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(11/09/07 5:29am)
Everything is on the line Saturday.\nIn previous meets this season, IU lived to see another day regardless of where they finished in the race. However, this weekend at the Great Lakes Regional Championships here in Bloomington, it will matter where the Hoosiers finish the race. They have to place in the top two if they hope to continue their season and advance to the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute next week. \nBoosting the Hoosiers’ chances of doing this is the fact that the meet is at home on the IU Cross Country Course.\nHowever, despite a home-course advantage, IU must be at their best, as they will contend with the nation’s top teams. \nOn the men’s side, the Hoosiers will face four nationally ranked teams: No. 4 Wisconsin, No. 22 Notre Dame, No. 23 Michigan and No. 30 Ohio State. The Hoosiers are unranked nationally, but are No. 5 in the Great Lakes Region. \nOn the women’s side, IU is unranked nationally and regionally, and must outrun three nationally-ranked team: No. 8 Michigan State, No. 9 Michigan and No. 23 Wisconsin. \nSophomore Jordan Kyle and freshman Cole Hardacre will lead the men’s squad. Kyle has been the best Hoosier in four of five events this season – including two wins – while Hardacre led the Hoosiers in the Big Ten Championships with a 14th-place finish.\nThe women will be led by sophomore Sarah Pease, who has been the best Hoosier in every race this season, and has a season-best finish of sixth. \nThe men’s race begins at 11 a.m. and will be 10 kilometers, while the women’s race begins at 12:15 p.m. and will be six kilometers.\nIf IU does not place in the top two as a team, they must wait until Sunday, when at-large teams are chosen.
(11/08/07 5:00am)
IU Student Foundation, known by most students as IUSF, can now proudly boast that it is the "Best Student Organization" on campus. For the first time in Best of Bloomington history, IUSF nabbed the title.\n"There was a pretty big push this year for votes," said senior Meera Jogani, one of the leaders of IUSF's development and communications committee.\nIUSF has approximately 350 members and consists of six subcommittees, with anywhere from 25 to 60 members per committee. IUSF President Tricia Runkel and Director Jenny Bruffey said they made announcements every week at committee meetings, encouraging members to vote IUSF the "Best Student Organization."\nLeaders of the group agreed that the Best of Bloomington contest is a way to publicize IUSF. Runkel said it is important for the organization to gain recognition.\n"The Student Foundation is tied to some of the long-standing traditions on campus," said Doug Davis, one of the leaders of IUSF's development and communications committee.\nThe group coordinates three main events each year: Little 500, Little 50 and IU Sing. Last year IU Sing brought in $4,800, which the organization gave away in scholarships, Runkel said. IUSF spends much of its time organizing Little 500. Planning Little 500 is "a year-round, 12-month process," Runkel said. \n"We have a lot of students involved, and we do a lot of great things on campus," Runkel said. "It was important (to win) because we touch the lives of so many students."\nIUSF sees Best of Bloomington as a way to promote IUSF and encourage membership. \n"It's one of those things that, if you're a part of this organization, it's such a life-changing experience," Bruffey said. "We want to portray that to others and get (them) to join."\nIn addition to planning the big events on campus, the group helps students in other ways. Jogani said she hopes that by having IUSF voted best student organization, students will realize that the organization does more than just plan Little 500. \nThrough a program named Career Connections, the organization tries to connect its members with event sponsors to help the students land jobs and internships, Runkel said. Runkel described the program as being similar to a job fair for the group's members. According to the IUSF Web site, participating companies for the 2007 Career Connections include major restaurant chains, food and beverage distributors and insurance companies.\nIUSF awards two $25,000 grants, one in the fall and one in the spring, to student organizations that show a need for the money for a philanthropic cause. The organization also awards more than $80,000 in scholarships to its members each year. IUSF also holds socials for members and plans alumni events. \n"It's what we give back to the students that makes us one of the best organizations," Davis said.
