.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 24, 2022 4:49 pm1174d ago
Iowa got its second men’s basketball recruiting commitment of Thursday when guard Brock Harding of Moline (Ill.) High School verbally committed as a second member of Fran McCaffery’s 2023 recruiting class.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 23, 2022 10:53 pm1174d ago
Keegan Murray became the highest-drafted player in Iowa men’s basketball history when the Sacramento Kings took him with the No. 4 overall pick.
UNI Panther Football Jun. 23, 2022 3:05 pm1175d ago
Northern Iowa has added Nebraska to its 2024 football schedule according to a report by FBSchedules.com.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 23, 2022 8:33 pm1175d ago
Cooper Koch of Peoria, Ill., has committed to the Iowa men’s basketball program. His father, J.R. Koch, played for Iowa from 1995-1999.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 23, 2022 10:28 am1175d ago
Here’s a look at the top three likely landing spots for Keegan Murray in Thursday’s NBA Draft, with the realization a late trade could upend things.