By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Here are a few things to watch as Purdue (1-2) heads to Madison to play at No. 24 Wisconsin (2-1) at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Can Purdue maintain its momentum? Purdue had moments during Saturday’s 31-24 loss to Notre Dame that showed much-needed improvement in the mental toughness department. First, […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Follow hockey much, and as the playoffs near you hear broadcasters talking about “desperate” play. If you don’t know what that means initially, you figure it out pretty quickly. Stars throwing themselves in front of 90-mph rubber disks. Puck battles all over the place. Goalmouth traffic more intense, goalie scrambles […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Indianapolis Cathedral quarterback Collin Barthel’s final minutes against Chatard turned out like the story every football player wishes he could share with his grandkids. Barthel led the Irish nearly the length of the field in the final minutes and scored on a 1-yard sneak with 10 seconds remaining to give […]
By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Well, now it sets up to be handled on the field. Now that Nebraska Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst and Chancellor Harvey Perlman have said they will not discipline football coach Bo Pelini for his F-bomb-spiked tirade following a game two years ago, it’s all on Pelini and his Huskers to […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue coach Darrell Hazell weighed in on the controversial finish to the Wisconsin-Arizona State game during his weekly teleconference on Tuesday afternoon. Wisconsin trailed the Sun Devils 32-30 in the closing seconds of last Saturday’s game. Badgers quarterback Joel Stave tried to center the ball to give his kicker a […]
From Butler Athletics INDIANAPOLIS — Butler’s first season in the BIG EAST will present a new set of challenges, a number of new opponents and unprecedented exposure. The Bulldogs’ 2013-14 men’s basketball schedule includes 28 national and regional telecasts, including 21 games on a Fox Sports network. After competing one season in the Atlantic 10 […]
From the Indianapolis Colts: Reed May of Brownstown Central High School has been named the Colts/NFL Coach of the Week, a program presented by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. May was selected after recording his 200th victory as the head football coach at Brownstown Central. The Braves beat the visiting Salem Lions 55-7 to […]
By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent On Monday morning, Nebraska football was licking its wounds from the weekend’s second-half meltdown at home against UCLA. Those wounds were inflicted on the field. A few more may have been administered off the field by now official lightning-rod head coach Bo Pelini. First coming to light was Pelini’s response […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor/The Sports XChange WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Heavily favored Notre Dame found itself in a battle with Purdue before DaVaris Daniels took over. The junior caught two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, including an 82-yarder, to help the 21st-ranked Irish rally for a 31-24 victory over the Boilermakers on Saturday night. Daniels had […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor When a young, struggling team with a new coach is playing a nationally ranked squad, success isn’t necessarily best measured by watching the scoreboard. Though I have great respect for Purdue’s history of being a thorn in Notre Dame’s side, watching the Boilermakers’ close call against Indiana State and Notre […]
From the Indiana Fever: INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Fever star Katie Douglas will make her return to the Fever lineup when Indiana hosts the New York Liberty on Friday evening in the regular season home finale (7:00 p.m.). Douglas was diagnosed with a bulging disc in her lower back in early June, and has not played […]
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