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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, 2025 3:58 pm130d ago
Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz strongly considered turning pro after last season at Drake, but instead is spending a fourth year with Ben McCollum, this time at Iowa.
Iowa State Basketball Jun. 22, 2025 6:00 am133d ago
Haliburton’s incredible postseason run with the Indiana Pacers reaches an NBA Finals Game 7 in Oklahoma City.
Sports Jun. 20, 2025 4:48 pm134d ago
Redshirt freshman forward Cooper Koch is the only returning scholarship player on Iowa’s roster.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 19, 2025 5:06 pm135d ago
Senior guard from Amarillo has 178 career 3-pointers in three seasons of major-college basketball. His winding college path concludes with a year at Iowa.
Sports Jun. 18, 2025 6:00 am137d ago
When a column about the NBA Finals takes two seconds for artificial intelligence to write, it’s time for all of us to be afraid, be very afraid.
Sports Jun. 9, 2025 9:50 am145d ago
Four years after going to Mexico for a psychedelic, plant-based treatment to alleviate symptoms of brain injury from years of head trauma, the former Iowa All-American football player remains healthy, in good cheer, and ready to help others with mental health issues.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 7, 2025 3:28 pm147d ago
Gatens, one of Iowa’s all-time leading scorers, is returning to Bruce Pearl’s Auburn staff
High School Soccer Jun. 3, 2025 2:41 pm151d ago
North Fayette Valley’s soccer program is an example of starting from scratch and turning into something that has brought a lot of value to the school and its communities
Sports Jun. 1, 2025 6:00 am154d ago
Cassidy Courey is a member of the Professional Women’s Bowling Association. She gets to sleep in her own bed in Cedar Rapids for a change this week, commuting to a PWBA tourney in Waterloo.
Iowa Basketball May. 30, 2025 4:53 pm155d ago
Peyton McCollum averaged 13.1 points, 5.2 steals for Waukee Northwest’s state runner-up team
Iowa Basketball May. 28, 2025 11:23 am157d ago
Iowa to play Bucknell there on Dec. 20 with tickets going on sale next week
Sports May. 28, 2025 6:00 am158d ago
Joey Matteoni, a redshirt freshman forward, joins five other former Bulldogs and ex-Drake coach Ben McCollum in Iowa City.
Sports May. 25, 2025 6:00 am161d ago
Like its game-opponent, Kansas State, the Cyclones will have 10,000-plus fans crossing the Atlantic for the Aug. 23 game in Ireland.
Iowa Football May. 22, 2025 1:12 pm163d ago
Several times an hour, day after day after day, it’s “After a great conversation with Coach X, I am blessed to receive an offer from Coach Y.”
Sports May. 22, 2025 7:27 am164d ago
Williamson, a sophomore-to-be, played 24 minutes per game and started 16 times last season for FIU.

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