By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Beating a top-10 team on the road is never easy, especially when you’re a double-digit underdog, but Notre Dame made it look about as easy as possible Saturday night when it handled Oklahoma with relative ease, beating the Sooners by 17 points. As they have all season long, the Irish […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor If money doesn’t grow on trees, why is there a giant redwood with dollars all over it standing in front of Paul George? That tree sprouted quickly, right about the time the Indiana Pacers released a statement saying Danny Granger would be out indefinitely with continued soreness in his left knee. One man’s […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent As the Indiana Pacers open a new season this evening on Halloween, it’s worth pausing to consider what a frightening position the franchise once occupied. When Donnie Walsh left in 2008, a steady degradation of the roster left Mike Dunleavy Jr. as the second-best player on the team. The ghosts […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent After a season of stunning success, the Pacers spent money like a super PAC on steroids this summer. Huge contracts landed on the doorsteps of Roy Hibbert and George Hill, and no expense was spared in overhauling the bench. It was Indiana’s most lavish offseason in nearly a decade. Clearly, […]
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The following is the text of a statement from Purdue athletic director Morgan Burke on the state of the Purdue football program. The Boilermakers entered the season with high hopes but have lost their first four conference games under increasingly unpopular coach Danny Hope. “Everyone around our football program has high expectations for the 2012 […]
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From the Indianapolis Colts: Doug Dinan of Fort Wayne Carroll has been named the Colts/NFL Coach of the Week, a program presented by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Dinan was selected after his Chargers defeated Class 5A No. 7 ranked Penn High School 14-13 in the sectional semi-finals. This is Carroll’s first win over […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Not since 2004, coming off a 61-win campaign in which Jermaine O’Neal finished third in MVP voting and Ron Artest was named Defensive Player of the Year, have the Indiana Pacers anticipated a season as much as they do this one. Back then, Donnie Walsh said Indy had a legitimate […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor There was only one way Purdue’s epic flop against Minnesota could have been worse, and guess what? It happened. Indiana won. What a double-whammy for Purdue coach Danny Hope. Purdue, which entered the season with all the returning starters and all the hype, fell behind 44-7 against Minnesota and eventually […]
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From INDYCAR INDIANAPOLIS, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 – The board of directors of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation convened a special meeting Sunday, Oct. 28 and has announced that Randy Bernard will relinquish his position as CEO of INDYCAR effective immediately. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation President and CEO Jeff Belskus was appointed as interim CEO […]
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By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent What we learned from our latest weekend in college football. 1. Alabama is free and clear for the BCS title game. With Oregon likely to win out and Kansas State hitting its stride, one fan base is going to be severely disappointed come early December if current trends continue. 2. […]
Continue ReadingBy CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Hockey fans have been pretty glum lately. I know. I’m on the list. If anything, contract negotiations between owners and players have taken enough of a step back to the point where several national experts believe the league doesn’t want a deal of any sort. Honestly, it doesn’t matter if […]
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