Klemet: Pride on the line for Purdue and Northwestern

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 […]

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Manti Te’o talks at NFL Combine

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 […]

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First Thoughts: Indiana 90, Detroit 72

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers easily achieved a 90-72 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night at The Palace of Auburn Hills. WHY IT HAPPENED:  After sitting on the bench for the first 55 games of the season because of a left knee injury, […]

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Saint Louis’ defense overwhelms Butler

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS”Maybe Butler isn’t overrated or too unathletic. Maybe Saint Louis is just really, really good. It took less than 72 hours for that realization to crystallize locally and nationally, after Saint Louis followed Tuesday’s upset of No. 24 Virginia Commonwealth with a 65-61 outclassing of the Bulldogs on Friday night […]

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First Thoughts: Saint Louis 65, Butler 61

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Saint Louis Billikens earned a 65-61 win over the Butler Bulldogs on Friday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED:  Saint Louis was clearly the better team in the second half, unleashing a 10-2 run out of the locker room that turned […]

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Live Blog: Butler vs. Saint Louis

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent 10:05 — After beating VCU and Butler in back-to-back games, the Billikens have won nine in a row and are the clear-cut best team in the Atlantic 10 at this point in the season. Thank you for stopping by the live blog tonight. It was our first try at this, […]

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Pagano, Elway, Notre Dame backs talk at NFL Combine

By CLIFF BRUNT and DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Editors INDIANAPOLIS — Colts coach Chuck Pagano talked to the media on Friday about his health, the state of the team and his thoughts on Bruce Arians getting hired in Arizona. Here is a 6-minute video of his time at  the podium during the NFL Scouting Combine. ELWAY […]

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Indiana natives Zeller, Hulls, Smith and Plumlee honored for academics

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 […]

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First Thoughts: Pacers 125, Knicks 91

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers pulled off a 125-91 blowout win over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. WHY IT HAPPENED:  Indiana scored a season-high 125 points, pulled off its biggest win of the season and earned its largest victory […]

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