Mike Hlas is a sports columnist for The Gazette, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. With a focus on local sports, Mike covers a wide range of topics including college athletics, high school sports, and professional teams. His writing has also been featured in the Logan Herald Observer and Courier Media Group.
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Mike Hlas predominantly covers local sports, particularly Iowa men's basketball and Hawkeye football. He often focuses on event coverage and profile features related to these topics.
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By: Mike Hlas
Johnson should cross the 1,000-yard path in Game 7, and Iowa State should get to 7-0 for the first time in 86 years
“I played bad today,” Becht said after Cyclones’ crazy 38-35 comeback win, but he played very, very well when it mattered the most
By: Mike Hlas
Murphy traded in college soccer for football after last season, transferred to Lake Erie College in Ohio, and has field goals of 53, 55 and 60 yards
By: Mike Hlas
“Wildcats” and “Homecoming” are movies the critics, quite frankly, could have done without
By: John Steppe, Mike Hlas
The Final Score podcast breaks down Iowa's 40-14 win over Northwestern, including Brendan Sullivan replacing Cade McNamara at quarterback during the game.
Brendan Sullivan was the People's Quarterback before the game started, then got the chance to earn that title on the field. He did, and Iowa turned a first-half slog against Northwestern into a 40-14 rout.
By: Mike Hlas
McNamara suffered head injury last Saturday, in between two fellow major-college quarterbacks retiring because of concussions. Monday night, it was former Hawkeye Tyrone Tracy's turn.
By: Mike Hlas
Only 1 of the 2 teams is from a swing state. The other is from a state that takes its marital vows to heart. People, you've gotta have fun.
By: Mike Hlas
Iowa's Kaleb Johnson could hearken Badger fans back to their cavalcade of punishing, producing running backs of the last 3 decades.
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