By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor David Teague is still balling. Teague and Carl Landry were the key players who helped Purdue’s fortunes turn under coach Matt Painter. The shooting guard recovered from a torn ACL to earn second-team all-Big Ten honors as a senior in 2007. Teague dropped a career-high 32 points on Indiana that season as Purdue […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I covered Purdue athletics for seven years for The Associated Press, primarily covering men’s and women’s basketball and football. I saw a lot during my run — Joe Tiller stepping down, the re-emergence of a basketball power and a steady run of success by the women’s basketball program. I started […]
From Purdue sports info: WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In an unprecedented coming together of the past and present of Purdue men’s basketball, Boilermaker fans will have the opportunity to relive some of their favorite Purdue basketball memories during an alumni game on Keady Court, and will also get their first look at the 2012-13 team […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The New Orleans Saints still won’t pay Drew Brees. I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence. The bounty situation was bad enough. Now, the Saints have done the only thing that could make things worse. They have dragged their feet and failed to agree to a long-term deal with the […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Robbie Hummel’s legacy could be wrapped up in the overwhelming response to a simple Twitpic taken with a Blackberry on a random November night. Hummel missed two free throws late on Nov. 14, 2011 against High Point, and Purdue needed to hold off a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer to win. That didn’t sit well […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Every once in a while, retired ex-Purdue football coach Joe Tiller still gets the itch to return to the sidelines. Then, he thinks about Sunday through Friday. “There were times this year when I thought about tossing my name in the hat, but it’s an all-encompassing job,” the 69-year-old Tiller […]
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