By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Last season, the Pacers were on ESPN or TNT four times. This year, they’ll make 10 appearances on those networks. In all, the Pacers will have 17 nationally televised games in 2013-14. • Nov. 6: Indiana vs. Chicago, 7 p.m. (ESPN) • Nov. 9: Indiana at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. (NBA TV) • Nov. 20: Indiana at […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Kevin Wilson really doesn’t know what type of season will emerge from seven months of hard work. But at least he and his coaching staff have a plan to revive Indiana Hoosiers football. After going 5-19 in Wilson’s first two seasons, the cream and crimson are thinking […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The quintessential dog days of summer run from about July 15 to August 15. On the NBA calendar, the lazy period is pretty much mid-August to late-September. So get ready. The lull is approaching. The Pacers limited their opponents to 52.4 percent shooting within five feet of the basket last […]
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By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – Butler players spoke with wide eyes and baited breath about their visit to Australia that begins this morning with the end of an 18-hour plane ride. -I’m very excited,” said Khyle Marshall on Friday, despite the fact he doesn’t like flying and can’t sleep at 40,000 feet. -I’m […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Here’s a look at what we know of the Pacers’ preseason schedule so far. The team should get around to releasing the full slate within the next week or so. Expect no more than two additional games, with at least one more at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. In the meantime, below […]
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From the Indiana Fever and Purdue Athletics Indiana Fever coach Lin Dunn, the wins leader at Purdue, has been named to the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2014. Dunn heads a class of six inductees who will be formally inducted into the WBHOF on June 14, 2014 in Knoxville, Tenn. Dunn’s career spans […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent DENVER — When I was seven years old, my stepfather took me to my very first Major League Baseball game at Comiskey Park in Chicago to see the White Sox play the Detroit Tigers. I loved it so much I asked to go again…and again…and again. Throughout my childhood, I […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor The Big Ten’s annual football Media Days have come and gone, and as we brace for the start of fall camps over the next couple weeks, there was plenty of food for thought that came out of Chicago. Despite a couple of off-the-field issues with two of its stars, […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Larry Bird’s being honored with a 15-foot-tall statue at Indiana State. Turns out all his years of honing a stone-faced expression made it easy on the sculptor. I loved Saturday’s trade for multiple reasons. Not only was it a metaphoric house-cleaning of last season’s biggest mistake (Gerald Green), but they’ve […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — So, that engineering degree paid off after all for Ryan Newman. The 2001 Purdue graduate won the Brickyard 400 on Sunday, then found himself reminiscing about his parents telling him to go to school while his peers were racing. Turns out, that knowledge he gained in West Lafayette […]
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Indiana Pacers finalized a deal for forward Luis Scola, sending Miles Plumlee, Gerald Green and a 2014 first-round pick to the Phoenix Suns. The trade was officially announced Saturday afternoon. “Luis will be a very important asset to our team and to our bench,” Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird […]
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