No news is good news. Well, in the case of Indiana University’s invitation for former basketball coach Bob Knight to return
to Bloomington it is. It means he hasn’t dismissed the invitation out of hand.
Just as it’s probably unwise to make too much nice out of a pre-game handshake, it’s also over the top to paint with too broad a brush the unfortunate incident that occurred at Boise State.
“Is Indiana now a football state?” and other questions.
Former Indiana University coach Bob Knight will be inducted Nov. 6 into the school’s athletic hall of fame, but it remains
to be seen if The General will come marching back to Bloomington.
Ten years ago this week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association opened the doors to its new headquarters in White River
State Park.
In its 20-year master strategy unveiled in December, IUPUI planned to tear down its track-and-field stadium along New York Street to make room for a mixed-use housing and retail development. Now IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz says those plans have been reconsidered.
The Circle City Classic has hired Marc Williams, an East Coast marketing consultant, as its executive director, a post vacated in March when Tony Mason left to become senior vice president for the 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee.
Less than two years after its audacious launch, the Chicago-based Big Ten Network has expanded into more than 70 million homes with coverage
in 23 of the nation’s top 25 markets.
Beware when coaches profess unfailing loyalty to a school.
The Ball State University victory over Central Michigan University Nov. 19, televised live on ESPN2 and seen in more than
1.6 million homes, ranks as the most-viewed and highest-rated college football game ever for a Tuesday or Wednesday night
on the network.
With both the NBA and college basketball seasons under way, Indiana’s two namesake programs are coming back to life in a big
way.
Now that the NCAA has decided not to punish Indiana University further for basketball infractions, the athletic program must
concentrate on building an honest, successful sports program.
USA Basketball will move its headquarters from Colorado Springs to Glendale, Ariz. — not to Indianapolis or Louisville,
two
other front-runners.
It’s been a disappointing season for soon-to-be ex-Purdue football coach Joe Tiller, but he helped make football important
at Purdue University.
In the weeks leading up to this year’s
big rivalry football game, Wabash College and DePauw University students held various fundraisers to benefit the Julian Center, as well as A-Way Home Shelter
in Putnam County and the Family Crisis Shelter in Montgomery County.
The Pacers opening victory, new game innovations at Conseco Fieldhouse and retaining Danny Granger are bright spots in the
city’s vast sports scene.
With all the disruption in Indiana University’s athletic programs, Head football coach Bill Lynch should stay on and be given
a chance to build a strong program.
Fred Glass, formerly a partner
at Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels, wants to make IU known again as a university that strictly follows the rules
and helps all of its student athletes to achieve academically and graduate.
New Indiana University athletic director Fred Glass must return integrity to IU athletics, while being a cheerleader who believes
in accessibility, focus and consistency.
Almost a full year after a fire in a single exhibit closed the NCAA Hall of Champions, the wait for the college sports
museum’s reopening is becoming as prolonged and agonizing as sitting through a college football game during
a freezing November rain. The NCAA is apparently in no hurry to relieve the suspense.
