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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 Oct. 15, 2025 4:47 pm7h ago
McCollum and many of his Iowa players have experienced winning and postseason success. Now they try to add to that at college basketball’s highest level.
Sports Oct. 15, 2025 4:23 pm7h ago
The 6-foot-10 Folgueiras was the Horizon League’s Player of the Year last season for NCAA tournament team Robert Morris.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 14, 2025 4:44 pm1d ago
Hawkeyes need to introduce themselves to Iowa fans after Ben McCollum assembled a roster with only one returning scholarship player.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 14, 2025 12:55 pm1d ago
Center Ava Heiden finished last season with a flourish for the Hawkeyes. Now she’s stepping into the starting lineup and great expectations.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 13, 2025 12:56 pm2d ago
Banks, charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct at an Iowa City bar, was Missouri Valley Conference Sixth Man of the Year for Ben McCollum last season at Drake.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 14, 2025 11:03 am1d ago
Sandfort waived Tuesday after getting signed by the Thunder Monday, now seems headed to OKC’s G League team.
Iowa Football Oct. 12, 2025 9:47 am3d ago
Iowa responded to its home loss to Indiana in its most-recent game by thoroughly dominating a formerly great rival in Wisconsin and continuing the Badgers’ free fall.
Iowa Football Oct. 11, 2025 9:16 pm4d ago
Hawkeyes used two first-quarter picks to set up scores and picked apart the Badgers to retain the Heartland Trophy.
Iowa Football Oct. 10, 2025 11:44 am5d ago
The Badgers have lost seven straight Big Ten games, and their fans seem to be reaching a breaking point.
Sports Oct. 9, 2025 7:00 pm6d ago
Immensely popular barnstorming baseball/entertainment team will bring its fun and talent to Iowa’s football stadium for two nights.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 13, 2025 3:15 pm2d ago
Three are in the NBA. Others are in Europe, Asia, and all over college basketball.
Iowa Football Oct. 9, 2025 11:31 am6d ago
This could be Iowa’s 100th-consecutive game without going to overtime.
Iowa Basketball Oct. 8, 2025 11:46 am7d ago
Ben McCollum’s first Hawkeyes team is slotted ahead of Indiana, among others. Iowa guard Bennett Stirtz is a preseason first-team All-Big Ten choice.
Sports Oct. 9, 2025 12:43 pm6d ago
Twenty-six of Hawkeyes’ 31 games will be televised with the other five on streaming services
Iowa Football Oct. 7, 2025 2:49 pm8d ago
Big Ten football had East and West divisions for 10 seasons, from 2014 to 2023. Wisconsin and Iowa were the best of the West with the Badgers winning the division four times and the Hawkeyes three. Five of their meetings in that time determined the division’s representative in the league’s championship game.