(11/08/07 5:00am)
School spirit, academic success and a healthy lifestyle combine for students to name Foster Harper their favorite dorm wing on campus.\nFoster Harper was this year's winner of the "Best Dorm Wing" award. This dorm wing provides nine floors of housing and a basement featuring a library.\n"People are really involved and very interactive at Harper," said freshman Callie Kaminski. \nHarper's resident assistants have organized a number of events the students look forward to, Kaminski said. The men on floors two and three had massage-therapy lessons from a specialist, while resident assistants on the women's floors organized sex-toy parties to keep them sexually informed.\n"The R.A.s at Harper have done a fabulous job building communities on their floors," said Holly Griffitt, an R.A. in Foster Shea, another wing of the residence hall.\nThe Harper community is home to the majority of student athletes and creates an atmosphere of school spirit, Kaminski said.\nFreshman business-management major and Harper resident Craig Horton takes advantage of the proximity to the Kelley School of Business and Assembly Hall. He said he is looking forward to walking to every basketball game this seasonto watch fellow Harper resident freshman Eric Gordon play. \nHarper is close to facilities where athletes work out and practice. The building is also within walking distance from the Student Recreational Sports Center and the tailgating fields.\nOn game days, students leave Harper and head to Memorial Stadium and Assembly Hall, sporting their cream and crimson gear. Freshman field-hockey player Lena Grote finds it easy to stay involved in school events while living at Harper as well as stay focused on her studies. She explained that living in another dorm such as Briscoe or McNutt might be too crazy for her.\nThere are stairwells between the floors that students use when going between floors to visit friends. But unlike most other dorm wings, Harper offers the convenience of an elevator.\n"I enjoy putting the key in the elevator to my floor number, having small talk and then saying goodbye when it is time to get my work done," Grote said.\nAmong other conveniences, Harper is close to Gresham Food Court. Other students in the Northwest neighborhood have to make the trek to Gresham if they want food outside the McNutt cafe or C-store.\nHarper is home to the Foster Quad center desk, mailboxes and the University Division advisers. The University Division advising center is located on the main floor of Harper beyond the large-sized lounge with foosball tables, couches and work tables for studying.\nKaminski takes advantage of this convenience that is only an elevator ride away from where she sleeps. She said she uses the comforts of the clean lounge to study.\n"I couldn't picture living anywhere else," Kaminski said.
(11/08/07 5:00am)
The restaurant was packed, the entrance was full of customers waiting for tables and one group had scattered on the stairs outside. Servers bustled about, balancing trays of food and pitchers of water as they maneuvered around the customers standing in the packed foyer on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 3. This busy atmosphere is not uncommon for the restaurant.\nBloomington's dining scene offers a variety of cultural cuisine, but for those who voted in the 2007 Best of Bloomington poll, one ethnic restaurant stands above the rest. Siam House, 430 E. Fourth St., was voted "Best Ethnic Restaurant."\nOpened in February 1990 by Wemonrat "Wim" Pok, a native of central Thailand, the restaurant recently finished renovations to its entrance. Patrons are greeted at the door by two Thai statues of Buddha, and the inside of the restaurant is adorned with Thai decorations.\nMary Lynn Harris and Terry Harris of Crawfordsville, Ind., said they are frequent customers, visiting the restaurant every time they are in Bloomington. When informed that Siam House was voted the best ethnic restaurant in town, they wholeheartedly agreed. \n"It was wonderful. They were very busy, but I don't want to put them down for it, because the food was great," Mary Lynn said.\nPok said that when she moved here from San Francisco, opening a restaurant was never at the front of her mind. \nInstead, "it's just something that came up," she said.\nWhen she arrived in Bloomington, Pok said she noticed many people who knew about Thai food, yet there were no Thai restaurants in town. She saw a demand for it, and because she loves to cook and already had a large collection of Thai recipes, the opportunity was great.