Tag: Olympics

Brunt: Back at the Olympics and blessed

I’m back covering the Olympics, and it’s still hard to believe. It’s been a long, winding road. Covering the 2008 Games in Beijing was spectacular and life changing. I was out of a job in 2012, only to come back and be invited to cover the Games in 2016.

ISL editor Cliff Brunt picks Top 10 Indiana athletes of 2012

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I know, this is a bit late for a look back at the Top 10 Indiana athletes of 2012. Forgive me, I was enjoying the ocean, margaritas and 70-degree heat in Key West through the New Year and decided to put this off a bit. There were many worthy athletes […]

Catchings still hungry for WNBA title after winning 3rd gold in London

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Fever and Mystics were tied at 45 in the third quarter when Tamika Catchings got that look in her eye. It’s a look opponents would rather not see, a warning that arguably the nicest person in the world has shifted into takeover mode. Uh oh. Catchings just won another gold […]

Tamika Catchings: Fever forward ready for her final Olympic trip

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Tamika Catchings says only one result will make her final trip to the Olympics successful. Not winning the gold medal as a USA team – everybody will look at it as a failure, the Indiana Fever star said before heading across the pond. Now 33 years old, the reigning WNBA MVP says she’s […]

Tamika Catchings prepares for final Olympic run

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor With age comes perspective, and that’s what Tamika Catchings will carry into her third, and final, Olympic run. The 32-year-old Indiana Fever forward said she’s done chasing gold after London. For me, it’s just a matter of trying to sit back and take the moment in and take this Olympics […]

Fever G Phillips leaves Fever to join Australian national team

Indiana point guard Erin Phillips shoots against the Atlanta Dream in the season opener. Indiana won the game 92-84. Photo courtesy of the Indiana Fever. By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Indiana Fever point guard Erin Phillips will miss three WNBA games to join the Australian national team in preparation for the London Olympics. She left the U.S. following Sunday’s […]