By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor My wife, Christina, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences at IUPUI. Last week, I asked her what she taught her graduate level students in her class, Theories of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. She said she talked about psychologist Albert Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy? I’m […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers are giving Rasual Butler a chance to get back into the Association. But why? One way to look at signing Butler for the minimum is they’ll have some insurance in case increasingly brittle Danny Granger gets hurt. Butler may be paid cheaply, and he could have value as […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Cody Latimer smiles at a question he’d never been asked. Why did someone who dreamed of playing in the NBA decide to pick up football midway through high school? “That’s a good question,” Latimer said. “To tell you the truth I started playing football pretty much because […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Big East released its 2013-14 conference schedule on Thursday afternoon. Each school plays 18 league games, nine at home, facing each opponent in the 10-team league twice. Below is Butler’s slate. The Bulldogs are expected to announce their nonconference schedule in the coming days. Scroll to the bottom of […]
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By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent Breaking down the NFC teams heading into the 2013 season: NFC EAST GIANTS In a division with no clear-cut frontrunner, the Giants are as good a pick as any. Besides, they have been at their best when they have struggled just to get into the postseason, with a pair of […]
Continue ReadingBy PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent Breaking down the AFC teams heading into the 2013 season: AFC East PATRIOTS New England still the class of this division, not because the Patriots remain a dominant team, but because the rest of the division stinks like egg salad left out at a summer picnic. With QB Tom Brady […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A team already deep on the perimeter just got a little deeper. Veteran swingman Rasual Butler has agreed to a deal with the Indiana Pacers, he announced late Tuesday on his Twitter account. Butler will sign a non-guaranteed contract, agent Joel Bell told RealGM.com. The contract is likely for the […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Random — extremely random — thoughts about the first weekend of Division I football: 1. Is anybody going to challenge Alabama for the national title this year? Somebody is, but who? A lot of smart money is on Georgia, with some on Texas A&M. I’m not ruling out LSU, at […]
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From the WNBA: NEW YORK, September 3, 2013 – Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever was named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Aug. 26 through Sunday, Sept. 1, setting a WNBA record. Catchings’ Player of the Week award is the 20th of her career. The veteran forward had been […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — There is no quarterback controversy at Purdue. Rob Henry is the guy. Disgruntled fans were calling for Henry to be replaced after he struggled in the season-opening 42-7 loss to Cincinnati. The senior completed just 18 of 35 passes for 161 yards with no touchdowns and […]
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From the Indianapolis Colts: Tom Wogoman of Northridge High School has been named the Colts/NFL Coach of the Week, a program presented by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Wogoman was selected after his Raiders defeated South Bend Riley 31-13. Northridge is off to its first 2-0 start since 1992. Coach Wogoman enters his first […]
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