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Preps Podcast: What's happening in recruiting, concerns about fall sports

Kyle Neddenriep and Matt Glenesk discuss sports after the coronavirus hits, what is happening in recruiting, concerns about fall sports and more.

       




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Basketball recruiting notebook: Plenty of transfer news involving Indy-area players

Paul Corsaro is already busy at UIndy and a bunch of local players are on the move.

       




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Doyel #senior class: Miranda Stickel ran on legs she knew might break

Chatard's Miranda Stickel was so determined to return to state, she ran on legs she knew might break. Then the coronavirus pandemic ended her career.

       




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We're moving on in our Build-A-Team bracket, and you get to pick the roster additions

The 64-team 'Build-A-Team' first-round results are in as bracket moves into second round this week with roster additions

       




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Build-A-Team: We're onto the second round in the Northwest region

We had more than 43,000 votes cast in the first round, and we asked you for submissions on who you'd add to each advancing school's all-time roster.

       




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Build-A-Team: We're onto the second round in the Southwest region

We had more than 43,000 votes cast in the first round, and we asked you for submissions on who you'd add to each advancing school's all-time roster.

       




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Build-A-Team: We're onto the second round in the Northeast region

We had more than 43,000 votes cast in the first round, and we asked you for submissions on who you'd add to each advancing school's all-time roster.

       




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Q&A with IHSAA's Bobby Cox: On basketball's incomplete finish, proposals for emerging sports

IndyStar high school sports Insider Kyle Neddenriep caught up with outgoing IHSAA commissioner Bobby Cox.

       




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Cory Gray remembered as caring, goofy and winning coach for Scecina softball

In 2018, Gray was honored as the state's top coach at the Indiana Sports Awards.

       




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Build-A-Team: We're onto the second round in the Southeast region

We had more than 43,000 votes cast in the first round, and we asked you for submissions on who you'd add to each advancing school's all-time roster.

       




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Too early to ask? No. There's 'significant concern' Indiana high school football at risk.

It might sound alarmist to even wonder about having fall sports. But we are probably well past the point of anything sounding alarmist.

       




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Indiana high school softball: Ranking top 10 players in the Class of 2020

With the 2020 softball season approaching, it's time to break down the top Indiana prospects in each class. We start with a loaded senior class.

       




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Schools closed through end of June likely means June basketball events off the board

There are 124 teams signed up for the Charlie Hughes Shootout, but the June 30 mandate of schools being closed throws the event in doubt.

       




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Indiana high school softball: Ranking top 10 players in the Class of 2021

With the 2020 softball season approaching, it's time to break down the top Indiana prospects in each class.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Broad Ripple basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Franklin basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Cathedral basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Indianapolis Washington basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Shelbyville basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best North Central basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Shortridge basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Martinsville basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

      




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Ben Davis basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

      




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Carmel basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

      




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Pike basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

      




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Lawrence North basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

      




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Southport basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Tech basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Arlington basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Build-A-Team: Putting together the best Crispus Attucks basketball team

IndyStar preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep identified the 64 "best" high school teams of all-time. That means the best team you can put together.

       




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Mooresville teammates pass 'eye test' as Purdue builds future offensive line

The Boilermakers have seven commitments in the 2021 recruiting class, including two from Mooresville

       




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Brady Allen remains one of the most coveted Indiana quarterbacks in Class of 2022

Gibson Southern quarterback Brady Allen remains one of the most coveted Indiana recruits in the Class of 2022

       




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State's top QB prospect Donaven McCulley on his top five, lessons learned from basketball

While McCulley became a key part of Lawrence North's run in basketball, there is no doubt that his collegiate future is in football.

       




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Build-A-Team: Kyle Neddenriep puts together the best Indiana basketball teams by school

The 2020 high school basketball tournament didn't get to finish. So Kyle Neddenriep built a 64-team bracket of his own.

       




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Preps podcast: Kyle Neddenriep talks basketball with 3 guests

High school basketball players Sincere McMahon and Connor Hickman, and coach Jeremy Rauch talk with IndyStar's Kyle Neddenriep

       




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It was the hottest basketball sectional. Then attendees started dying of coronavirus.

On March 6, there were five people in the Lawrence Central gym who later died after testing positive for coronavirus.

       




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IndyStar Sports Awards transforms to on-demand broadcast, loaded with star pro athletes

Carmel and IU grad Sage Steele will co-host and star athletes like Drew Brees and Venus Williams will announce winners during the online broadcast.

       




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Mother's Day: Here's what loved ones want you to know about some amazing sports moms

For 2020 "Sports Mom of the Year," Kyle Neddenriep received heartfelt nominations from fathers, mothers, husbands, sons, daughters and friends.

       




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'It may not be easy, but I'll be here.' Kathy Loggan is this year's Sports Mom of the Year

The past several weeks have brought a whirlwind of emotions for the Loggan family as beloved North Central AD Paul Loggan died from COVID-19.

       




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Off the Beaten Path: Cape Maclear

Cape Maclear (aka Chembe) is a small fishing village on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in Malawi. It has one dirt road leading into (and straight out of) town. Along this road, there are a few hostels, some dive shops, a handful of vendors selling curios and fruit and a few bars. The pace of life here is . . . very . . . slow.




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Discover: Kanab

When eating at Houston's restaurant in Kanab, Utah, tip the servers well; they pack pistols, although it's just for show -- allegedly.




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Discover: Bohinj

Medieval frescoes in the Church of St. John the Baptist in Bohinj, Slovenia often show figures with large swellings of the neck (goiters), caused by lack of iodine in the local diet.




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Discover: Vicksburg

When you visit Vicksburg (Mississippi) National Military Park, you can see one of the first ironclad gunboats, dating back to US Civil War times.




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Discover: Cranbrook

If you visit Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada and crave a dinner of alligator meat, you can get it at K's Amazon Eatery -- even though the Amazon and its gators are thousands of miles away.




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Discover: Bergen

The Norwegian city of Bergen is famously rainy, but the locals say there's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.




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Discover: Lubbock

Among the objects on display at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas, memorializing the city's favorite son, is a giant-size replica of the rocker's trademark glasses.




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Discover: Kota Kinabalu

The Hall of Skulls at Monsopiad Cultural Village outside Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia features 42 skulls of enemies, all killed by the warrior-hero Monsopiad.




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Discover: Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia, you can try authentic apple-flavored Budweiser. (Non-alcoholic, of course.)




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Discover: Aberdeen

Among the artifacts displayed at The Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen, Scotland is a flag from Hitler's staff car. (Don't ask how they got it.)




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Today's number: Eight billion

I don't like to reduce the hard work of the much respected Institute for Fiscal Studies and Morgan Stanley to a single number. Their annual Green Budget is after all 299 pages long. (It is nothing to do with environment...



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