Article Archives: Bumps in the Night

Teach Your Children Well

April 23, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Recently I took my wife and daughter out antiquing on a sunny Saturday morning. Coming off the coldest, bitterest winter I can remember, we really were just itching for a reason to get out of the house. We piled in the car and drove over to Dayton, Ohio to a … Read More

Glen Campbell, The Wrecking Crew and Alzheimer’s

April 16, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Glen Travis Campbell was born on April 22, 1936. He started playing guitar at the age of four. While still a teenager, Campbell moved to Albuquerque to join his uncle Boo’s band. By the age of 22, Campbell had formed his own band. In 1960, Campbell moved to Los Angeles … Read More

Reggie Harding & The Supremes, Part 2

April 9, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Detroit 7’0″ high school phenom Reggie Harding had a brief, but hauntingly promising, stint with our Pacers fifty years ago during the team’s first season in the upstart ABA. He had recently been cut loose by the Chicago Bulls after just 14 games into that milestone season of 1967-68. Harding … Read More

Reggie Harding: ABA Pacers’ 1st 7-Footer, Part 1

April 2, 2026 | by Al Hunter

The Indiana Pacers are celebrating the 59th anniversary of the franchise’s start in the old ABA. It was about this time of year a half century ago that the Pacers signed one of the most infamous names to ever blot the roster — a 7-foot tall high school star from … Read More

The Father of Notre Dame football and Mother’s Day

March 26, 2026 | by Al Hunter

Did you know that the “Mother’s Day” national holiday is connected to Indianapolis, Notre Dame Football and Monument Circle? Although others may claim to have started Mother’s Day, it was Frank E. Hering, former Notre Dame Football coach, who created the holiday. While Frank Hering’s name has been dwarfed by … Read More