Author: Cliff

George drops team record nine 3s as Pacers beat Hornets 115-107

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I’ve seen a lot in my eight years of covering the Indiana Pacers, but nothing like what I witnessed on Wednesday night. Paul George dropped nine 3-pointers after halftime to help the Pacers beat the New Orleans Hornets 115-107 in overtime. He broke Reggie Miller’s team record for threes in a […]

Purdue’s Hope opens up about Marve’s success, assistants’ pay

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue coach Danny Hope was very open during today’s press conference today. Two of his responses to questions jumped out at me the most. First, his quote about Robert Marve: “He’s playing really well. Playing very, very well. He has taken his game in spite, of the injuries and all the things […]

WWE Survivor Series delivers in Indy

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Survivor Series was quite a bit better than I expected on Sunday night. I thought the card had potential, but the execution of the matches surprised me. First of all, CM Punk held on to his WWE title against Ryback and John Cena. The match had everything. Ryback was a […]

WWE Survivor Series invades Indianapolis

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor One of the WWE’s signature events, the Survivor Series, invades Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Sunday night. Indy Sports Legends’ Cliff Brunt and Justin Whitaker will be there with commentary and photos throughout the night. Survivor Series is one of the biggest wrestling events ever to hit Indianapolis. WrestleMania 8 was at the […]

Jim Johnson: Pacers get out of rut with 103-83 win over Mavericks

By JIM JOHNSON ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — Every team goes through it at one point or another, especially in basketball. They go through a rut and a little skid from time to time. With the Indiana Pacers, the skid happened to be right out of the gate and has lasted the first two weeks of […]

Brunt: Can’t find a weakness in the Indiana Hoosiers’ armor

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I saw IU for the first time Thursday night and came away with my head spinning. What a complete basketball team Tom Crean has put together. I searched and searched for a weakness during the Hoosiers’ 99-45 win over Sam Houston State and came away with little. Of course, the team the Hoosiers […]

Brunt talks to WWE’s Damien Sandow about Survivor Series

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor I got to be Mean Gene Okerlund for a day. I interviewed WWE Superstar Damien Sandow by telephone on Thursday afternoon to promote the Survivor Series, which will be held Sunday in Indianapolis. Sandow is one half of the team “Rhodes Scholars” with Cody Rhodes. The intellectually superior one will be a part […]

Ball State crushes Ohio 52-27 in primetime showdown

By RYAN NAYLOR ISL Correspondent MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State took a big step toward its first bowl appearance since 2008 with a 52-27 win over preseason MAC favorite Ohio University on Wednesday night. The Cardinals were one of two bowl eligible teams to miss out on postseason play last year, but this year, riding a five-game win […]

Butler coach Brad Stevens signs Berry, Chrabascz, Castro

From Butler Sports Information: INDIANAPOLIS —  Head coach Brad Stevens received signed commitments from a trio of promising prospects, 6-10 Nolan Berry of De Smet Jesuit H.S. (Mo.), 6-7 Andrew Chrabascz of Cushing Academy (Mass.) and 6-2 Rene Castro of Worcester Academy (Mass.), on Wednesday, Nov. 14. One of the things that we’ve really tried […]

Purdue coach Matt Painter signs Scott, Smotherman, Stephens

From Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Head coach Matt Painter and the Purdue men’s basketball staff wrapped up one of the nation’s top recruiting classes on Wednesday, as a highly-regarded trio signed National Letters of Intent to begin competing for the Boilermakers in the 2013-14 season. Bryson Scott, Basil Smotherman and Kendall Stephens […]

Finally, a good week for Purdue coach Danny Hope

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Breathe, Danny Hope. The perfect storm is over. The Boilermakers finally won their first Big Ten game of the season with a 27-24 win over Iowa on Saturday. Then, all the talk about Indiana possibly going to the Big Ten title game was washed away with Wisconsin’s 62-14 win in Bloomington on […]