Articles by Jim Williams

On Night 1 of the NBA draft Wednesday, both Purdue’s Zach Edey and Indiana’s Kel’el Ware were selected. Edey goes to the Memphis Grizzlies as the 9th overall pick. Ware was the 15th in the […]

TERRE HAUTE–   He didn’t perfect the surgery that’s been named after him as a doctor, but it dramatically extended his major-league baseball career. 81-year-old Tommy John was honored this week with a special night in […]

INDIANAPOLIS-  South Ripley Raider boys’ basketball’s been doing quite a bit of off-season training, headlined by taking part in the Charlie Hughes Shootout tournament in Indy last weekend, where they chalked up 2 wins and […]

MIAMI-  Former Batesville Bulldog pitcher Bryan Hoeing is reportedly working to rehab the hamstring muscle in his left leg, and he’s been sent down to the minor leagues by Miami Marlins officials for that work. […]

CINCINNATI–  The Pirates have now won 10 of their last 15 games against the Reds, Pittsburgh jumping out to an early 8-0 lead last night at the Ballpark, and eventually taking the contest 9-5. Starting […]

CINCINNATI– After a string of not-so-good days and nights on the diamond, the Reds turned around and had a great Monday night.  In their highest-scoring home game of the season, Cincinnati rocked the Pirates in […]

The US Olympic swim trials were the biggest indoor swimming event ever the last couple weeks, in that world-class pool at Indy’s Lucas Oil Stadium, and they wrapped up Sunday night. One of the top […]

On the men’s swimming side of Team USA, Michael Phelps’ retirement 8 years ago is said to have left a void.  Some of the guys looking to fill it include Caleb Dressel.  He answered a […]

The Batesville Bats 16 & Under baseball team played well in a weekend tournament at Ball State, narrowly losing the championship game to the Hitmen of Mattoon, Illinois on a walk-off base hit, the final […]