The Evansville Regional Sports Commission has announced that the 11th Annual Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championships will return to Evansville, Indiana. This marks the second year the event has been held in the city.
The days of the Big Ten being a "Midwestern" conference were probably over in 1990 when the conference expanded to 11 teams and expanded their national footprint with the addition of Penn St.
I have had a love/hate relationship with Kentucky Basketball as of recent years. No, I never turn my back on the team. I'm always a UK fan, there are just times I don't buy into the hype of their methods. After this year, and more specifically today, I am convinced that UK is headed back to the promised land.
The NCAA-GLVC Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is coming to Evansville's Ford Center Thursday, March 7 through Sunday, March 10. As you know, both the University of Southern Indiana and Kentucky Wesleyan are in the GLVC. The basketball action will be exciting and so will the Family Fun Fest on Sat., March 9.
Last week, I posted a poll question about whether or not Joe Paterno's statue should be removed from the entrance to Beaver Stadium at Penn State. Yesterday, the statue was removed as word came down the NCAA would impose harsh penalties on Penn State in light of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case and the suspension of the football program was one possibility.
Bruce Pearl was fired yesterday as Tennessee's mens basketball coach. This story is not surprising if you have been following this story over the last few months and it will generate a lot of opinions around Southern Indiana.