http://www.theheraldbulletin.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:55:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_327234130.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_327234130.html In today’s game, coaches have to be everything from psychiatrists, to surrogate parents, nutritionists, travel agents, camp counselors and, apparently, promoters. Dropping attendance figures at high school sporting events are nothing new. New ideas to get people into the gyms and supporting the teams are about a dime a dozen. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:25:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_326231832.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_326231832.html Sure, the NBA has been under way for about a month, and college basketball got started in earnest last week. Girls high school basketball also has been humming along for a couple of weeks. But this week truly feels like the start of the basketball season to me. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:48:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_322234842.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_322234842.html As I write this, the Indiana Pacers are preparing for a home game Wednesday night against the New York Knicks. In case you hadn’t noticed, they are going for their sixth straight win. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:44:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_322234514.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_322234514.html Opening day of the whitetail deer gun season makes me feel 10 years younger. I’ve watched the sun come up on 49 seasons straight. For years, I hunted Jefferson County but now hunt close to home. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_321233225.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_321233225.html Somewhere in the future, race fans will sit back in an easy chair relating to a younger generation how they watched one of the best drivers in stock car history in action. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_320224056.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_320224056.html Anyone who has participated in athletics at any level usually has some memory of some minute detail that they carry with them seemingly forever. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_320002019.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_320002019.html Sorry, Charlie. Saturday night likely marked the end of the Weis era at Notre Dame. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:46:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_318234709.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_318234709.html Tonight’s the night. The Indianapolis Colts play their biggest game of the regular season and on what is currently the NFL’s biggest stage. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_316000117.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_316000117.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:59:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_315235953.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_315235953.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:10:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_314235635.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_314235635.html For the past few years DK Promotions has been conducting competition for several USAC midget divisions in the Midwest, but that will all be changed in 2010. Don Kenyon, president of DK Promotions, announced last week the formation of the United States Speed Association (USSA) to sanction and conduct open wheel racing in three divisions on short tracks in Indiana and Illinois. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_313203545.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_313203545.html How many times have you heard this: “You will always remember where you were when …” In my parent’ generation, that’s the line for the date Nov. 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. In more modern terms, the date that’s forever etched in our memories is Sept. 11, 2001. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:23:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_312235330.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_312235330.html It’s been a season of what-ifs for Indiana’s major college football teams. The questions started for Ball State shortly after the Cardinals’ historic 12-2 2008 season came to an end. What if head coach Brady Hoke and star quarterback Nate Davis had stuck around for another year? We do know the Cardinals, under Stan Parrish, are 1-8. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_309225426.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_309225426.html We’ve all heard messages throughout our lives about how one should take advantage of opportunities when they are presented. We should “strike while the iron is hot” or “be ready to answer the door when opportunity knocks” and on and on and on. Tonight the Highland Scots have an opportunity that only two other football teams in Highland’s 55-year history have had. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:19:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_308233604.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/sportscolumns2/local_story_308233604.html In a way it doesn’t seem possible. But after a Sunday meeting with the county’s girls basketball coaches it became all too real. Girls basketball starts for real on Monday, and that’s the same day that the boys teams can begin practice.Actually none of our area teams actually begin Monday, but there’s two games on Tuesday.