college sports

If you grew up on barn-door hoops and Bob Knight, chances are that NIL makes you want to throw a chair. Instead, you might need to take a seat: The concept of college athletes earning some cash off the court is likely here to stay.

Forty years ago, Larry Bird passed on a chance at big-time basketball. The small-town star left Bob Knight’s IU team before a single game and returned home.

The playbook for understanding Oliver Luck and the NCAA.

The Irish are fighting an uphill battle.

Purdue falls—and so does former IUPUI coach Ron Hunter.

Butler’s sickening Big East tourney loss.

The Colts part ways with a franchise great.

Thirty years ago this week, Bob Knight threw a chair. We remember.

”Do you have any furniture at all left in your house?” the Indy-born TV host asked The General.

Once he wasn’t coaching against Purdue anymore, my stance against Knight softened.

Via @jakequery: “Sub zero temps and IU/Purdue trading punches. I missed you, 1994.”

Bragging rights go to Purdue.

“He surely understands what Indiana basketball means to the state,” says ESPN analyst Seth Greenberg. “And it looks to me like his players are having a blast playing for him.”

Our resident Boiler booster has his broom ready for tonight’s Purdue-IU rematch.

Two legendary Purdue basketball players and two misses add up to a lifetime of heartache.