By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Founder Hello, Abby, and the rest of Mrs. Craden’s third-grade class at Long! I’m excited to hear that you all are studying online news sources. People like me go to events and talk to the people who make decisions in the world and make the difficult things they do easy to […]
Click to read more:By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Founder INDIANAPOLIS — Paul George has done it again. The youngster just dropped another masterful performance in the playoffs. On the eve of his 23rd birthday, George finished with 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists to help the Indiana Pacers defeat the Atlanta Hawks 106-83 on Wednesday night. The Pacers […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers outclassed the Atlanta Hawks 106-83 on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The Pacers take a 3-2 series lead. WHY IT HAPPENED: The Pacers rode a 50-43 halftime lead to […]
Click to read more:By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent – If you listened to all the hype the past several years, you would have sworn the world was going to implode when one person became the first openly gay athlete in America’s major sports. – Jason Collins did that. The world yawned. For all the hype, Collins’ announcement didn’t […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers will try to reestablish control on Wednesday night when they take on the Atlanta Hawks in Game 5 of this Eastern Conference first-round series. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Here are the trends to monitor in what shapes up as a terrific 48-minute […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Well, it was nearly a replay. Write up a list of all the things the Pacers saw happen Saturday night and put a check mark next to them, and you’ll see Indiana improved on very little in Game 4 and was thus denied the road win it needed to control […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Atlanta Hawks knocked off the Indiana Pacers 102-91 on Monday night at Philips Arena in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The series is now 2-2. WHY IT HAPPENED: The Pacers again were pitiful in the first half, trailing […]
Click to read more:By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Well, then. No more Legends and Leaders in college football. I’m among a lot of college football fans relieved to see the naming changes to the Big Ten conference. Now, we move to the simple, yet effective titles of East and West. Being a fan of the newest guy in town […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent If the Pacers win on Monday, their first-round series is essentially a wrap. If they lose, they’ll fall into a tie and face heaps of pressure in Game 5 on Wednesday in Indianapolis. Here’s what to look for in a pivotal Game 4 in Atlanta: Going West: Surprisingly, outside of […]
Click to read more:By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent The Indianapolis Colts finished out the 2013 NFL Draft Saturday by picking up five more players to add to their seven-player draft class. Those five selected Saturday join with Florida State defensive end/linebacker Bjoern Werner, chosen with the 24th pick of the first round Thursday, and Illinois guard Hugh Thornton, […]
Click to read more:By PAUL SIEGFRIED ISL Correspondent A total of seven college players from the state of Indiana were chosen in the 2013 NFL Draft, which concluded Saturday with the final four rounds of the seven-round draft. Notre Dame had six of those players drafted, led by tight end Tyler Eifert, chosen 21st overall by the Cincinnati […]
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