By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor You know how when you’re playing pickup ball, you make a shot against your defender and you get that rush? And you want the ball again next time because you know that no matter what your opponent does, you’ve got this? Paul George was that guy last night with LeBron […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent I was going to write a column saying the 2012-13 bowl season wasn’t all that bad.Clouded by a thrilling start — Arizona bearing down with two touchdowns in under a minute to floor Nevada in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl — and fogged somewhat by Cincinnati’s sprint by Duke […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Going into Atlantic 10 play, Butler has won nine in a row. The last game against New Orleans was far from a masterpiece, but maybe the Bulldogs just wanted to get a rough shooting night out of the way before conference season. Most of the vibes are good ones. Butler’s […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers announced Monday they have signed head coach Frank Vogel to a contract extension. Per team policy, no terms were revealed. Vogel is in his third year as Pacers coach after taking over on Jan. 30, 2011. Going into Tuesday night’s home game with Miami, Vogel […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers announced Sunday they have waived forward Sam Young. Young, the fourth-year player out of Pitt, was signed as a free agent by the Pacers in September. He played in 28 games and averaged 3.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. Young has a sprained left […]
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Note: The author is a Pittsburgh Steelers fan who once blamed ex-Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Bruce Arians for his favorite team’s offensive struggles. By J.W. CALINGER ISL Correspondent As if it isn’t bad enough that our team missed the playoffs, Pittsburgh Steelers fans feel a little extra sting when we see the man we blamed for […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Four dunks by Khyle Marshall made the day seem prettier than it was. A sluggish Butler didn’t need to be at its best to beat New Orleans 57-44 on Saturday afternoon. Marshall had 13 points and eight rebounds as the 17th-ranked Bulldogs pulled off their ninth consecutive win, this […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Everett Golson is soaking it all in as he should be. The Notre Dame freshman quarterback is enjoying all the attention he and his Fighting Irish teammates are receiving as they prep for the BCS National Championship Game on Monday night. Golson has led Notre Dame to a 12-0 […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Finally, all of these teams start to go head-to-head when the Atlantic 10 schedule opens Wednesday night. Each school plays a 16-game slate and will face each opponent once and one twice. It will be the middle of the league that determines how exciting the conference tournament is. The early […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Indy Sports Legends writers covered tons of games in 2012. Here, in my opinion, are the best 10 covered by members of the staff. All of the games were played in the state of Indiana. Some of the work was done for other publications, but nonetheless, the talent on the ISL staff witnessed the […]
Click to read more:By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent With a 3-1 series lead and Dwight Howard schmoozing with his chiropractor, the game should have been anticlimactic. The Indiana Pacers were going to defeat the Orlando Magic. They inevitably would seize their first playoff series victory since 2005. And they would move on to bigger things, advance to face […]
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