Nathan Baird

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Purdue Sports and Enterprise Reporter at IndyStar

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Purdue football recruiting: 3-star Georgia safety commits to 2026 class

3 days ago | usatoday.com | Nathan Baird

Purdue football turned over almost its entire secondary through the transfer portal since the end of last season. The Boilermakers added a piece of potential stability for the future Tuesday. Dana Greenhow, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound safety from Sandy Hook High School in Tyrone, Georgia, became the second defensive commit in the 2026 class. Greenhow is a three-star prospect ranked No. 1,232 overall in the On3 industry rankings.
Bucket Game on Black Friday creates doubleheader for Purdue basketball, football fans

1 week ago | indystar.com | Nathan Baird

Purdue and Indiana will play the Old Oaken Buckey football game a 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28. Purdue men's basketball will play Eastern Illinois with an afternoon tipoff on that same day. Purdue men's basketball will serve as the lead-in to the Old Oaken Bucket game on so-called Black Friday, Nov. 28. The Boilermakers have not finalized what is expected to be an early afternoon tipoff time for their nonconference game against Eastern Illinois at Mackey Arena.
Innovation isn't only about building new products. It's a core leadership skill

1 week ago | smartcompany.com.au | Nathan Baird

Innovation is often misunderstood — commonly associated with developing new products and services or reserved for specialised innovation teams. But in today’s fast-paced, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world, innovation must be seen for what it truly is: a core leadership capability. We are leading and managing in unprecedented times. Disruption is constant. The pace of technological advancement is relentless.
Lawrence Central prospect joins Purdue football's 2026 offensive line recruiting class

1 week ago | indystar.com | Nathan Baird

James "Bam" Williams is a 6-foot-3, 275-pound offensive lineman from Lawrence Central. Williams joins Marist's Rico Schrreiber and New Palestine's Brock Brownfield as 2026 OL commits. Williams is a 6-foot-3, 275-pound interior lineman. He does not have a star rating in the 247Sports composite, but is a three-star prospect per 247's own ranking. That service ranks him 10th among all Indiana prospects and first among offensive linemen.
'Energy in Indy is insane': Pacers & Racers attendees hope for thrilling 500, electric Game 3

1 week ago | indystar.com | Nathan Baird

The Indy 500 and a Pacers home playoff game fell on the same day for the fourth time Sunday. Pacers & Racers also occurred in 1999, 2004 and 2013. The Pacers are 0-3 all-time when sharing a playoff home date with the Indy 500. INDIANAPOLIS -- Rob Rudicel accumulated a perfect wardrobe over the years for this particular Sunday.
'Worst moment of my life': Team Penske's tumultuous Indy 500 week ends with crash, car issues

1 week ago | indystar.com | Nathan Baird

No Penske drivers finished in the top 15 of Sunday's Indianapolis 500, something which had not happened since 2011. Two-time defending champion Josef Negarden, sent to the back row after failing inspection, climbed as high as sixth before a mechanical failure. INDIANAPOLIS -- Team Penske’s chances for a third straight year of Indianapolis 500 glory, already complicated by a week of penalties and turmoil, ended abruptly Sunday.
Purdue football lands junior college national champion transfer Isoa Takeifanga

1 week ago | indystar.com | Nathan Baird

Purdue football adds national champion junior college offensive lineman Nathan BairdIsoa Takeifanga transferred to Purdue this weekend. He was named a national champion. Purdue football keeps revamping its offensive line in the offseason, this time reaching down to the junior college ranks. Takeifanga, a Sacramento, California, native, played two seasons at San Mateo. The Bulldogs went 12-1 last season and won the California Community College Athletic Association.
Knowing Colts fans 'would like to see me crash,' Tom Brady booed at Indy 500

1 week ago | indystar.com | Nathan Baird

Tom Brady went 16-4 against the Colts as quarterback of the Patriots and Buccaneers. Brady rode in the pace car as part of a Fox sports contingent at Sunday's Indy 500. INDIANAPOLIS — Tom Brady’s Indy 500 experience came with the only greeting he could have expected. While Sunday’s race may be a global event, plenty of the 325,000-plus in attendance watched Brady carve up their beloved Colts en route to some of his record seven Super Bowl championships.
Purdue Fort Wayne eliminates baseball, softball programs amid university's financial cuts

2 weeks ago | indystar.com | Nathan Baird

Purdue Fort Wayne announced it has dropped its baseball and softball programs, effective immediately. The Mastodons will continue to operate 14 scholarship athletic programs as members of the Horizon League. One of Indiana's Division I athletic programs announced the elimination of two sports as part of its university's ongoing budget cuts. The school said it remains committed to competing in 14 scholarship sports in the Horizon League and the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
Purdue football adds in-state transfer running back from Marshall as walk-on

2 weeks ago | indystar.com | Nathan Baird

Purdue football added a potential long-term contributor from southern Indiana to an aleady stable backfield. Holsworth didn’t play during his freshman season with the Thundering Herd. He has four years of eligibility remaining. While Purdue added 25 scholarship players via the transfer portal after spring practice, running back loomed as perhaps the lone position not in need of additional talent.

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