If anyone is interested:

A Civil War Spencer rifle, traced to The Wilder Lightning Brigade.  Cool story, with Indiana ties, if anyone looks it up.  As far as I know, it's all original, with nothing changed since it came off the battlefield.

A US Navy sword (my grandfather's).

A 100-year-old Ebony bow (no arrows) from Africa.  Been in our family the whole time.

From NBC Sports:

Jalen Lewis, 16, youngest player to turn pro in American basketball – for $1M with Overtime Elite

High school junior Jalen Lewis — a five-star basketball recruit — is signing a contract with the new Overtime Elite professional league, sources tell The Athletic. His multiyear deal is worth more than $1 million, sources said.

Lewis, 16 and born in 2005, is the youngest prospect ever to turn pro in America.

This is yet another sign of how much the landscape is changing. Lewis – who played at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, Calif. – ranks just No. 12 in the class of 2023 247Sports Composite.

Imagine what even more highly touted prospects will draw as options open in the coming years.

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14 hours ago, hoosier_exotics said:

There's a motorboat joke here somewhere, but I don't want to get banned.

You say this is the Lebron thread?  Okay.

On 7/3/2021 at 6:48 PM, dgambill said:

Example Olivia Dunn gymnast at LSU…3.9 million followers on Tik tok and 1.1 million on Twitter.

She's expected to make $2 million or more this year.  She's also very smart.  Here are some (but not all) of the Instagram names she registered, so "Fan Pages" don't clutter her brand.  She did this 10 months ago.

This is what running a company looks like.

1 hour ago, IUFLA said:

some of the bigs we've had in the past simply didn't have soft hands

Bob Knight struggled to improve the hands of 7'3" center Ewe Blab.

After Blab graduated and got married, he and his wife had a child - which they invited Bob Knight over to see.

First thing Knight said to the wife:  "Whatever you do, don't let him hold that baby, because he'll drop it."

2 hours ago, 5fouls said:

So, are you a traditionalist and only do them on the 4th, or are one of those rebels that will be setting them off Friday through Monday?

Looking at the picture, he can just turn on the stove and let fate decide when they explode.

Fun for the whole neighborhood!

1 hour ago, Threedom said:

A normal FT % last season and he is still coaching IU.

We ended Archie's fourth season ranked 300th in the country for free throws.  Overall shooting was almost as bad.  That was what he built. 

I'm glad Coach Woodson is here.

18 hours ago, BDB said:

I thought this was a new designer dog breed.

This thread's "Purdoobie" is now #3 and #4 on Google search.  It even mentions @ricoand @Steubenhoosier

We're making history here, folks.  History, I say.

Per his Twitter a few minutes ago - committed.

Musky at the Lake Wingra dam, 10 minutes from my house here in Madison (Wisconsin).  Season opened May 1.  This is for @ricoand anyone else who might enjoy it.

From Wisconsin!  Ranked between 80 and 100 nationally.

From local media:

"The 6-foot-3, 185 lb guard has an excellent basketball IQ and uses his quickness and skills in transition to be a great distributor and scorer with the ball in his hand. Still developing as a shooter, he is best at creating off the dribble and getting to the hoop."

21 ppg as a soph.

24 ppg as a junior.

Trivia:  he is the brother of JP Tokoto, who left the state of Wisconsin to play for North Carolina, and was drafted in the NBA second round in 2015 (now plays overseas).

48 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

Woodson is absolutely crushing this first month. Crushing it. 

Mayo Medical Clinic:  "Coach Woodson, we need a cure for cancer by Friday.  Can you help us?"

Coach Woodson:  "We're pretty busy here, but sure.  I'll get it to you this afternoon."

Mayo Medical Clinic:  "Thank you! This will save millions of lives!  We called Brad Stevens first, but he wasn't interested.  In hindsight, we should have called you 10 years ago."

Totally me as a kid.

All Moms are awesome.

45 minutes ago, HoosierFaithful said:

Anyone who wishes him anything other than good luck needs to look in the mirror

It was HIS fault.

6 minutes ago, dgambill said:

 this is why I’ll never use snaptwit or whatever.

In the 6 minutes since you posted this, someone registered the name SnapTwit, got venture capital funding, and the new company is now valued at $80 million.  The founders have already cashed out.  

Hey, can you warm-weather people just knock it off?  Here's a typical July day in my neighborhood.

6 hours ago, 5fouls said:

When I pulled up weather.com earlier today, there were 7 ads for divorce attorneys just on the page with the 10 day forecast.

Been a while since I posted this last summer . . .