By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Indiana Hoosiers kick off a new year on Thursday. Here’s Part I of our season preview: Five things to know 1. The run defense should be better: One of the Hoosiers’ biggest problems the past three seasons was the run defense. It was shredded on a regular basis. Improving […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Victor Oladipo sang and hollered through the halls of Assembly Hall so loudly that his voice reached the office of his old coach upstairs. Back at Indiana to serve as a counselor in Tom Crean’s youth camp this weekend, Oladipo wasted no time making his presence known. […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Kevin Wilson really doesn’t know what type of season will emerge from seven months of hard work. But at least he and his coaching staff have a plan to revive Indiana Hoosiers football. After going 5-19 in Wilson’s first two seasons, the cream and crimson are thinking […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor If you’re like me, you’re beginning to think more and more about the college football season. Sure, we haven’t even arrived at the Fourth of July or endured the dog days of summer. But in about a month conferences across the country will hold their annual media days and […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Indiana’s season came to an end Wednesday night with a 1-0 loss to Oregon State in the College World Series. Lefty Matt Boyd baffled the Hoosiers with 11 strikeouts in his complete-game shutout, making a tough-luck loser of Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Aaron Slegers. Indiana never really came […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Hoosiers closer Ryan Halstead blew an eighth-inning lead, and two batters later, lefty reliever Brian Korte allowed a game-winning, two-run single as Indiana fell 5-4 Monday night in its second game of the College World Series. The Hoosiers’ storybook season is on the line Wednesday against Oregon State. Josie Janavicius, […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent A dominant pitching performance allowed Indiana to overcome an off-night by their hitters, and the Hoosiers beat Louisville 2-0 on Saturday night in the College World Series. Josie Janavicius, who regularly covers Hoosiers baseball for IU Student Television, checks in with us from Omaha, Neb., where Indiana is set to face Mississippi […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Indiana fans are accustomed to their national championship hopes revolving around basketball, soccer and swimming and diving. Now, for baseball, the time is finally here. The Hoosiers are one of eight teams left standing in the College World Series. They begin play tonight at 8 p.m. in the double-elimination tournament. […]
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By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent James Blackmon, Sr., will leave Fort Wayne Bishop Luers to take the boys basketball head coaching job at his alma mater Marion High School, Indiana’s News Center in Fort Wayne has reported, citing multiple sources. The report also said Blackmon would take his two sons with him to Marion. James […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Roughly 8,000 fans came to Memorial Stadium Saturday to see Indiana wrap up spring practice with its annual intrasquad spring game. Cream defeated Crimson 21-7 behind two touchdown catches from Shane Wynn and a scoring run by Tevin Coleman. To come out of spring and out of today […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Founder Note: Cliff Brunt covered the Indiana Pacers for seven years for The Associated Press and Indiana University basketball this past season for The Sports XChange (Reuters) and his website, Indy Sports Legends. With Indiana’s Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo heading to the NBA, here is Brunt’s assessment of what their chances of […]
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