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A former Purdue running back is heading to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Otis Armstrong was named to the 2012 class.

During his time in West Lafayette, he earned consensus All-American honors and was the Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1972.

Armstrong also scored 24 touchdowns, ran for 3,315 yards, and holds a school record with 670 rushing attempts.

He becomes the ninth Boilermaker player to be named to the college Hall of Fame.

After his career at Purdue, he spent eight seasons in the NFL with the Denver Broncos and won the league rushing title in 1974.

The official induction ceremony will be held December 4th in New York.

A Purdue basketball player is getting a sixth year of eligibility.

Drey Mingo’s request for an extra season was granted by the NCAA.

The forward sat out all of last season after tearing her ACL.  She also missed four games the year before due to life-threatening bacterial meningitis.

When she returned, Mingo averaged 12-points and led the team in rebounding.

She was recently named the National Consortium for Academics and Sports, Giant Steps Courageous Student-Athlete Award winner.

The honor is given to student-athletes who excel on and off the court.

The public will get to weigh in whether to restore Indiana high school basketball to a single-class system.

The Indiana High School Athletics Association (IHSAA) announced a series of town meetings Thursday.

This past legislative session, State Senator Mike Delph (R-Carmel) introduced a bill that would have restored high school basketball to a single class format.  Concerned about a lack of input, the IHSAA struck a deal with Delph. In exchange for pulling back the bill, the organization would seek public input and seriously discuss making a change. Delph and IHSAA Commissioner Bobby Cox announced a series of 11 public meetings around the state in April and May.

The 19th-ranked Purdue baseball team topped 15th-ranked Louisville 2-1 in the Boilers home opener.

Stephen Talbott hit a walk off single in the bottom of the tenth inning to give Purdue its 17th win on the season.

Connor Podkul and Blake Mascarello combined to give up just five hits and one run for the Boilers.

Mascarello earned the win to improve to 5-1 on the year.

Purdue is back on the diamond Wednesday afternoon against IPFW.

Game time is at 4 p.m.

Peyton Manning, one of the two or three best quarterbacks in recent years and one of the greatest ever, is close to signing a contract to play for the NFL's Denver Broncos, according to multiple reports.

ESPN's Chris Mortensen and Adam Schefter say the deal is done "barring a snag during intensified contract negotiations" between the team and Manning's agent, Tom Condon. They cite "multiple sources."

The Purdue women's basketball team has advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Boilermakers beat South Dakota State University 83-68 in a first round matchup at Mackey Arena today.

The Boilers were led by Courtney Moses who scored a game-high 29 points.

That included nine three-pointers, which is a record for an NCAA tournament game in any round.

Purdue will take on South Carolina Monday night at Mackey Arena.

The Gamecocks beat Eastern Michigan 80-48 to advance to the second round.

There's a new record in the Iditarod: A 25 year old has become the youngest musher to win the approximately thousand-mile trans-Alaskan sled dog race.

Dallas Seavey slid into Nome, Alaska, at 7:29 p.m. yesterday with nine dogs, finishing the race in nine days, four hours, 29 minutes and 26 seconds.

"We went into this race with a dog team that I knew had the ability to win the Iditarod," Seavey said in a post-race press conference in Nome. "We spent most of the race building a monster – a dog team that couldn't be stopped."

Big Ten Tournament winner Purdue was chosen as the No. 4 seed in the Fresno Regional and will host first-and second-round contests of  the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship.

Purdue opens the tournament against No. 13 South Dakota State on Saturday. A win in the opening round would send Purdue into a second-round showdown against the South Carolina-Eastern Michigan winner.

The Boilermakers advance to the NCAA Championship for the 22nd time in 24 seasons and are the winningest Big Ten team in the tournament field with 43 victories in program history.