As games were canceled around the country, Nebraska saw its coach fall ill and leave the game during the last basketball games to played with fans.
Author: Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star
Opinion: Bobby Knight returns to Assembly Hall to tears, cheers as years of anger fade away
Before this Indiana basketball revival is over, with adults crying, students roaring and Bob Knight shouting, this will feel cathartic for all.
Doyel: Cancer won the battle a year ago, but Purdue superfan Tyler Trent might just win the war
Purdue fan Tyler Trent inspired fight against cancer, and his impact grows a year after death as researchers near breakthrough thanks to his tissue.
Opinion: Do the right thing, NCAA, and free Memphis star freshman James Wiseman
James Wiseman’s NCAA eligibility story at Memphis is complicated, but it has one innocent party: James Wiseman, the likely top pick in 2020 NBA Draft.
Doyel: Nobody was worse than Eric Ebron for the Colts, and the TE was his own biggest critic
On a day the Colts played terribly in a 31-24 loss to Oakland, nobody was worse than tight end Eric Ebron – and nobody was harder on him than Ebron.
Years after Knute Rockne died in plane crash, fans still honor Notre Dame legend at his grave
Decades after Knute Rockne’s brilliant life ended in a mysterious plane crash in Kansas, fans still honor the Notre Dame football coach at his grave.
Doyel: Can’t make sense of Colts signing Chad Kelly
Indianapolis Colts went far out of character for a guy who probably won’t play for them in troubled former Denver, Ole Miss and Clemson QB Chad Kelly.
Opinion: Fire and rage of Alexander Rossi steals show again at Indy 500
The 2019 Indianapolis 500 was won by the icy cool of Simon Pagenaud but will be remembered for the raging fire of the man he held off, Alexander Rossi
Opinion: ‘Andretti Curse’ at Indy 500 can’t possibly be real. Maybe
The more Mario Andretti talks about Indianapolis 500’s so-called “Andretti Curse,” the more he tries to debunk the myth, the more it sounds plausible.
Opinion: Fernando Alonso out of 2019 Indy 500 because McLaren wasn’t prepared
Incompetence around him keeps the two-time Formula One champion out of the 2019 Indy 500, and he wasn’t thrilled with the aftermath.