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Omaha Report: Five Questions on IU’s trip to the CWS

By 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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Griffiths: Notre Dame will miss Golson more than it thinks

By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Brian Kelly’s Fighting Irish have been tabbed a preseason top-10 team by some heading into the 2013 campaign, but those lofty expectations may be way out of whack now that starting quarterback Everett Golson is in exile after being suspended from the university. In the latter part of May, the […]

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Veteran RB Ahmad Bradshaw added to Colts’ backfield

By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent The Indianapolis Colts added to a crowded backfield with the signing of veteran running back Ahmad Bradshaw to a one-year contract. The question for the Colts will be whether Bradshaw was signed as a backup, a complementary back, or as competition for returning starter Vick Ballard. The Colts are expected […]

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Seven issues confronting the Pacers this summer

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers are faced with a number of small decisions and a few big ones this summer as they try to accomplish their related goals of keeping together their core and making the NBA Finals for the second time in franchise history. To keep the payroll from reaching a level […]

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Pacers’ offseason roadmap points to small moves

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent As the Pacers move forward and try to learn from the painful experience of a Game 7 beatdown, the biggest takeaway from their extended playoff run is that this is the right group of players. While there’s no guarantee they make it back to the Eastern Conference finals, you have […]

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Dragash: Observations from the NCAA baseball Bloomington regional

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — There was a walkoff home run, a Sportscenter-worthy catch, even an entertaining ball boy.  These are just a few of the things I witnessed as I watched the Indiana Hoosiers win the Bloomington regional this past weekend.  To encapsulate everything that happened over the weekend, here are some of […]

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First Thoughts: Miami 99, Indiana 76

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers were blown out 99-76 by the Miami Heat on Monday night at AmericanAirlines Arena in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Heat advance to face San Antonio in the NBA Finals. WHY IT HAPPENED:  The Pacers’ effort and […]

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2013 Playoffs: Seven questions on Pacers’ Game 7

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Eastern Conference finals have produced just four Game 7s in the past 17 years. Well, here’s a good one to add to the collection. It’s the reigning champion Miami Heat versus the third-seeded Indiana Pacers. Win or go home. In 2005, the Heat were in this very same position […]

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Pacers Notebook: Looking ahead to Game 7

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — The Pacers are one win from the NBA Finals. One of the best spectacles in all of sports — a winner-take-all Game 7 — awaits at AmericanAirlines Arena on Monday night. “We didn’t want this to be our last game,” center Roy Hibbert said after Indiana’s 91-77 victory […]

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