As we enter the best three weeks on the sports calendar—with the annual opportunity to embrace a new Cinderella—here’s a look back on some of the state’s most out-of-nowhere tournament runs since the event’s last major field expansion 40 years ago.
Through the quarterback changes and inconsistency of the 2024 season, Irskens kept delivering each week, as his videos cumulatively generated hundreds of thousands of views.
Now in the middle of season six of “Setting The Pace,” Golden, 32, has earned game credentials as a full-fledged media member.
In college and professional sports history, the state of Indiana hasn’t produced many dynasties, but several teams have had notable runs.
The Ignite, the newest member of the fledgling Pro Volleyball Federation, took flight in their inaugural season earlier this month, scoring a 3-1 win over Orlando in front of a sellout crowd at the brand-new Fishers Event Center.
While the anger was understandable, I don’t know why anyone would be shocked by Irsay, who is in the business of granting chances, granting more chances.
The Pacers and Colts haven’t given locals much to be jolly about this year.
However, throughout the rest of the country Saturday in college football’s rivalry football, many displays went beyond rivalry pettiness. In fact, if we’re adding them all up, IU’s fake punt doesn’t even register on the “out for blood” scale.
If you had posed any of the current playoff scenarios to anyone back in August, much less a die-hard IU football fan, they would’ve laughed you out of the room.
Recently, most of Purdue’s best seasons (2008-2011, 2017-2019, 2024) have coincided with IU’s most disappointing ones.
The 2023-2024 sports season was a prolonged goodbye for Adamson, but that was better than the abrupt ending that can befall most in the sports business.
In the Colts’ eyes, nothing has changed, nor should it have.
Being a friendly guy while churning out 9-3 seasons and winning the Nobody Cares Bowl isn’t going to fly for Notre Dame in today’s era.
The Tribe’s nod to Shines in retiring his No. 3 jersey at Victory Field is unprecedented for the organization.
If you have never been to the historic strip before, the experience watching these rocket ships on wheels—at over 330 miles per hour, they’re the fastest race cars on the planet—is unique to anything else in sports.
Dudas’ wiffle ball league began in 2015 with four teams and totaled 19 players, many of whom were Perry Meridian or UIndy teammates of his.
That’s because, while Richardson might still have a high ceiling as a passer, the most NFL-ready asset he brings to the table is his running ability.
While Siakam’s deal might have reached the debate floor among fans on social media, the overwhelming majority of Pacers backers appeared to support and praise each of the team’s contract-extension decisions.
There’s another job where one has to deal with pressure (he or she has to create a perfect product every game for 70-plus games), unknowns (Indiana forecasts—ugh!), and challenges (wear and tear, heat, cold, dry, wet, etc.): director of field operations for the Indianapolis Indians.
Many Pacers fans are bullish on the team’s immediate future, but significant improvement is still needed. There’s no question the improvement will have to come from within.
