You either get it or you don’t. Sports make a city go. That was the philosophy Indianapolis city leaders adopted in the late 1960s, when they decided sports would define this community. That was a moment of pure prescience. The specific goal was to host a Summer Olympics. That dream will likely never come to fruition, but […]
Two truths need to be acknowledged by Kansas bigwigs who are yelping about the NCAA declaring sophomore basketball player Silvio DeSousa ineligible for this season and next. Shoe companies want return on their investment and the NCAA is a member organization – not an autonomous ruler. An Adidas bagman named T.J. Gassnola paid DeSousa’s guardian […]
Indiana’s Basketball team has lost seven straight games, and people are wondering why a promising season has spun wildly out of control. Injuries, scheduling, effort, coaching, and toughness are among the many guesses being proffered by fans and media. All are correct to one extent or another, but Indiana Basketball has been a consistently mediocre […]
Indiana and Butler Basketball teams need to look in the mirror and answer a very important question
No one looks forward to adversity, but everyone is thankful for it after it is overcome. Indiana and Butler have basketball programs experiencing some serious adversity right now. Butler is in last place in the Big East after losing to Marquette. Indiana lost its seventh straight last night at Rutgers. That’s the magic of college. […]
Who are we to argue with success? The Pro Bowl makes no sense. It’s an all star game for the NFL that offers no competitive friction, and even hard core football fans have zero allegiance to either the NFC or AFC. Players celebrate a year of meaningful football with an afternoon of making sure no […]
Indiana is not playing good, tough, collective basketball, and fan frustration is about to explode all over Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Seven weeks are left in this season, and it appears to be heading to a destination all Indiana fans have are way too familiar with – disappointment. The majority of the last 25 seasons […]
Forty-eight hours ago, like 98% of Pacers fans, I had only a vague idea of the existence of a quadriceps tendon. Now, we know where it is and what it does (attaches the quadriceps muscle to the knee and knee cap). We also know that the quadriceps tendon in Victor Oladipo’s right leg snapped with […]
When Victor Oladipo crumpled to the floor with 4:05 left in the first half of last night’s game against Toronto, fans wondered if this promising season crumpled with him. The rest of the Pacers continued to fight to earn the win against Toronto, but the question of what the ceiling is for the team minus […]
Don’t take offense to the headline – I’m right there with you! Every year, we invest in the believe that this will be the year the glory of ol’ IU returns to Assembly Hall. Every year, we shake our heads in dismay. Wash, rinse, repeat. This year, hope seemed reasonable because it’s Archie Miller’s second […]
It’s so tempting to bring in the #22 ranked player in a class – a kid who is seven inches longer than he is tall, has a 46-inch vertical jump, and has limitless shooting range – but if he is only interested in NBA mock drafts and the millions that he and his family believe […]
