It’s about the money. It’s always about the money. There is an argument that most student-athletes who transfer should sit out for a year at the new school. Adjusting to a new campus and environment takes time. Be just a student for a little bit. Get your grades rolling. Make some friends. Work on your game. Nice. Same […]
The NBA Trade Deadline is coming this Thursday, and with just a hair’s difference between the second through sixth place team in the East, GMs could be very active I trying to gain an advantage. Indiana Pacers president Kevin Pritchard is no stranger to rolling the dice on a headline grabbing deal, but this time […]
Indiana lost yesterday, and that’s all fans will remember – the 77-76 loss to Maryland. Moral victories, after all, don’t earn bids to the NCAA Tournament. But the Hoosiers didn’t simply lose at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, they lost while playing better than they had all season. The offense moved the ball inside and then kicked […]
Big 10 Basketball is a crapshoot, so let’s shoot craps to determine where Indiana and Purdue finish!
Indiana earned a fascinating win against Michigan State last night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with connected defense when it mattered and a couple of timely baskets by Joey Brunk and Armaan Franklin. The win lifted IU’s Big 10 record to 5-3 and dropped the Spartans into a first place tie with Illinois at 6-2. Wait. What? Indiana […]
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The Houston Astros won the 2017 World Series by stealing opposing catchers’ signs to pitchers with electronic surveillance. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred wants to stop cheating, so he took a swing at getting tough. Weak ground ball the other way. The first rule of correcting behavior is to make the cost of the punishment outweigh the […]
The Houston Astros have been accused of cheating by stealing signs electronically during their 2017 championship season by pitcher Mike Fiers and three others who were with the team, according to a post by Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich in The Athletic. Stealing signs has been a part of baseball for time immemorial as players studied […]
[None of the below applies to freak athletes who can walk onto a almost any field or court and be the best player on it. They are special and rules most of us need to respect do not apply to them.] Specialization in youth sports is a topic that crops up now and then on […]
Tonight’s exhibition between Indiana and Gannon will not be on BTN, available on almost all basic tier cable/online packages. If IU fans want to watch Indiana open its basketball season, they will have to subscribe to BTN+ for at least one month at a cost of $9.95 or if you have nothing better to do […]
Seeing Cubs shortstop Javy Baez naked is not something I ever wanted. ESPN made him hard to miss in its latest Body Gallery. It’s as though ESPN wants to penalize guys for looking at a few athletic women who are naked. A few years ago, they put an unclothed 75-year old pro golfer Gary Player […]