From Butler Athletics INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Butler junior forward Roosevelt Jones will miss the 2013-14 men’s basketball season. Jones, who was Butler’s top returning scorer and rebounder, suffered a wrist injury during the Bulldogs’ recent trip to Australia and the injury has been determined to be season-ending. -Roosevelt suffered an injury that resulted in ligament […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Lance Stephenson has done everything right. Indiana’s electric 6-foot-5 guard knows one speed, and it’s usually faster than his opponent. He’s built like a freight train. He’s got that nickname — ‘Born Ready.’ He’s that guy who knows what he wants and doesn’t know better than to go get it, […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent For a number of years, the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) has proven to be a powerhouse among football conferences in the state of Indiana. With the additions of Lawrence Central and Pike for the 2013 season, the MIC has now graduated from a powerhouse to a juggernaut. LC and Pike […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor VALPARAISO, Ind. — Robbie Hummel is glad to be back home again. Spending the 2012-13 season in Spain’s top-level professional basketball league, the former Purdue star got his fill of European life. There was the language barrier playing on Obradoiro CAB in the Spanish league which the Valparaiso native […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — Ten years. That’s how long it’s been since the Colts had a winning preseason record. Since that point, the Colts have been one of the most successful franchises in professional sports. So before anyone gets bent out of shape about the egg the Colts laid in their 44-20 […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Before NBA commissioner David Stern retires in February, will he dare venture through Indiana, where he’s still unpopular? The Pacers may not play on Christmas, but they do play on the following holidays: New Year’s Day (at Toronto), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (at Golden State) and St. Patrick’s Day […]
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By MADDIE DECKERS ISL Correspondent Note: Deckers is a high school junior in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is an aspiring sports writer and covers the Indiana Fever and Indianapolis Colts on her own blog, Sports by Maddie. INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever defeated the Atlanta Dream, 80 – 66 Saturday night, bringing them within 1 1/2 […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Dean Treanor isn’t quite ready. His night isn’t over. -Wait just a second,” he says to the reporter at his door, gently showing a palm as if he were a third-base coach giving a stop sign. Hands on his hips, eyes glued to the small TV on the […]
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By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent It will likely be a short day of work for quarterback Andrew Luck and the rest of the starting lineup Sunday when the Indianapolis Colts host the Buffalo Bills at Lucas Oil Stadium, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be an important day for a number of players on the […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor When Brian Kelly held his first formal press conference of the 2013 season, it was blatantly obvious just how confident the fourth-year Fighting Irish boss was. Shouldn’t he be? After all, he has re-energized a program that saw its usual sky-high confidence brought down to earth before his arrival […]
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By ROSS WEBER ISL Correspondent Note: The author will be a senior at Cathedral High School in Indianapolis this fall. He has been a big sports fan his entire life and is the sports editor of his school’s newspaper. He has grown up in Indiana and was part of the Diversity Sports Media Institute at IUPUI […]
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