By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Founder It made sense that the “Human Highlight Film” was in the building for the Pacers-Hawks game. Dominique Wilkins, the former dunking machine and current vice president of basketball operations and broadcaster for the Hawks, witnessed some highlights that were worthy of his presence. Indiana’s Roy Hibbert put this facial on Ivan Johnson, courtesy [...]
By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor You win with class. You lose with class. Isn’t that the way it’s supposed to be? Apparently IU’s Tom Crean didn’t learn that, or at the very least, he forgot one of sport’s most important lessons. Instead of loving every second of his team’s 72-71 thrilling victory over Michigan Sunday, [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o spoke about the situation regarding the girlfriend hoax. Here are some of his comments, with video of the entire 14-minute interview session below. “It’s definitely embarrassing. You walk into grocery stores and you give people double takes to see if they’re staring at you. It’s [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT and DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Editors INDIANAPOLIS — Colts coach Chuck Pagano talked to the media on Friday about his health, the state of the team and his thoughts on Bruce Arians getting hired in Arizona. Here is a 6-minute video of his time at the podium during the NFL Scouting Combine. ELWAY [...]
LaSalle’s Ramon Galloway scored the go-ahead layup with 2.7 seconds left, then Roosevelt Jones, the hero Saturday against Gonzaga, missed from halfcourt at the buzzer as the Explorers beat the No. 9 Bulldogs 54-53. Andrew Smith had 16 points and eight rebounds, Kellen Dunham scored 15 points and Jones had 14 points and five assists. This is nothing to worry [...]
By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS “ Roosevelt Jones never had that one extraordinary moment. Until he slipped on a Butler uniform. Until Saturday night, in the first-ever matchup of top-15 teams at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, on an occasion in which the basketball-crazed campus hosted ESPN’s œCollege GameDay. Add yet another memory to Butler’s thrilling [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Indianapolis Colts were taught a valuable lesson on Sunday: they’re not good enough to just show up and roll over teams, no matter how bad everybody thinks the other team is. The Colts are fortunate. Such lessons usually are taught during humbling, season-changing losses. These guys figured it out [...]
From Notre Dame Athletics Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o took home most every possible piece of hardware except the Heisman this week. Manti Te’o lines up against USC last season. From Notre Dame Athletics. Te’o finished second behind Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel in the Heisman announcement made Saturday in New York City. Notre Dame [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I watched Greenwood play Indian Creek earlier this season and was impressed. I had heard about Roncalli and knew the Rebels were good. I was expecting a battle when Greenwood and Roncalli faced off in a Class 4A sectional game, but that’s not what I saw. Roncalli scored three touchdowns in the [...]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Kevin Wilson’s offensive genius helped Indiana take an early 17-point lead against Michigan State. His stubbornness blew it. The Hoosiers led by 10 points and had the ball heading into the fourth quarter, despite the fact that Michigan State clearly had figured out how to stop their short passing game on Saturday. So what [...]
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