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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..
Latest Articles by Mike Hlas
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 28, 2021 11:33 am
So, do the men’s basketball teams of Iowa and Illinois really hate each other? ‘It’s just we don’t like each …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 27, 2021 4:00 pm
Their announcements came one per day over three straight days last summer. They withdrew from the 2020 NBA Draft and …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 26, 2021 7:29 pm
Iowa’s home men’s basketball game against Michigan State, originally scheduled for Jan. 14, has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, Feb. …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 26, 2021 11:23 am
Iowa has gone from a compressed Big Ten men’s basketball schedule to one with an eight-day stretch between games, so …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 22, 2021 11:07 am
IOWA CITY — Luka Garza was shouldering responsibility and making promises late Thursday night. Garza had just scored 28 points …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 21, 2021 11:45 pm
IOWA CITY — Oh, it was frigid in Carver-Hawkeye Arena between Thursday between 9:15 and 10 p.m. Indiana played tight, …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 21, 2021 11:00 am
Indiana men’s basketball coach Archie Miller was asked Wednesday about Iowa center Luka Garza, since Miller’s Hoosiers play at Iowa …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 20, 2021 4:39 pm
Perhaps the biggest adversary to the Iowa men’s basketball team comes from within. No, it’s not among the No. 4 …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 20, 2021 2:09 pm
What: Indiana (8-6, 3-4 Big Ten) at No. 4 Iowa (12-2, 6-1) in men’s basketball When/where: Thursday, 8:01 p.m., Carver-Hawkeye …
Iowa Hawkeyes Jan. 19, 2021 3:45 pm
The only music I’ve ever heard played in the Iowa Hawkeyes’ wrestling room is country music. It never mattered if …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 18, 2021 5:33 pm
‘Anatomy of a Winning Streak” wouldn’t have any mysterious twists or puzzling turns were it the tale of the No. …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 18, 2021 5:29 pm
Iowa has moved up to No. 4 in the new Associated Press men’s basketball Top 25. The Hawkeyes (12-2) climbed …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 17, 2021 2:54 pm
EVANSTON, Ill. — Who watches the Big Ten men’s basketball standings with two-thirds of the season remaining? The players. Iowa’s …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 17, 2021 2:50 pm
EVANSTON, Ill. — Luka Garza was scoreless in the second half Sunday and it wasn’t a crisis for the Iowa …
Hawkeye Basketball Jan. 17, 2021 8:04 am
What : No. 5 Iowa (11-2, 5-1 Big Ten) at Northwestern (6-5, 3-4) in men’s basketball When/where : 11:02 a.m., …