Mark Montieth: Out of alignment
Today’s Big (not) Ten runs wide and shallow. Eighteen teams, as far as 2,800 miles apart.
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Mark Montieth: Date with destiny
Purdue and Notre Dame will meet on a football field for the 126th time on Sept. 14, and while every sporting event presents the possibility of a life-changing experience, it’s unlikely anything as momentous as what happened 47 years ago will occur.
Mark Montieth: A good vibe
It goes without saying then that Bloomington has been a graveyard for the coaches who have dared try to dig the program out of its endless rut.
Mark Montieth: A quiet champ
Nix got his medal by running the first leg of the 4×400-meter relay in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Mark Montieth: Caitlin Clark is transcendent
It’s exhausting, being a revolutionary. And Clark, with no hint of being rebellious, is just that.
Mark Montieth: Siakam contract was necessary, but it won’t guarantee success
Siakam appears more likely than the others to remain a Pacer throughout his contract, despite history’s red flags.
Mark Montieth: Hometown boy Matt Gorski makes good with Indians
The Pirates life is for him, with the Indians’ major league affiliate in Pittsburgh, and given recent trends, that seems a realistic possibility.
Mark Montieth: ‘A great fraternity’
The award doesn’t convey the status it did in the era when winners were told with tongue only slightly planted in cheek that they were now more famous than the governor, because high school basketball doesn’t have the same hold on the public’s attention.
Mark Montieth: Am I blessed or what?’
“Blessing” is a word he uses to describe his experiences with this place and this race since he arrived at the speedway in 1965—not to mention the rest of his career.
Mark Montieth: This May in Indy is more special than ever
No other month has captured a greater share of the city’s best memories.
Mark Montieth: Pickleball’s popularity spreading among pros, colleges and schools
Pickleball is now played as an intramural or club sport in schools, from junior highs to universities.
Mark Montieth: Can Purdue win it all?
It seems appropriate the Boilermakers would be playing in the final game on the same day as a total solar eclipse, given the rarity of both events.
Mark Montieth: Milan championship is a story almost too good to be true
The Milan story is basketball’s version of “The Andy Griffith Show” and seems to rerun nearly as often. It reflects wholesome small-town values that never existed as perfectly as our nostalgia-tinted lenses would have us believe but still reminds us of a simpler, more innocent time.
Mark Montieth: Pollard’s recovery worth singing about
When they pulled the breathing tube out of his mouth the day following his Feb. 16 surgery at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Scot Pollard burst into song.
Mark Montieth: Love it, or look the other way
Shots that once were nicknamed home runs because of their rarity and distance are now sprayed like singles.
Mark Montieth: Lance Jones a perfect match for Purdue
Jones has started every game for Purdue, part of a five-man unit that has remained unchanged through Purdue’s 24 games heading into Thursday evening’s encounter with Minnesota.
Mark Montieth: Sports halls of fame in Indiana built on hopes, money, luck
Making a hall of fame work as a business and/or charitable enterprise is an entirely different matter.
Mark Montieth: Out of his comfort zone
Structural engineering, however? That’s been a slam dunk—thanks in part to lessons learned from his challenging basketball experience.
Mark Montieth: ‘A special guy’
McGinnis, who died of heart failure on Dec. 14, was so prominent and prized that one tribute isn’t enough.
Mark Montieth: Pacers poised for success
The resurgent Pacers are younger than all but six teams in the NBA and have the lowest payroll.