John Herrick

INDIANAPOLIS–Indiana Pacers forward Myles Turner has grown accustomed to receiving trash talk from fans through social media, but a new experience created an exchange that led to him donating money to help people struggling with the recent winter storm in Texas. After the Pacers lost in overtime to the Chicago Bulls on Feb. 15 120-112, […]

SOUTH BEND, Ind.–When the new EA Sports college football video game comes out, you may not see the University of Notre Dame in it. Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick says his school will not provide its name, logos, and other branding property to EA Sports for the game until new rules determine whether athletes […]

INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time in decades, Indiana and Purdue will not meet to decide the owner of the Old Oaken Bucket. IU and Purdue mutually agreed Wednesday to cancel Saturday’s game at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington due to rising COVID-19 numbers at both schools. In a joint statement from Indiana athletic director Scott Dolson […]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–Indiana University football coach Tom Allen is one of 24 head coaches named to the 2020 American Heart Association Paul “Bear” Bryant Award Watch List. The Paul “Bear” Bryant award is given every year to NCAA’s college football coach of the year. It is the only college coaching honor selected after all postseason bowl […]

INDIANAPOLIS--It appeared that the Big Ten Conference would not be playing football until the spring of 2021, but now they have decided to begin the season in late October. The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) voted unanimously to resume the football season starting the weekend of October 23-24. The decision was based […]

INDIANAPOLIS–In his postseason press conference Monday morning, Indiana Pacers President of Basketball Operations Kevin Pritchard discussed the firing of Nate McMillan, looking ahead to the future, and what he’s looking for in his next head coach. McMillan was given a contract extension on August 12. On August 26, McMillan was fired after the Pacers were […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.–The postponement of fall sports by the Big Ten Conference is creating a new challenge for universities: finding ways to bring in revenue when a significant source of their revenue was taken away. Purdue University is one of those schools in the Big Ten Conference dealing with that problem. “There really aren’t enough […]