Steve Nicewanger’s Story Archive

October Fun and Games

Fever Championship Hopes Still Alive As of this writing, the Indiana Fever’s championship hopes are still alive. Sunday night, the Indiana ladies took the series to game 5 with a victory over the Minnesota Lynx 75-69 at Banker’s Life. The Fever capitalized on a strong scoring third quarter and 15 … Read More

Sports and More Sports . . .

The Fightin’ Hoosiers The 2015 edition of the Indiana University Big Red football team has shown some real teeth this season. Currently at 4-1, they are coming off a game in which they gave the 4th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes a real scare before falling 34-27 at the last minute. … Read More

No Such Thing as an Ugly Win?

Okay, so the Colts pulled one out of the fire. After being seriously kicked around in their first two games, it looked pretty bad for the Horseshoe again against their division rival Tennessee Titans. The usual suspects were at play: The porous defense with absolutely no pass rush, and an … Read More

Jimmy Olsen is Gone

ack  Larson pasted away last Tuesday at the age of 87. Jack was a playwright and librettist with a longtime reputation in the entertainment industry. So what, you ask? Jack was also an actor and a 1950’s television icon. Jack portrayed the Daily Planet newspaper cub reporter and photographer Jimmy … Read More

Sports Musings On a September Morn

Irvington Prep Soccer Congratulations to the Irvington Preparatory School Ravens soccer team.  According to my contact at the game, the Irving Prep Ravens carved out a hard-won 3-2 victory over the Southside Thunder at the Thunder’s home field in Greenwood on September 17. Playing superior defense, the Ravens held off … Read More