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  • Can James, Curry, Durant lift their teams 1 more time?

    The elder statesmen of the NBA are all in an interesting place right now. For the first time that I can remember, none of LeBron James, Steph Curry or Kevin Durant are in position to make their respective teams title contenders. The Lakers continue to have a revolving door of coaches despite the front office’s

  • NBA halfway point check-in

    For the first time in my life as a sports fan something took my attention away from the NBA. Have you been watching college football? The season has been amazing. The implementation of the 12-team playoff brought more interest and made for more important, intriguing matchups over the course of the season. The NFL has

  • Which teams have the best chance to win the College Football Playoff?

    I think the committee got it right. The field for the first 12-team College Football Playoff is set and I think the committee got it right. Sure, there’s been some…arguing from people from a specific region of the country, but the field is as it should be. There’s one three-loss team in the field and

  • Non-conference “challenges” highlight crazy good week of men’s college hoops

    The trend of crazy good non-conference scheduling in men’s college basketball is a few years old now, but this year feels even more bananas. Never mind the craziness Feast Week brought — with UCONN bottoming out in Maui, Kansas solving Duke’s defense, surprising losses by Gonzaga and Houston, and Indiana’s struggles — this week is

  • Some tweaks should be made to College Football Playoff

    The implementation of a 12-team college football playoff has generated a lot of conversation and has generally been good for the sport. We’re even getting coaches online pleading the case for their respective teams. Through the last big week of the regular season, there were at least 17 teams that could have played themselves into,

  • Gold Book 11/29/24 | Churchill Downs Clark Day

    Gold Book 11/29/24 Clark 150 Day at Churchill Downs   Churchill Downs   R1 2 Walstib – 5 Wistucky – 8 Orrizonte R2 3 Mustang Lady – 7 Colonial Rose – 5 Curl Girl R3 5 Miss Jeopardy – 9 Motown Mika – 6 Asian Matriarch R4 10 Iceatude – 12 Mugsy Malone – 1

  • Outsiders taking center stage in college football

    Look at the top of the polls and you’ll see a lot of the mainstays in college football. Look at the schedule for week 13 and you’ll see it’s the “Little Guy’s” time to shine. The three biggest games on the schedule will feature Indiana playing for the biggest win in program history at Ohio

  • Special season for Indiana football comes down to 1 game

    Fans of Indiana football should be very nervous. That seems odd to write after the Hoosiers on Saturday beat Michigan to move to 10-0 for the first time in program history. The victory was a “helmet win” for Indiana, as the Hoosiers don’t have a great history against the Wolverines. Indiana with the Nov. 9

  • Milwaukee Bucks look like a deer in headlights

    It’s been a fun start to the NBA season for a lot of players and teams. The defending champion Boston Celtics are playing like a team on a mission. Boston through four games is putting up 124.3 points per game and has an average margin of victory of 15 points. Old Man James before struggling

  • College Football Rewind, Week 9: Poll Attacks

    The Associated Press and Coaches Polls tend to be off each week but the polls released on Oct. 27 are a disaster. Here are some of the lowlights. Indiana is having its best season in modern history. Voters in both polls left the 8-0 Hoosiers at No. 13. Indiana is behind seven 1-loss teams. The