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Via @chrisspangle: “It’s so nice to have a Bob Knight scandal again. It really takes me back to my childhood.”

By the by, this isn’t the first time that IU has come under that faux-Fuhrer’s fire.

The response from Fever leaders was swift, with the team’s most visible star, Tamika Catchings; head coach Lin Dunn; and general manager Kelly Krauskopf all weighing in on the matter.

The players of Crispus Attucks High School wrote a new chapter in the book of Hoosier basketball lore—one in which underdogs could be kids from urban ghettos, could grow up shooting in alleys and parks, could be black and be a vital part of the glory of the game.

The Hoosiers film crew couldn’t get quite enough warm bodies to fill the stands at Hinkle Fieldhouse for the championship game scenes, so they fudged with creative camera angles.

The Cali boy isn’t afraid of color or pattern, loves his Christian Louboutin studded shoes, and cleans up extremely well.

Month of May festivities will ramp up to performances by rockers Sammy Hagar and Sublime With Rome, followed by the eardrum-shaking beats of NERVO, Dillon Francis, and Hardwell in the infield during the Indy 500 race itself.

From @meggiehd: “OMG! I just saw Arya from Game of Thrones at circle centre!!! We made eye contact. We are obviously besties”

“I really want people to know how my story started and the values and hard work that I embody,” he says. “A lot of my friends are from these amazing mountain towns. I want people to know that where I come from, it’s different. I hope it says something about my character.”

“It will be a great experience for all of us to join together in community for a goal—equality and acceptance,” says Fever player Layshia Clarendon.

Don’t feel bad for him, as—like any good, swift safety—he deftly turned and signed with the 49ers for $23 million. It was as if he sang “Don’t cry for me, Indianapolis” about the matter on Twitter.

“Soccer, whether it’s an inferiority complex or whatever, has never had the traditional media platforms,” says team president Peter Wilt. “To finally have one like that in Indiana is unique.”

It’s a hilariously GIF-able moment in his “New Kid” episode from the NBA’s Dream Big campaign—even if Hibbert himself got schooled by Charlotte’s Al Jefferson last night.

“I’m the one who gets out in the open and runs around. A lot of my teammates hide and shoot. I come and get you,” says George Hill in regards to paintballing.

By decisively winning the 1926 Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, Charlie Wiggins, a humble mechanic from Indy’s south side, earned the nickname “The Negro Speed King”—almost 65 years before Willie T. Ribbs would become the first black driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.