From Butler Sports Information INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — Senior Rotnei Clarke, who helped lead Butler to a runner-up finish at the Maui Invitational, has been named Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the period Nov. 19-25. He’s the first Butler player to earn the honor in the Bulldogs’ new conference. Clarke hit […]
Continue ReadingISL’s Ben Fahrbach took photos of the Class A and 2A football finals on Friday. Lafayette Central Catholic beat Indianapolis Scecina and Fort Wayne Bishop Luers beat Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter. Here are the best of his shots from Lucas Oil Stadium. Class A: Here is Cliff Brunt’s Indianapolis Star story on the Class A […]
Continue ReadingFrom Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue’s Robert Marve and Frankie Williams were recognized with player of the week honors by the Big Ten Conference after their performances in Saturday’s Old Oaken Bucket victory over Indiana. Marve was named the co-Offensive Player of the Week and Williams the Freshman of the Week. The […]
Continue ReadingBy CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Back in August, there were high hopes in West Lafayette; people knew perennial powers Ohio State and Penn State were ineligible for postseason play, and the Leaders division of the Big Ten was up for grabs for teams with the talent base that the 2012 Purdue Boilermakers possessed. Many felt that […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame continued to pad its record by beating lesser competition on Saturday afternoon, but give the Irish a break teams get fat on cupcakes this time of the year. The latest cupcake the Irish consumed was Saint Francis of Pennsylvania. Notre Dame improved to 5-1 on the season […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Purdue has announced that it has parted ways with coach Danny Hope. Hope, who just finished his fourth season as head coach of the Boilermakers, compiled a 22-27 record at Purdue, including a 13-19 mark in Big Ten Conference games and a 15-13 mark at Ross-Ade Stadium. “There is no […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Notre Dame did what no one thought it could. It finished the football season undefeated thanks to a 22-13 win at USC Saturday night. Yes, the top-ranked Irish, who began the season unranked and ended it 12-0 for the first time since 1988, are relevant once again. So relevant […]
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — After all the ups and downs, Purdue is bowl-bound. Akeem Shavers scored three touchdowns during a furious five-minute stretch in the fourth quarter to help the Boilermakers pull away for a 56-35 win over Indiana on Saturday and retain the Old Oaken Bucket. “It always feels good,” […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Atlantic 10 is popping open eyeballs nationwide after a week of upsetting ranked teams. Butler mostly pummeled North Carolina. VCU toppled Memphis on Thanksgiving. And Saint Joseph’s knocked off Notre Dame. Late on Black Friday, despite an upper-tier as stuffed as a kitchen fridge with leftovers, it’s time for […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor Purdue’s football program has a ton of uncertainty surrounding it entering the final weekend of the regular season. Boilermaker fans know if the Old Gold and Black beats IU in the Old Oaken Bucket battle Saturday in Ross-Ade Stadium, they’ll go to their second straight bowl game. However, Purdue […]
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