Tramel's ScissorTales: Gene Hackman was a gift to basketball in "Hoosiers"
Gene Hackman was 95 and almost four decades past the release of “Hoosiers” when he died. But coaches haven’t forgotten the ...
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Gene Hackman’s role in ‘Hoosiers’ led to unforgettable, beloved film for fans far beyond Indiana
Bobby Plump — the real-life Jimmy Chitwood — said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town Hoosier state basketball story beyond Indiana to the rest of the world.
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In ‘Hoosiers,’ Gene Hackman gave us Norman Dale, a basketball coach we can’t forget
When great actors die, our grief multiplies. It feels like we lost them and every character they blessed with humanity. The ...
Gene Hackman gave us Norman Dale, a basketball coach we can’t forget
In “Hoosiers,” Gene Hackman, whose death was announced Thursday, created a man with understated strength, a taskmaster with ...
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Remembering Gene Hackman: The Hoosiers Legacy
Gene Hackman, famed for his role in 'Hoosiers' as Coach Norman Dale, left a significant mark on sports cinema. The film, ...
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Bucks' Bobby Portis banned 25 games for violating anti-drug policy
The NBA has suspended Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis for 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug policy, the league announced Thursday, a ban that sidelines the 2021 champion for the ...
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Senate kills early voting cuts, closed primary bills — and backtracks on municipal election changes
At a Feb. 3 committee hearing, a Secretary of State’s Office representative — the only supportive witness — spoke of low participation in the first two-week period and said Indiana should instead grow ...
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Controversial NHL legend Bobby Hull had CTE when he died
Controversial NHL legend Bobby Hull, the Blackhawks’ all-time leading scorer whose on-ice accomplishments were overshadowed by off-ice issues, had stage two chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE ...