By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Roughly 8,000 fans came to Memorial Stadium Saturday to see Indiana wrap up spring practice with its annual intrasquad spring game. Cream defeated Crimson 21-7 behind two touchdown catches from Shane Wynn and a scoring run by Tevin Coleman. To come out of spring and out of today […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Written on the whiteboard in the Indiana Pacers’ dressing area prior to Friday night’s game was the warning, If you leave dirty plates in the locker room, rats will come. Perhaps a wiser message would have been, If you fall behind by huge deficits, losses will come. For […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers fell 117-109 in a seesaw battle with the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED: Indiana mounted another valiant comeback, but a 24-point second-half deficit proved too big a hill to climb. The Pacers allowed […]
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By COLLIN O’ CONNOR ISL Correspondent With Thursday being the beginning of the spring recruiting period, it seemed like a good time to catch up with a Butler signee. Andrew Chrabascz contributed to Cushing Academy’s (Mass.) 24-5 season after committing to Brad Stevens this past August. Listed at 6-7 and 210 pounds, Chrabascz may be […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Fans would love college basketball players to exhaust their eligibility before they leave school, but that’s just not realistic in the day and age we live in if you’re talking about elite players. Despite what the minority may say, both Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo made the right decisions […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Louisville Cardinals reached the pinnacle of the sport on Monday night. But they weren’t the only ones to have a strong, enjoyable season. Far from it. Butler made plenty of memories, so let’s examine those, along with all kinds of numbers and perspective, in IndySportsLegends.com’s 2012-13 Bulldogs year in […]
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Jim Johnson and Cliff Brunt at the 2012 Indianapolis 500. Founder’s note: After being laid off in 2012, I was re-hired by The Associated Press in Jan. 2014 as a sports writer in Oklahoma City. As a result, I’ll add an 11th thing to this list: Never burn bridges. I faithfully worked as a […]
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By COLLIN O’CONNOR ISL Correspondent Just a few days removed from the NCAA Championship game that Indiana fans envisioned watching their team compete in at the beginning of the season, the Hoosiers’ biggest stars have decided that it is in their best interest to declare for the NBA Draft. Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo both […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Founder Note: Cliff Brunt covered the Indiana Pacers for seven years for The Associated Press and Indiana University basketball this past season for The Sports XChange (Reuters) and his website, Indy Sports Legends. With Indiana’s Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo heading to the NBA, here is Brunt’s assessment of what their chances of […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent During my teenage years, I knew I was in big trouble when my dad told me, “You’ve got some explaining to do.” Simply because I was a teenager and also because my dad and I saw eye to eye on practically nothing, I heard that a lot for about a […]
Click to read more:From Butler Athletics INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Former player and coach Brandon Miller is returning to Butler. Miller has been named assistant men’s basketball coach for the Bulldogs, filling the spot that opened when Associate Head Coach Matthew Graves left to become head coach at South Alabama. Miller, whose resume includes stops at Illinois, Ohio State […]
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