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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 Basketball Jun. 2, 2022 4:56 am1196d ago
Hawkeye junior forward withdraws from NBA draft
Iowa Basketball Jun. 1, 2022 4:14 pm1197d ago
“A winning mentality, for starters,” is what Keegan Murray Jim told Rome about what the NBA team that drafts him will be getting.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports Jun. 1, 2022 4:14 pm1197d ago
Dan Schleisman decided to celebrate his 50th year as a University of Iowa graduate by attending 2021-22 Hawkeyes sporting events in Iowa City. All of them.
Iowa State Basketball May. 27, 2022 5:01 pm1202d ago
Big 12 Freshman of the Year Tyrese Hunter chooses an Iowa State conference rival to transfer to: Texas.
Iowa Football Jun. 1, 2022 4:21 pm1197d ago
Starting times for five of Iowa’s 2022 football games were announced Thursday.
Iowa Football Jun. 1, 2022 4:20 pm1197d ago
There has been no East dominance of the West on the gridiron, but the Big Ten championship games haven’t been all they could be, either.
Iowa Football Jun. 1, 2022 4:21 pm1197d ago
Iowa wide receiver and return specialist Charlie Jones has entered the NCAA transfer portal. He was an integral part of the Hawkeyes’ 10-win season last year.
Iowa State Basketball May. 24, 2022 4:32 pm1205d ago
Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger quickly found four proven players in the transfer portal to supplement his 2022-23 Cyclones.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports May. 20, 2022 11:10 am1209d ago
Kyle Huckstorf hits three home runs and drove in a Big Ten-record 12 runs in Iowa baseball’s crazy 30-16 victory over Indiana on Thursday.
Iowa Hawkeyes Sports May. 19, 2022 12:48 pm1210d ago
Iowa AD Gary Barta says he’s a supporter of NIL for student-athletes, as well as a supporter of the NCAA transfer portal. But he says the NIL should be for current student-athletes, not recruits.
Sports May. 18, 2022 5:15 pm1211d ago
Sean McCarty, Brown Deer Golf Club’s head pro, tackles the PGA Championship Thursday. It will be the third appearance in a major championship for the Iowa grad and Solon resident.
Iowa Basketball May. 18, 2022 12:24 pm1211d ago
Iowa men’s basketball assistant coach Courtney Eldridge helped bring fellow Bostonian Desonte Bowen to the Hawkeyes’ roster.
Sports May. 20, 2022 3:26 pm1209d ago
Dubuque’s 37-year old greyhound track closes after this afternoon’s racing program. It once was a big darn deal here.
Iowa Basketball May. 12, 2022 3:53 pm1217d ago
Iowa men’s basketball assistant coach Kirk Speraw is retiring. He has been on Fran McCaffery’s Hawkeyes staff since 2010.
Iowa Basketball May. 11, 2022 10:29 am1218d ago
Iowa forward Kris Murray won’t participate in next week’s NBA Draft Combine but will remain an early entry in the draft. He’ll wait until the June 1 deadline to decide his future plans.