Author: Seth Tow

It was hard for Myles Price to leave Texas Tech. The wide receiver built strong bonds with his teammates throughout his four years with the Red Raiders. But deep down, Price wanted a new opportunity. So he entered the transfer portal after the season, and he landed at Indiana. “Leaving them (former teammates), there’s days I still wake up and I’m still kind of shook about it and hurt about it, cause the bond that I had with them, it was something special,” Price said. “It was hard. But it was something that I had to do. And it’s working…

Indiana women’s basketball alum Mackenzie Holmes was selected by the Seattle Storm at No. 26 overall in the third round of Monday’s WNBA Draft. Holmes announced last week that she’s undergoing knee surgery to address long-term issues she’s fought through with her left knee, and the procedure will keep her out for the entire 2024 WNBA season. She said in her statement that she will be ready for training camp in 2025. This is the third straight year an IU player has been selected in the WNBA Draft. Ali Patberg was picked by the Indiana Fever in the third round…

Indiana women’s basketball is looking to make it three straight years with a WNBA Draft selection. The draft is Monday night at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN, and IU has two players in the field: forward Mackenzie Holmes and guard Sara Scalia. The Hoosiers have had just five players selected in program history. Ali Patberg went in the third round in 2022, and Grace Berger’s first-round selection last year gave IU draft picks in consecutive years for the first time ever. Berger, at No. 7 overall, also became Indiana’s first-ever first-round pick. Holmes and Scalia both have chances to be picked,…

Trent Howland’s offseason adventure is set for another chapter. The running back posted on social media Friday that he’s re-entering the transfer portal next week, when the spring window opens. Howland first ventured into the portal after last season concluded and IU replaced head coach Tom Allen with Curt Cignetti. The redshirt junior initially committed to Minnesota, but he changed his mind and announced his return to IU the next week. Howland led the Hoosiers last season with 354 rushing yards on 75 carries with two touchdowns. He added three receptions for 22 yards in the passing game. Howland played…

Indiana women’s basketball star Mackenzie Holmes is undergoing knee surgery, she announced in a statement on social media on Wednesday. Holmes declared for the upcoming WNBA Draft, but shared that her surgery will keep her out for the entire 2024 season. “To ensure my body is healthy and my playing career is as long and successful as possible, I have decided to get the necessary surgery in May to prevent further issues and alleviate the pain it has caused,” Holmes said in the statement. “I have declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft and pray that a team honors me with…

Women’s college basketball legend and former Indiana women’s basketball player Tara Vanderveer announced her retirement from coaching on Tuesday night. Vanderveer just completed her 38th season as head coach at Stanford, as she led the Cardinal to the Sweet 16 for the 29th time before falling to NC State. In January, she set the record for most wins by a college basketball coach, in either the men’s or women’s game. She finished her career with an astounding 1,216-271 record, along with national championships in 1990, 1992, and 2021. “A true pioneer and champion of the sport, Tara has been an…

While Curt Cignetti has seen progress from his Indiana football team in spring practice, he hasn’t always looked or sounded pleased with those developments. On Tuesday, after IU’s ninth practice this spring, he was particularly irritated with some of his players. The Hoosiers held their first scrimmage of the spring on Saturday, which Cignetti previously said he viewed more like another normal practice. And then the players had nearly two days off — most of Sunday, and then all of Monday for the festivities surrounding the solar eclipse. And when the team reconvened for Tuesday’s practice, Cignetti saw some alarmingly…

During Aiden Fisher’s high school football practices, coaches had to rein him in. The current IU linebacker was a two-way standout at Riverbend High in Fredericksburg, Va. Former head coach Nathan Yates said Fisher was always vocal on the field, calling out audibles and checks to his teammates. His mind worked faster than everyone else’s on the field — he was shouting things out before the rest of the defense knew what was going on. And Yates sometimes had to quiet Fisher down to make sure everyone else saw the same things. “We would almost have to tell him, like, ‘Hey,…

Indiana women’s basketball guard Sara Scalia took home a title. Scalia, with 19 points in the final round, won the Hanes Women’s 3-point Championship Thursday night at Grand Canyon’s Global Credit Union Arena. The fifth-year senior scored 21 points in the first round, the second-highest total in the round. Scalia put up 17 points in the second round, which put her in a three-way tie with Missouri’s Hayley Frank and Syracuse’s Dyaisha Fair, and the IU guard advanced with Frank on a tiebreaker of most total shots in in the round. After capturing the women’s title, Scalia faced off against…

As Indiana football’s spring practice rolls on, its quarterback picture will continue to be a focus. IU’s three main quarterbacks this spring appear to be redshirt senior Kurtis Rourke, redshirt sophomore Tayven Jackson, and true freshman Tyler Cherry. Rourke transferred in from Ohio this offseason, while Jackson played in six games last season after transferring from Tennessee. At the beginning of spring practice, Rourke worked with the starters, Jackson with the second-stringers, and Cherry with the third unit. Cignetti declined to expand on the rotation’s development after Tuesday’s practice — the team’s sixth practice of this spring — but he…