Author: David Woods, Indianapolis Star

Athletes say there was a dark side to the amazing success of the women’s distance running program at Huntington University in Indiana.

Hobie Billingsley guided Indiana diving from 1959-89, winning 6 NCAA and 23 Big Ten titles. His divers won 115 national titles and 7 Olympic medals.

Greg Oden and Jon Diebler, both former Ohio State players under coach Thad Matta, are joining Matta’s staff at Butler.

Thad Matta is returning to Butler to lead his alma mater for the second time as head men’s basketball coach.

Some Team USA athletes, who had planned on competing in Tokyo, have been forced out of the Olympics because of COVID-19.

A Pike relay team was disqualified from the postseason, even though the track referee making the call later rescinded it, according to a Pike coach.

In her first marathon, Molly Seidel made the Olympic team. In her second, she became the ninth-fastest American woman ever at the 26.2-mile distance.

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has a complicated past, but Indiana doctors say he has done more for the cancer community than any other athlete.

While 55% of NCAA Power Five basketball players are black, just 14% of head coaches are. And most of the top jobs go to white colleagues.