After losing their season opener, the Lafayette Aviators got a measure of revenge last night 11-7 the final in Loeb Stadium. After digging a first inning 2-0 hole, Tucker Platt rocked an RBI triple in the bottom of the first. Kolton Schaller would later drive him in to tie the game. Chillicothe would later run the score up to 7-3 before the Aviators would score 8 unanswered from the bottom of the ...

Matt Painter has done it again! Incoming Freshman Daniel Jacobson (7'3 by the way) has made Team USA U18 squad. Myles Colvin, Caleb Furst, and Jaden Ivey have all been on that squad in the past. Zach Edey did so for Canada. It's an enormous honor to be selected. Jacobson will be here in the fall, but he turned heads recently in Colorado at camp for Team USA. "Purdue-bound Daniel Jacobsen has ...

Purdue announcing that Alabama is coming to Mackey Arena this season. The Boilers inking a deal to play a home and home series with the Tide. You may recall the two faced off in Canada last season with Alabama hitting 19 3's, but the Boilers prevailing. "The two teams met a year ago in December, with Purdue rallying for a 92-86 in Toronto in mid-December. The Boilermakers trailed by 12 points...

Purdue men's golf's season ended over the weekend at the NCAA Championships. Boilers finished 30th. "The story, however, of round three was junior Kent Hsiao, who fired a weekend-best, 2-under par 70 to finish his tournament in a 34th-place tie at 5-over par 221 (74-77-70). Hsiao played the back nine in 1-under par and had a chance on 18 to be part of a 4-player playoff on Monday morning to g...

It was quiet the run, but it's at it's end as the Pacers are swept by the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals 105-102 the final. It was another frustrating choke job with the lead for the Pacers, who couldn't score in the last 3:33. But that's been par for the course this series with late turnovers. Pacers were -32 this series in the second half and over time. They just failed to close the do...

It wasn't the best round, but Purdue is in the clubhouse at +21 on day 1 of the NCAA Finals. Led by Herman Sekne's +1, Purdue struggled to find birdies in round 1, with just 5. 2 of those were Sekne's. Kent Hsaio had a clean back 9 with 8 straight pars and wrapping with a birdie on 18. He finished +2. Nels Surtani and Sam Easterbrook struggled though, with 3 double bogies each. Peyton Snoberger st...

The Chicago White Sox lost on an interference call with the go-ahead run at the plate last night. You can watch the play here. The 2nd base ump called Andrew Vaughn out on a high in-field fly when he trotted back to second base causing the short stop to have to go around him. It's a horrible way to end a game in any instance. But wins have been hard to come by on the southside, and this one just d...

Purdue baseball enjoyed a first yesterday. Luke Gaffney is the Big Ten Freshman of the year. Gaffney becomes the first position player for Purdue to win the award. Previously, Matt Bischoff won in 2007 as a pitcher. "Gaffney was also named second-team All-Big Ten at first base and the first baseman on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. Mike Bolton Jr. (outfield), Connor Caskenette (catcher) and J...

A heck of a come back effort falls just short as the Boilers lose to IU 8-6. IU put up all 8 in the bottom of the 5th and 6th innings. Boilers fought back in the top of the 9th with 4 runs but needed 6. Purdue will take on No. 2 seed Nebraska on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET in the first elimination game of the tournament. Purdue did not play Nebraska this season. Purdue and Nebraska have met just once b...

Pacers head to Boston tonight where the Celtics await them. Indy went 2-3 against Boston in the regular season. None of those wins came in Boston though. Vegas opened the Celtics as 13.5 point favorites, but that line dropped 3 points to 10.5. Boston has only lost 4 games at home all season and won 7 more games than anyone else in the league this season. That's including 17 games more than the Pac...

Baseball is the 6th seed as they start out the Big Ten Tourney today at 11am from Omaha. Purdue will face Indiana in the first game. A win means they'll play the winner of Ohio State and Nebraska on Thursday. A loss means they'll play the loser tomorrow. Purdue did not play Nebraska this season; they did lose 2 of 3 to both Indiana and Ohio State. Here's the details from Purdue Sports. #6 Purdue (...

Purdue Women's Golf's season comes to an end at the NCAA Championships over the weekend. Boilers did not make the top 15 for the next cut. Momo Sugiyama led the way for the Boilers finishing 7 over and 57th for the tourney. The Boilermakers finished the second season under head coach Zach Byrd producing two wins and four Top 3 finishes throughout the 2023-24 campaign. Capturing the Boilermaker Cla...

West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High School is being evacutaed this morning (May 20) due to a bomb threat. Police tell WLFI there is no credibility to threat. However, as a precaution, the school is being evacuated. Students are being taken to Mackey Arena. Parents are being asked to not drop off their childen at the school at this time. No word if classes will resume today.

Purdue carded a 294 as a team today as they finish round one of the NCAA Championships. Momo Sugiyama is the low Boiler with a round of even. As of this posting that was good for 31st. Purdue with work to do in the 30 team field tomorrow. They sit just 8 strokes out of a podium finish currently. The Boilers were in the upper 3rd of the field in birdies made in round one as well. Play will resume t...

Scottie Scheffler was arrested today as he made his way to Valhalla Golf Club for the second round of the PGA Championship. A shocking headline. Take a listen to ESPN's Jeff Darlington as he watched the entire incident unfold. Just shocking stuff. Scheffler was booked and charged according to Louisville police. Here's the arrest report. They even have a mug shot of him now. Now as for golfing toda...

Shocking news today as Adam Soldati, the head coach of Purdue Diving has announced he'll step down and Purdue Diving legend David Boudia will take over as the new head coach. Soldati has been at Purdue since 2005 had has led a long line of champions and olympic divers here at Purdue. According to Purdue, Soldati plans to coach the Boilermakers through the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June and will ...

The TBT, the men's basketball tourney that gave recently graduated college players a chance to earn 1 million dollars pre-NIL ear, has starting to announce rosters. The Men of Mackey, which is Purdue's alumni team, has begun to come together with some familiar names you know and love. The TBT this year will be at Hinkle Fieldhouse and you can get tickets for their opening round game on July 19th. ...

Men's golf is off to the National Championship after finishing second in their Regional hosted at Kampen-Cosler. Purdue was within 1 shot of leader Vanderbilt, the 2nd ranked team in the country. Rain forced the start times back a bit this morning, but the Boilers held strong. Vanderbilt went -8 on the day, and that was too much for the Boilers to catch. Still, they held on to second by a margin o...

The Fever open up their season tonight on the road, but they'll be home on Thursday when they host the Liberty. New season means a new court and the team showed off theirs. Check it out.

Purdue had a strong opening round yesterday as they continue to host the NCAA Regionals. 4 Boilers went into the club house at 1 under. That was tied for 8th. Same Eastbrooke was just a stroke back. That team performance put the Boilers in 3rd, just a stroke behind second place Arizona and 7 back from Vanderbilt. Purdue continues to try to make the top 5 teams so they can qualify for the NCAA cham...