By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor In the Eastern Conference, on talent alone, five teams clearly rise above the rest. Jostling for those top spots in the standings should make for a hotly contested race in what has typically been the NBA’s weaker conference. Let’s take a quick look at how the Pacers match up […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor In Notre Dame football fans’ minds, for all practical purposes the 2013 season is over just five games into it. Why? Because Brian Kelly’s Fighting Irish have failed their only two matchups against top-25 teams. As a result, Notre Dame won’t be playing for a national championship this season […]
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From Big Ten Network CHICAGO – BTN will be the fans’ destination for high-quality hoops this season, with more than half of all Big Ten Conference matchups airing on the network, including nine straight weeks of doubleheaders on “Super Wednesdays.” In all, BTN will televise 67 men’s conference basketball matchups, including four Big Ten Tournament […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I remember being part of an inner-city football team with something to prove. The 1990 and 1991 Omaha North Vikings went out with a collective chip on our shoulders. We worked hard, won games and did it the right way. Many of us were black kids from middle-to-low-income households near […]
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From the IHSAA Following multiple incidents of unsportsmanlike behavior during last Friday’s football game between Fort Wayne South Side High School and Indianapolis Arsenal Technical High School, IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox has placed both teams on probation and suspended several players and coaches. Both programs are placed on probation for the remainder of the 2013 […]
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From the Indianapolis Colts and staff reporting: Bob Schellinger of LaPorte High School has been named the Colts/NFL Coach of the Week, a program presented by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Coach Bob Schellinger has been honored with this distinction for admirably gathering his players to compete in a game just two days after […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor ISL was among the media that asked Danny Granger on Monday about how his left knee has been doing since training camp started on Saturday. We also talked with Granger’s teammates, who were impressed. When coach Frank Vogel was asked about Granger, he said, “Danny’s looked great.” He then repeated […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Ben Fahrbach is in his second year of taking photos for Indy Sports Legends. Here is a slideshow of 18 shots from Purdue’s 55-24 loss to Northern Illinois on Saturday. Included are several shots of Danny Etling, the freshman quarterback who replaced Rob Henry. Etling got positive reviews from many […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Assistant Editor INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Fever piled one missed shot on top of another Sunday, until every clank, rim-out, brick and offline heave eventually added up to the end of their season. It was one loss that no coach or player seemed particularly upset over. The Fever opened their title […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor In all my years covering Big Ten football, I can’t remember this many teams having the last Saturday in September off. You can thank the Big Ten Championship Game and the league not wanting to have a respite between the end of the regular season and the title tilt […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent TOUCHDOWWWWWN, Giants… FIRST DOWWWWWWN, Giants… The Ben Davis PA announcer wore those words out as the Giants pounded once-nationally ranked Lawrence Central 42-10 on Friday night. “I just thought our focus was good,” Ben Davis coach Mike Kirschner said. “I think our kids came in with a purpose. We beat […]
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