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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. 24, 2022 8:54 am1230d 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 pm1229d 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 pm1230d 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 pm1230d 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 pm1230d 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 am1231d 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.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 21, 2022 5:56 pm1232d ago
Iowa men’s basketball will again roll with Filip Rebraca in the post, while hoping for more help from Riley Mulvey and Josh Ogundele.
High School Basketball Jun. 21, 2022 11:23 am1233d ago
Iowa’s Keegan Murray started his NBA lottery pick story at Prairie High in Cedar Rapids.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 20, 2022 4:11 pm1233d ago
If Keegan Murray goes in the top five picks of Thursday’s NBA Draft, he will be highest-drafted Hawkeye ever. Ricky Davis in 1998 was Iowa’s last first-round pick.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 18, 2022 11:27 am1236d ago
The last player from Cedar Rapids to be taken in an NBA draft will be smiling as the next one gets announced Thursday night. Russ Millard, a second-round NBA draft pick in 1996, was a big part of some big Iowa wins.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 16, 2022 3:56 pm1237d ago
Iowa’s Big Ten opponents for the 2022-23 men’s basketball season were announced Thursday.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 15, 2022 9:36 pm1238d ago
Former Iowa men’s basketball player Austin Ash is getting put on a full-ride scholarship by The Citadel for his final season of eligibility.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 15, 2022 7:20 pm1238d ago
Former Iowa standout Matt Gatens has come home, to help Fran McCaffery coach Hawkeyes men’s basketball.
Sports Jun. 14, 2022 3:11 pm1239d ago
Rick Reilly spares no empathy for Phil Mickelson and those who joined the Saudi-sponsored LIV Golf Invitational Series. Reilly was in Cedar Rapids Monday for a speaking engagement promoting his latest book about golf’s other side, its better side.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 14, 2022 11:20 am1240d ago
Keegan Murray's parents made Cedar Rapids their home, and soon their city will claim an NBA first-round draftee.

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