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“I do remember that he was swearing after we went off air,” recalls one of Knight’s former ESPN broadcast crew members. “Something or other was always pissing him off.”

“I’m a restless IU fan. To be fair, I think people forget where the program was when Crean got there. But if Brad Stevens availed himself, if he was more forthcoming about expressing an interest in the job, that would make me very happy.”

A look back at the emotional range of Colts fans during the saga through the prism of—what else?—Kanye West GIFs. Also, Andrew Luck gets roasted by Matt Hasselbeck and Deadspin’s Drew Magary.

Andrew Luck’s ‘stache might have a PETA problem.

Need to lose extra pounds (or a starting QB)? The Patriots explain how.

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

Bragging rights go to Purdue.

SI and GQ stuff the Pacers, Tony Dungy tweets his wisdom, Hinkle prepares to show off its makeover, and more.

Assuming that Andrew Luck would show up sporting his famous neckbeard, John Bragg prepped for the event by inviting his hirsute buddies into the studio for trial runs to see how the lighting would play on their whiskers.

Usually we can’t take our eyes off of Victor Oladipo, but today we couldn’t help wondering which lucky kids got the honor of surrounding him on the Sports Illustrated cover. Dustin Dopirak of The Hoosier Scoop tells us that most of the covermates are IU athletes, and tweets from IU athletic departments confirmed the appearance of baseball, soccer, football, and volleyball players and a (swollen-eyed) wrestler.

If you’ve followed Sports Illustrated senior writer Jon Wertheim closely over the years, you might suspect that he has more than a passing interest in Indiana University basketball.