http://www.news-tribune.net en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:24:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_186202538.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_186202538.html For many the recent resignation of Indiana University athletic director Rick Greenspan was a welcome sight. For others a question of why did he have to go arises. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:58:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_181005933.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_181005933.html A record number of Southern Indiana players showed off their talent at this week’s U.S. Youth Region II Championships in Rockford, Ill. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:20:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_178002052.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_178002052.html I was a mischievous kid, prone to petty acts of vandalism and rebellion. So when I started high school, I was a little afraid of George Marshall. Tue, 27 May 2008 20:31:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_148203501.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_148203501.html Exactly one year ago to the week, we interviewed the mother of Zachary Tran, a 6-year-old who was killed when a goal struck him on the back of the head in Vernon Hills, Ill., in 2003. Tue, 27 May 2008 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_148182841.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_148182841.html It’s a day I won’t soon forget. It’s been three years, but at times it seems like it just happened. Thu, 15 May 2008 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_136004234.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_136004234.html In this space last Sunday, Mike Hutsell wrote a piece about how bloggers and the new-school sports media and running headlong into the old guard, and how the results are sometimes explosive. Fri, 09 May 2008 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_130224721.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_130224721.html Every time someone has asked me over the last week about Eight Belles’ horrific breakdown in the Kentucky Derby, I’ve told them I don’t want to talk about it. Wed, 07 May 2008 23:32:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_128233344.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_128233344.html So the entire sport of horse racing is under fire for what happened to the filly Eight Belles after last weekend’s Kentucky Derby. One question — why now? Sat, 03 May 2008 19:33:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_124193332.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_124193332.html LOUISVILLE — Richard Dutrow Jr. talked. Talked a whole bunch about his entry in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby.Told anyone who would listen to wager whatever amount you wanted on his Big Brown Derby favorite. Thu, 01 May 2008 00:23:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_122002153.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_122002153.html The whole world changes during the spring. New colors to replace the old and withered. Everything reset to zero, to begin the cycle again. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_121000620.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_121000620.html The other day while looking for a new softball glove, I came across an interesting item — a wiffle ball and bat combo set.Do kids still play wiffle ball? Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_117235857.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_117235857.html I’m going to start out today saying that I’m probably under qualified to sit down and write about Stan Sajko.If there ever was a man that hundreds of different people could tell hundreds of different stories about, it surely would have to be the former New Albany High School baseball coach and athletic director who passed away early Wednesday morning. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_117235659.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_117235659.html The Net-Surfers’ girls were in fine song at the Music City Tournament in Nashville, Tenn., last weekend.The Harpeth Futbol Club event, held at three different parks in and around Nashville, saw representation from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_115000953.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_115000953.html Ah, spring. The glow of the lights over a well-manicured baseball diamond. The smell of sweat and grass mixing at track meets. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:14:00 +0000 http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_111011443.html http://www.news-tribune.net/sportschat/local_story_111011443.html I’m supposed to fill this column space with something witty and perhaps even fun. I could drone on and on for the next 15 inches of newsprint about how “Rock of Love” is somehow a sport, but I’ll leave that to Mr. Matthew Cress.