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Cover IU athletics, college sports for @indystar. Satellite Scouser. Publix ultra. Forever I love Atlanta. zach.osterman@indystar.com
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Joe Smith, who broadcast Indiana football and basketball games for 40 years, dies

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By Zach Osterman Verified
| Yahoo Sports Verified
BLOOMINGTON — Joe Smith, for decades a fixture on IU radio broadcasts and a member of the Indiana Sportswriters/Sportscasters Hall of Fame, died Monday. He was 78. Smith's passing was confirmed in a statement from his radio station, 98.7 The Zone, in Bloomington. "Joe touched people in the way great broadcasters do," the statement read in part, "by being there again and again and again. For almost 60 years Joe answered the bell in Bloomington, and never once cheated his listeners.
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Osterman: Joe Smith's death leaves many memories, and a hole that can't be closed

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By Zach Osterman Verified
| Yahoo Sports Verified
BLOOMINGTON — Joe Smith called it his Hep Ring. It was thick and gleaming. In the right light, it sparkled, yellow gold wrapped around a crimson stone centerpiece. Everyone associated with Indiana's 2007 Insight Bowl team received one, Smith among that number as a member of IU's radio broadcast crew. Joe's Hep Ring was easy to spot, often outlined against the McDonald's coffee cup that sometimes seemed attached to his hand like a limb unto itself.
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Osterman: Joe Smith's death leaves many memories, and a hole that can't be closed

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By Zach Osterman Verified
| The Star Press Verified
July 13, 2026, 9:18 p.m. ET Joe Smith, a longtime Indiana University radio broadcaster, has died. For 40 years, Smith worked alongside Don Fischer covering IU football and basketball. He was known as a gifted storyteller who chronicled IU and local high school sports. BLOOMINGTON — Joe Smith called it his Hep Ring. It was thick and gleaming. In the right light, it sparkled, yellow gold wrapped around a crimson stone centerpiece.
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