December 17, 1988. If memory serves correctly, that was the last time I had been to an IU game in person. I've watched countless games on TV (no thanks to the Big Ten Network this year), but I'd only been to one actual game before.

My uncle managed to get some tickets to the Big Ten Tournament in Indy this past weekend and they had an extra ticket ( Read more... )

I've been thinking a lot about the relatively long memories sports fans have. If your team has been somehow slighted by another team or a member of the media, there's a pretty good bet that "Fill-in-the-blank" Nation will never forgive said slight. Here are a few examples that I've seen over the past few years...

"Drive home safely!" - Harrison ( Read more... )

I was about to post something this morning about how I thought Marty Simmons should be the next head coach at UE.  Guess I wasn't the only one.  I sure hope he turns the program around.  Congratulations UE on making the right choice!

Go Aces!

I think I just accidentally deleted all of my pictures from the Butler vs. UE game.

This makes me very not happy.

Muslims have Mecca.

Jews and Christians share Jerusalem.

Roman Catholics have Rome.

Mormons have Salt Lake City.

Republicans and Democrats have their National Conventions.

Every basketball fan that grows up in the state of Indiana must eventually make a pilgrimage to Hinkle Fieldhouse. I finally did tonight. Aiden, kmtodd23, and I went to the UE/Butler ( Read more... )

Every time I see the trailer for We are Marshall, I wonder how people who lived through the UE plane crash (yesterday was the 29th anniversary of the crash) will receive the movie. Will more people go watch it in Evansville, or will it fade away like so many other movies that have a lot of pre-release hype ( Read more... )

Having grown up an Aces fan, I remember the heated rivalries with Xavier and Butler when all three were in the same conference. During the season, I hated the Musketeers and the Bulldogs. If they happened to be in post-season play, I would cheer for them like they were my own team. It's the solidarity that comes about by supporting a smaller ( Read more... )

Both IU and UE start their men's basketball seasons tonight.

Go Hoosiers!

Go Aces!

I know Sasha Cohen is a girl. I mean, she skates in women's figure skating, after all.

Unfortunately, every time I hear her name, I automatically think of Sascha Hupmann, the ginormous, seven-foot, German-born center who played for the Aces in the early '90s. In my mind, Sas(c)ha is a guys' name ( Read more... )

More information has come out about one of the students kicked off the UE basketball team. Someone has had some sticky fingers for awhile, it seems ( Read more... )