Purdue Boilermakers Rumors & News

Purdue football recruiting: Denzel Ward

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — It will be difficult for Denzel Ward to forget his latest trip to Purdue. The 6-foot-9, 313 pound offensive tackle took an elbow above his right eye during one-on-one drills, resulting with blood on his new camp t-shirt. He sat out the last half of Friday’s Elite Camp Otherwise, the Chicago native who now attends... Read More

Purdue football: Notre Dame series update

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — Purdue and Notre Dame continue talking about the future of the football series, athletic director Morgan Burke said. Burke has spoken with Irish AD Jake Swarbrick “several times” since the Big Ten made it official that the league would switch to a nine-game conference schedule starting in 2016. Meanwhile, Notre Dame is trying to work... Read More

Mingo to Belgium

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — Drey Mingo plans to take her inspirational story and basketball skills oversees this fall. The former Boilermaker, who completed her sixth year of eligibility, will play in Belgium for Point Chaud Sprimon. Mingo has elected to put medical school on hold until the Atlanta native and Maryland transfer has taken her basketball career as far... Read More

Carter, Peck should give Purdue a mature pulse

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — Within the past month, Matt Painter has bolstered the 2013-2014 Purdue basketball team’s experience and maturity level by adding soon to be 23-year-olds Errick Peck and Sterling Carter. Peck, a former Indiana All-Star from Indianapolis Cathedral, and Carter, a Seattle native known for his 3-point shooting, will be Boilermakers for one season, transferring from Cornell... Read More

Purdue football at Wrigley Field?

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — The 2015 Big Ten Conference football schedule was released Monday and you’ll see Purdue playing at Northwestern in November. Why is this significant? Northwestern has agreement with the Chicago Cubs to play five football games at Wrigley Field. However, those games can only be played in November because – don’t laugh – Wrigley Field has... Read More

Purdue's Hammons to compete for spot on US World University Games basketball team

Journal & Courier — The WUG will be held in July in Russia. Purdue coach Matt Painter is a member of the selection committee.

Purdue football recruiting: Twin transfers?

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — Ohio natives Chris and Demitrious Davis developed a strong relationship with Darrell Hazell during his two-year tenure as head coach at Kent State. That relationship may lead the way for the Davis twins to end up at Purdue. The brothers originally signed with Pittsburgh after successful careers at Austintown Fitch High School. However, Todd Graham... Read More

Hazell up to the challenge

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — When Morgan Burke selected Darrell Hazell to lead Purdue’s football program in December, the veteran athletic director knew the former head coach at Kent State had challenges ahead. In Burke’s eyes, Hazell has met each one. “At this juncture, we feel pretty good about where we are but we make no bones about it –... Read More

Purdue, IU will play only once next hoops season

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — The Big Ten Conference has assembled its men’s basketball single plays for the 2013-2014 season, and rivals Purdue and Indiana are scheduled to meet only once. That’s right, the Boilermakers and the Hoosiers will play ONCE, and it will be staged in West Lafayette. The Boilermakers also get Michigan State in Mackey Arena and will... Read More

David Boudia finishes second at FINA Grand Prix

Journal & Courier — Competing for the first time since capturing a gold medal at last summer's Olympics in London, West Lafayette resident and former Purdue star David Boudia finished second in the 10-meter platform final Saturday at the FINA Grand Prix.

Purdue men's basketball announces non-league schedule

Journal & Courier — The Boilermakers will open the regular season on Nov. 8 with a home game against Northern Kentucky, one of eight non-conference games they will play in Mackey Arena.

Purdue football: 2013 bowl forecast

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — This is the first bowl projections I’ve seen since the end of the season, but there may be others out in cyberspace. It’s May, why not start forecasting the bowl games? CBSSports.com’s Jerry Palm – a Purdue graduate – has put together his projections for the 35 games. Yes, Palm believes the Boilermakers will go... Read More

Andrew Dakich headed to Michigan

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — Andrew Dakich, the heady Zionsville guard who was considering walkon invitations from Purdue and Butler, is heading to the University of Michigan. Late Monday afternoon, Dakich, the son of ESPN analyst and former Bowling Green head coach and IU player Dan Dakich, issued a Tweet to inform followers that he had visited Michigan on Monday... Read More

Purdue diver, former Olympian Dunnichay on road to recovery

Journal & Courier — Mary Beth Dunnichay's hopes of competing in the London Olympics last summer were derailed by a shoulder injury.

Big Ten divisions: Winners and losers

Boilers Insider | Indianapolis Star — As a whole, the Big Ten wins just about every time they make a decision (other than Legends and Leaders). But within the conference, not everyone wins. Yes, there are a few losers in this thing. Here’s one take after the league announced its new divisional format when Maryland and Rutgers join in 2014 and... Read More

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