From the Indianapolis Colts: The Indianapolis Colts have announced their preseason opponents. Dates and times are yet to be finalized. The Colts will open the preseason with a Week 1 road contest at the New York Jets. The meeting is only the second between the two teams in preseason play as the Jets claimed a […]
Continue ReadingBy J.W. CALINGER ISL Correspondent With all the attention focused on the wrestlers who made WrestleMania the spectacle that it is, it’s easy for the WWE Universe to forget that at the end of the day, WrestleMania is Vince McMahon’s baby. A nationwide event, viewable only live or on closed-circuit TV, was an unbelievably huge […]
Continue ReadingBy TYLER SMITH ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — Despite all of the struggles of late, this week was a golden opportunity for the Pacers to get the “Gold Swagger” back, and reclaim their stamp on the top spot in the Eastern Conference. They were scheduled to face Atlanta at home, Milwaukee on the road and then […]
Continue ReadingBy J.W. CALINGER ISL Correspondent Most of the negative opinions I’ve heard, regarding the recent ruling giving Northwestern football players the lawful right to form a union, are based on envy, and I can understand why. With all the publicity and social status college football players have, and with all the scandals involving players who […]
Continue ReadingBy TYLER SMITH ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — For the sixth straight game, the Pacers shot under 40 percent and scored less than 90 points. An offense struggling that much was no match for the league’s hottest team, the San Antonio Spurs. After an emotional win over the Miami Heat, the Pacers have dropped three straight, […]
Continue ReadingBy BROCK SANDERS ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana schools have been hit hard by transfers recently. I already wrote about Austin Etherington and Jeremy Hollowell leaving IU, but it was also announced that sophomore guard Ronnie Johnson would transfer from Purdue and freshman center Nolan Berry would leave Butler. I am a little nervous for […]
Continue ReadingBy BROCK SANDERS ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Do IU’s players really dislike Tom Crean? Why are so many transferring? Is Indiana slipping just when things started to look promising? I don’t think so. Hoosier fans can settle down and realize that this is all just part of the process, and all these transfers and rumors […]
Continue ReadingBy TYLER SMITH ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — It has been a struggle of late for both the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers. Wednesday’s head-to-head showdown was viewed as a great opportunity for one of these teams to break out of its slump. In another defensive battle, the Pacers protected their home court and came out […]
Continue ReadingBy TYLER SMITH ISL Correspondent This is the time of the season when teams would like to turn it up a notch and be playing their best basketball heading into the postseason. Both the Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat are waiting for that turning point. Each team is just 5-7 in their last 12 games. […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Indiana Fever: INDIANAPOLIS – With news that Katie Douglas has signed a free agent contract with the Connecticut Sun, the Indiana Fever franchise has extended its best wishes to the former Fever star as she continues her WNBA career. Douglas enters her 14th WNBA season this summer, after missing most of the 2013 […]
Continue ReadingBy TYLER SMITH ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — After a frustrating night in New York on Wednesday, several Pacers players sounded off on the lack of team ball in recent games. Tonight, the team ball returned as the Pacers put together 27 assists and a solid defensive effort for a 91-79 victory over Chicago at Bankers […]
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