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Well Traveled
Even as the RCA Dome’s Teflon roof is prepared for deflation, Jerry Oliver feels no sense of, well, deflation.
“No, I look back and think, hey, I was a part of that,” says Oliver. “And I still have pictures and memoirs and a lot of really good memories.”
More on that in a moment.
That’s because Oliver, now 77, is perhaps best known as the coach of... More 
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Well Decorated
Twenty-two years later, it remains the most dominant and incredible performance in Indiana high school track and field history – boys or girls.
Three events. Three victories. And three state records which still stand.
“Yes, that was a great moment in my career,” recalls Maicel Malone, now the head women’s track coach at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. “And I like to re-live it from time to time.”
Representing North... More
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Still Having A Ball
This feature is titled, “Where Are They Now?”
With Mildred Ball – the first woman to be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame – you don’t to ask. All you have to do is look. She’s everywhere. In magazines. In newspapers. On billboards.
Her smiling face is being featured in a campaign promoting women’s heart health and awareness by Indianapolis-based Clarian Health.
That came about... More
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Where Are They Now?
No month of March in Indiana will ever go by without recalling the Miracle Men of Milan.
And, yes, ever is a long time. But since 1954, the story of tiny Milan’s Indiana high school basketball championship is transcendent. Indeed, the legend and lore seems to grow with each passing year, especially since it was given a second and even larger life when Angelo Pizzo’s movie, Hoosiers, was released... More
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Streak Starters
This month at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI at the IHSAA Girls Swimming State Championships, the Carmel High School team will take on two challenges.
The competition.
And The Streak.
The competition is every other girls swim team in the state of Indiana.
The Streak is what every other girls team in Indiana has been unable to stop for more than two decades.
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In The Zone
If ever there was a high school basketball coach in Indiana who could do more with less, it was Speedway’s Morris Pollard.
Not that the Sparkplugs were devoid of talent during Pollard’s 27 years as coach of the little school within the big city. Speedway actually produced an amazing run of players – most of them multi-sport stars – during Pollard’s tenure.
Tom Jones, Scott Neat, Dave Bennett... More
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Schwomeyer captures hoops history
For years, the most definitive, authoritative and complete history of boys high school basketball in Indiana could be found in the small type and 600 pages of a book simply titled Hoosier Hysteria.
It was Herb Schwomeyer’s labor of love.
First published in 1970, HH was updated nine times by Schwomeyer, the last in 1997. No coincidence there. That was the last year before, as he terms it,... More
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Rosey’s Roundup
Twice a year, my telephone rings.
“Bill,” the voice on the other end says. “It’s Rosey. We’re getting together at Stookey’s.”
That’s “Rosey” as in Jim Rosenstihl, the Indiana Hall of Fame basketball coach who garnered most of his 549 victories with the Lebanon Tigers.
The invitation is for lunch at Stookey’s, a pleasant mom & pop restaurant on Main Street in Thorntown, Ind. The gathering is... More
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Dad & Daughters
by: Kristen Fuhs Wells
Softball is truly a family affair for the Marcums of New Palestine.
“We’re all dedicated to this sport,” says...
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Fuel for thought: how to survive rising gas prices
by: Erik Deckers
We’ve all felt the sting of higher gas prices over the last several months. And parents of high school athletes are feeling it more than...
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The Chance(s) of a Lifetime
by: Bill Benner
Later this month, Lucas Oil Stadium (LOS) will welcome its first paying customers.
I think it’s wonderful that those spectators will be entering to...
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Seize Your Moments
by: Barry Krauss
As a kid growing up in Pompano Beach, Fla., I had, like most kids, dreams of making the touchdown catch that wins the backyard football...
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A collection of this month's best action photos.
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Well Traveled
by: Bill Benner
Even as the RCA Dome’s Teflon roof is prepared for deflation, Jerry Oliver feels no sense of, well, deflation.
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