Roger Grossman comments on ‘a little bit of everything’

This is one of those weeks where I could write three columns about stuff going on in sports, but I’d rather meld them all together into a single offering.

Bears stadium decision expected in May or June, state lawmaker says

State Sen. Ryan Mishler said he expects the Chicago Bears will make a decision on their future stadium in May or June and continues to express confidence that they might choose Hammond. 

Roger Grossman commentary: The Jaden Ivey issue

Last week, Jaden Ivey was released by the Bulls for what the team described as conduct “detrimental to the team.”

Roger Grossman commentary: What Purdue taught us

Purdue’s basketball season ended with a West Regional Final loss to top-seeded Arizona Saturday night.

Triton survives North Vermillion, heads to 1A state title game

After rolling through Tri-County 78-46 in the opening round of the 1A semi-state at Lafayette Jefferson’s Marion Crawley Center, the Triton boys basketball team faced a much more difficult challenge in the form of upstart North Vermillion in Saturday night’s championship.

The ‘what if’ game

One of the difficult things about sports is also the best thing about it.

The spirit of the coach

There are things in life that we know are coming, and we still are not and cannot be prepared enough to experience them anyway.

PETA urges Butler University to replace Bulldog mascot with Bullfrog

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wants Butler University to end its tradition of having a live mascot since Blue IV retired.

Notre Dame football legend Lou Holtz dies at age 89

Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89.

The code violation season

Even though it’s rainy this week, the warmer temps and the end of basketball season for most schools have us all thinking about spring and the spring sports season.