By SAM KLEMET ISL Correspondent D.J. Byrd has had a heck of a career at Purdue. He is the Big Ten’s reigning Sixth Man of the Year and the Boilermakers’ captain. But this year, the senior from Crawfordsville has struggled to consistently find his rhythm. Sunday, he found it in a big way. Byrd scored 22 points […]
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From the Maxwell Football Club Atlantic City, N.J. — Manti Te’o spoke Friday at the Maxwell Football Club’s annual press conference at the Harrah’s Hotel & Casino. He won the Maxwell Award for outstanding collegiate football player and the Chuck Bednarik Award for the college defensive player of the year. Below is a transcript of his comments. Q: […]
From Purdue Athletics WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue head football coach Darrell Hazell announced that Rubin Carter has been hired to coach the Boilermakers’ defensive line. I love what Coach Carter brings to Purdue, Hazell said. He is a 12-year NFL veteran with over 25 years of coaching experience on all different levels. He has […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor In one of the more hilarious things I’ve seen in a long time, ESPN had Mike Tyson explain how he would have handled a fight with Pacers center Roy Hibbert. It was a response to the altercation between Hibbert and Warriors center David Lee on Tuesday night. Tyson, the former […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Indiana Pacers and Golden State Warriors got into it on Tuesday as David Lee and Roy Hibbert had a disagreement that spilled into the stands. Hibbert will be suspended, and David West probably will be too for what he did at the 0:18 mark of the video below. But at […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The score wasn’t nearly the most important part of Purdue’s win over Northwestern on Sunday night. Yes, the Boilermakers throttled the Wildcats 74-43, avenging a 75-60 loss on Feb. 2. But the most important element, by far, was the leadership that emerged. Terone Johnson, by word […]
By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent What a scary end of the Nationwide series race in Daytona on Saturday, with Kyle Larson’s crash…and what a sobering way for the 2013 Sprint Cup series to begin. Here is video of the crash, courtesy of NASCAR, in case you haven’t seen it: Just a few thoughts on where […]
By SAM KLEMET ISL Correspondent Pride is the extent of what is on the line Sunday at Mackey Arena. Purdue and Northwestern both enter the game under .500 and both in the midst of challenging losing streaks. The Boilers have lost five of six, including three in a row. The Wildcats are losers of four […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o spoke about the situation regarding the girlfriend hoax. Here are some of his comments, with video of the entire 14-minute interview session below. “It’s definitely embarrassing. You walk into grocery stores and you give people double takes to see if they’re staring at you. It’s […]
From news releases: Two members of the top-ranked Indiana University men’s basketball team and one from Butler are among 15 who were named to the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Men’s Basketball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Sophomore Cody Zeller (Washington, Indiana) was named first team Academic […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor “To be the man, you gotta beat the man. Woooo!” Ric Flair coined that famous phrase years ago, and Tom Crean, that message is for you. To be the man in the Hoosier State, to be the man in the Big Ten, you’ve got to beat Tom Izzo, and you’ve […]
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