Others with local connections include IU basketball legend Ray Tolbert, former Notre Dame football great Vegas Ferguson, Indiana high school basketball legend Billy Shepherd, former Indianapolis ...

Tolbert idolized a fellow Madison Heights product — Bobby Wilkerson. Wilkerson led the Pirates to the 1972 state finals and was on IU's unbeaten NCAA championship team in 1976.

It wasn’t long after Tom Tolbert signed off on KNBR-680 last Nov. 14 that Daniel Ogden was surprised to see his former coworker’s number pop up on his cell phone. Ogden heard about layoffs at ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Decades after dominating with the Hoosiers and the NBA, former IU standout Ray Tolbert is paying it forward for a good cause next month in Fort Wayne.

That 1979 NIT championship game was won by IU after a 20-foot jump shot by Butch Carter with :04 seconds left, enabled Indiana to edge Purdue, 53-52. The game featured the two teams that would go ...

Tolbert recorded 143 hits and led the Texas League with 10 triples. He posted a .755 OPS (on-base plus slugging) and was named the George Brett Hitter of the Year in the Royals organization.

The Hoosiers also managed the feat in 1977 (Tom Baker, Ray Tolbert), 1989 (Greg Graham, Pat Graham) and 1994 (Andrae Patterson, Neil Reed).

The addition of freshmen Ray Tolbert and Steve Risley combined with sophomore Mike Woodson plus senior captains Wayne Radford and Wisman saw the Hoosiers rebound with a 21-8 record, 12-6 for second ...

Knight’s roster was stocked with potential: Landon Turner, Randy Wittman, Ray Tolbert, Ted Kitchel and a sophomore from Chicago named Isiah Thomas. IU started the season ranked No. 5 but were ...

Coverage of the death of former Indiana University men’s basketball coach Bob Knight continues in Sports with reaction from Wednesday night’s IU women’s basketball game and a feature on his ...

Former Indiana University basketball standout Ray Tolbert was the featured speaker at a community action symposium organized by Judalon Harris Saturday at the Anderson Public Library.