Pinter lands close to home
By Blake Dollier / April 25, 2020Former Ball State offensive guard Danny Pinter will not have far to travel as he begins his journey in the NFL.
Former Ball State offensive guard Danny Pinter will not have far to travel as he begins his journey in the NFL.
As his name appeared on screen in Indianapolis Colts blue and white at approximately 2:15 p.m. Saturday, the hard work of Pinter, former Ball State offensive lineman, paid off.
After eight semesters in Muncie and two years as the sports editor of The Ball State Daily News, I’ve learned sports at Ball State are about more than just winning. The Cardinals offered something the big schools didn’t when I went to each game: heart and familiarity.
Timothy Brown, a former Ball State Football player, who played in the NFL for a number of years and spent some time as a professional actor and musican, has died at 82 according to a press release from the Philadelphia Eagles.
Outside of cancellations due to the Coronavirus outbreak in March, both of Ball State's men's and women's programs has been extremely busy in welcoming players into the program, scouting players and seeing players depart from Muncie.
It’s still March, but the madness that comes with it has been, for lack of a better term, different. “Normal,” especially for us sports fans, is anything but right now.
According to a statement sent out Monday afternoon by Tyson Mathews, assistant director of Ball State Athletic Communications, Dr. John Reno has died.
Coming off a career-high season, junior guard Ishmael El-Amin announced on Twitter Tuesday afternoon that he would be "opening his recruitment to find his future home".
Freshman guard Lucas Kroft announced via Twitter that he is planning to "transfer and pursue another opportunity elsewhere" on Monday. The freshman played 14 games with Ball State, recording 16 points, 11 rebounds and three assists in 122 minutes of playing time.
On March 12, the Mid-American Conference made the announcement it would be canceling regular season, championship and non-traditional competition for the rest of the 2019-20 academic school year in concern with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Here is how Ball State athletes and coaches reacted to the announcement.
The NCAA canceled its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments on Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned.
With the multitude of unprecedented cancelations of athletic events in the last 24 hours due to the coronavirus, The Daily News has done its best to compile a list of what all has been canceled or suspended in the world of sports. Please be advised this list is in no way complete. It includes information The Daily News has received from various sources and will be updated as more updates come through.
Mid-American Conference commissioner Jon Steinbrecher announced at a press conference at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on March. 12 that the 2020 MAC Basketball Tournament has been canceled over concerns of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
While the arena was empty and the Cardinals lost their quarterfinal game of the Mid-American Conference to Eastern Michigan 64-63, the season as a whole isn’t empty, as there is still hope for more tournament basketball this season.
Wapahani Basketball is headed to the Lapel regional, winning their first Sectional title since 2014.
With the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament in the books, the brackets for both the men's and women's tournaments have been set. In the women's bracket, No. 2 Ball State Women's Basketball will face No. 7 Eastern Michigan. In the men's bracket, No. 3 Ball State Men's Basketball will face No. 6 Kent State.
A four-run sixth lifted a weight off the Cardinals’ shoulders and propelled them to a 9-4 victory in their home opener. Head coach Rich Maloney said his team’s offensive production in the last few innings was a confidence booster.
The Cardinals took eighth place through 54 holes over Monday and Tuesday. Ball State started out a bit rocky, as the team tallied a 310 and a 324 in the first two rounds.
The Cardinals ended with an 8-4 record over the course of the week going 4-1 in the UCF Invitational, won both games of a doubleheader against Bethune-Cookman and went 2-3 in the FIU Invitational.
Senior catcher Chase Sebby and junior pitcher Kyle Nicolas did their best impressions of Jake Taylor and Ricky Vaughn from the movie “Major League” in Ball State’s second game Friday against Sacred Heart.
