LOPRESTI: No one could have predicted these crazy sports headlines
Another spin on the coaching carousel and some weird numbers from the games we play.
Mike Lopresti
Articles
LOPRESTI: Holtmann’s exit reinforces that the Butler Way is the highway
No one around here needs to be told the quality of Butler’s program. Its feats, its stature, its respectability. But it is still a stepping stone, rather than a destination job.
LOPRESTI: Baseball trailblazer has abundance of memories to cherish
Ken Schreiber coached LaPorte High School to Indiana's first state baseball championship 50 years ago. He led the school to another six championships during his storied career.
LOPRESTI: 82-year-old coach embarks on last turnaround project
Jerry Hoover has revived more high school basketball programs than you can count on one hand.
LOPRESTI: Men who didn’t finish first helped make 500 memorable
In a race that had 15 different leaders, Takuma Sato prevailed, becoming the first Asian to win the Indianapolis 500. But there was a plethora of other storylines.
LOPRESTI: Not your father’s training room
Want to see innovations? Turn your ankle as a college athlete. Or, for that matter, get with the program of trying to prevent turning your ankle.
LOPRESTI: Epic dry spells for some of the biggest names in sports
Impatient with your favorite team? If misery loves company, this is for you.
LOU’S VIEWS: IRT calls on old-fashioned pleasures with “Dial ‘M’ for Murder”
One of the classics in the thriller genre still has some life in it.
LOPRESTI: Plenty of history—and history in the making—at Indy 500
The 101st doesn’t have the same ring to it, but there is no shortage of story lines this May.
LOPRESTI: For Indiana’s biggest sports brands, misery loves company
Colts, Pacers and IU’s basketball Hoosiers meet at an unhappy crossroads.
LOPRESTI: Meet a locker room full of coaches who’ve stayed off the carousel
These men and women have been leading their teams for decades, some close to 50 years.
LOPRESTI: Pitcher Josh Lindblom’s story is more than you see on mound
Victory Field’s proximity to Riley Children’s Hospital makes it the perfect home after time in majors.
LOPRESTI: The Bard foretells our games
The winter of our sports discontent has Shakespearean twists and turns.
LOPRESTI: IU gets ahead of youth movement with Miller hire
College basketball is on the brink of big transition as elite coaches approach retirement.
LOPRESTI: Interested in IU coaching vacancy? Fill out our questionnaire
We require more information to complete your application, just to make sure you’re our kind of guy—maybe even have a chance to be another Bob Knight and one day win national championships.
LOPRESTI: After managing football behemoths, Fox steps away
From a marriage proposal (his own) to big sports moments, Mike Fox recalls stadium magic.
LOPRESTI: NCAA returns to site of many great dramas
Recalling an “elite eight” of big moments as basketball tournament rolls back into town.
LOPRESTI: Rose-Hulman’s women champs juggle basketball, books
A court full of top-notch students engineered the program’s first NCAA tournament bid.
LOPRESTI: Delta was last small high school to experience single-class magic
A class championship won in 2002 doesn’t quite measure up to 1997’s runner-up finish.
LOPRESTI: A trailblazer’s flesh and blood returns to Hinkle 70 years later
Bill Garrett endured racial prejudice on the way to the 1947 state basketball championship.