FILE - Actor Gene Hackman gives fictional Hickory High basketball players instructions during filming of the final game of the movie "Hoosiers" at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University campus ...

INDIANAPOLIS — As the Trump administration continues to crack down on illegal immigration, people living in the Hoosier state are concerned about what this could mean for them. Paul Gresk has more ...

Bobby Plump -– the real-life Jimmy Chitwood –- said Gene Hackman deserves as much credit as anyone for taking his small-town Hoosier state basketball story beyond Indiana to the rest the world.

Hackman’s dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans for a single reason: His unforgettable role as Hickory Huskers coach Norman Dale in “Hoosiers,” the 1986 movie loosely based on ...

He was the basketball coach in Hoosiers, one of the best sports films ever made. was nominated for an Oscar again for Mississippi Burning. smile when the bulldozer in over the black kid's body.