No. 8: Ultimate Warrior (Warrior Wildfire, Jim Johnston, 1987) This was one of the old-school themes that intended to set a mood. Boy, did it ever. The song spawned guitar-induced heavy metal craziness from the very beginning, right during the height of hair-band mania. The wrestler matched the music’s intensity. People forget that Warrior was so […]
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No. 9: Harlem Heat (Rap Sheet, Rene De Wael and Didier Leglise, 1993) This is the only theme on my list that involves a tag team, though Demolition’s music almost made it. Harlem Heat’s music had a pulse that took over an arena. When you heard it, you knew two brothas from tha ‘hood was about to […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor This is the second of my professional wrestling lists – my 10 favorite wrestling entrance theme songs. Because everyone’s tastes are different, your list might be much different than mine. That’s OK – I just want to start conversation and take you down memory lane. Theme songs set the tone for what’s […]
Click to read more:From Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue’s Ricardo Allen and Kawann Short have been named among the 65 Football Bowl Subdivision players to the watch for the 2012 Chuck Bednarik Award. The Bednarik Award has been presented to the nation’s top defensive player since 1995. Allen, a junior cornerback from Daytona Beach, Fla., […]
Click to read more:From Purdue Sports Information WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Legendary former Purdue head men’s basketball coach Gene Keady will once again stalk the Mackey Arena sidelines on Aug. 4 when he leads one of the teams in the Boilermakers’ inaugural alumni game. Current Boilermaker head coach Matt Painter will head the other squad in the precursor […]
Click to read more:From the Indiana Pacers: INDIANAPOLIS – Veterans Jeff Pendergraph and Lance Stephenson, along with first-round draft pick Miles Plumlee and second-round pick Orlando Johnson (acquired in a draft night trade with Sacramento), are among 13 players on the Indiana Pacers’ rookie/free agent roster, which starts camp Thursday afternoon at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The roster is […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Indiana Pacers and point guard George Hill have agreed to a new deal, Hill’s co-agent, Michael Whitaker, wrote in a text message on Tuesday morning. “Yes it’s true,” Whitaker wrote. “George is excited about his return to his hometown Pacers.” Hill, 26, a restricted free agent, will sign once […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor As a black man, I was fascinated by the overwhelmingly negative response on Twitter to Indiana’s selection of Miles Plumlee. Many of them, from my Caucasian brethren, focused on the untrue belief that outgoing team president Larry Bird had once again found a slow, unathletic white guy to add to […]
Click to read more:1: Jeff Foster, F/C, 1999-2012 (Texas State) Foster played his whole career in Indiana, and ironically, was the opposite of the stereotypes about Bird’s players. He was extremely athletic and couldn’t shoot for most of his career. The hustle stereotype holds true — he is the Pacer against whom all hustle players in the future […]
Click to read more:2. Troy Murphy, F/C, 2006-2010 (Notre Dame) Murphy was one of the most versatile Pacers in recent years. He averaged 14.3 points and 11.8 rebounds in 2008-09 and 14.6 points and 10.2 rebounds the next year. He could drive to the basket and was especially dangerous as a trail post behind the 3-point line. Occasionally, he […]
Click to read more:3. Mike Dunleavy, G, 2006-2011 (Duke) Dunleavy might have been No. 1 if not for injury problems. His best year was 2007-08, when he averaged 19.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. He started all 82 games that year and made 42 percent of his 3-pointers. He never played more than 67 games or started more […]
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