College/Pro

The Porter County Punishers, a new professional basketball team putting its home in Portage, is hosting tryouts for the team at the Portage Township YMCA on September 10th. The team is looking for players from all around Porter County, including...

I was a kid when the Colts moved from Baltimore to Indianapolis, but do have vivid recollections of watching the events unfold on TV. Just over two decades later, I was a lucky spectator at the RCA Dome witnessing the team beat the New England...

Irish forward selected to 12-man team that will open play on Aug. 13 in China. Notre Dame forward Tim Abromaitis (Unionville, Conn.) has been named to the 12-manroster that will represent the United States in the 2011 World University Games...

Few things in this world frustrate baseball fans more than when their team over-pays and under-performs. Perhaps no team exemplifies this more in Major League baseball than the 2011 Chicago White Sox. Unlike their neighbors to the North (whose...

The Portage Chamber of Commerce will be having their annual night at the Railcat Stadium, Wednesday, August 17th. 150 Box Seats have been given to us for sale. These $10.00 seats are available for $8.00 on a first come first serve basis. Our seats...

The Purdue men’s basketball program has learned that it will face Iona in the first round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off, as ESPN released the tournament bracket on Wednesday. The Boilermakers’ first-ever meeting with Iona will take place at...

Purdue head men’s basketball coach Matt Painter announced on Monday that assistant coach Jack Owens has been promoted to the level of associate head coach. “Jack has been a vital part of our success over the last few years, and he has...

Written by Rebecca Patrick Being the sports nut that I am, it was pretty cool to interview NFL legend Terry Bradshaw last Friday for the Chamber’s BizVoice® magazine. The four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and...

IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox announced today the sectional host sites in several team sports for the 2011-12 school year which have been approved by the IHSAA Executive Committee. Portage High School will host both the girls’ soccer Sectional 2...

Even though the U.S. women's soccer team lost to Japan on Sunday (July 17), the World Cup experience could be a win for women's sports, says a Purdue University expert. "During the short term, this amazing team captured fan and media attention that...