\nPok said she came up with most of the recipes the restaurant uses. With help from her family and some other Thai employees, Pok said they make food to order so they can cater to individual customers' needs.\n"It's tough sometimes to please customers, but we try," she said.\nPok thinks the food, atmosphere and good service make Siam House so popular. Servers are trained in Thai customs, and Pok likes for them to know about the restaurant's decorations and the meanings behind them.\nRegarding the other ethnic restaurants in town, Pok said she does not view them as competition. \n"I think people in Bloomington are lucky because we have a lot of authentic national food," Pok said. "I think it is just a small town, but it has a very large variety ... different taste, different ingredients, different cultures."\nMargaret Schweer said her son, an IU student, frequents Siam House. She said it is a great place that offers vegetarian dishes and goes along with a lot of current food trends that she has noticed, especially regarding ethnic foods and diets.\nPok never wants to remove items from her lengthy menu, but she is always creating more dishes to add. \nShe has no personal favorite item, adding, "I love all of them. Every dish is different."\nWhile she may love all the restaurant's food, she is especially satisfied with the restaurant's homemade curry. \n"(Bloomington) has three Thai restaurants in town," she said. "You can try them all -- our curry is different." \nShe attributes the difference to her use of the freshest ingredients possible.\nWhile she said it is sometimes difficult to keep the food quality as high as it is, Pok gains great enjoyment from cooking for her customers.\n"People here are nice and friendly. They're open. They enjoy it and will tell me," she said. "I get encouraged from customers. It's a good feeling"
(11/08/07 3:12am)
ORLANDO, Fla. – Miguel Cabrera figures to be one of the big names to change teams during the offseason, with the Florida Marlins’ young slugger being dangled at the general managers’ meetings.\nOn a day when GMs voted to recommend the limited use of instant replay, action started to percolate on players, particularly third basemen.\nChicago White Sox general manager Ken Williams acknowledged Tuesday that he was listening to offers for Joe Crede. The New York Yankees, who lost Alex Rodriguez when he opted out of his contract and became a free agent, could get involved in talks for both Cabrera and Crede.\nCabrera, a four-time All-Star, made $7.4 million this year after winning in salary arbitration and is likely to make more than $10 million next year, more than the budget-conscious Marlins want to pay. Two years ago, Florida traded many of its top players and got top prospects. Teams were waiting to find out which prospects the Marlins would want for Cabrera, their 24-year-old third baseman.\n“We don’t know yet. We’ll probably know by tonight,” said Hank Steinbrenner, son of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. “My sense is that it might be too much but we’ll see. It’s early.”\nCabrera batted .320 with 34 homers and 119 RBIs, but he has put on weight, a cause of concern for the Marlins and teams that might want to acquire him.\nFlorida appears less eager to trade Dontrelle Willis, the 2003 NL Rookie of the Year. He went 10-15 with a 5.17 ERA last season, diminishing his value. He made $6.5 million.\n“Good players are always in need, that’s for sure. I’m not talking specifically about Cabrera or Willis or Dan Uggla or (Hanley) Ramirez,” Florida president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest said, mentioning many top Marlins. “When you trade really good players, you want really good players in return. You want talent for talent.”\nCrede had back surgery, played in only 47 games and was supplanted by rookie Josh Fields.\n“We have two third basemen. There’s interest across the league in both of them,” Williams said.\nRight now, Yankees GM Brian Cashman’s top third baseman is Wilson Betemit, and he is seeking an upgrade.\n“Our profile typically would involve power, but it might not necessarily come from the available market,” he said.\nWhile the Yankees have top young pitchers such as Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy, Cashman is reluctant to part with them.\n“I think our farm system has taken the right steps forward. There’s power in numbers,” he said. “We’ll soak up all the information down here and then we’ll take it back to New York and kind of assess what the real potential market is for us.”\nWhile the Marlins explore the market for Cabrera, the Minnesota Twins want to hold onto pitcher Johan Santana, who is eligible for free agency after next season.\n“We’ll certainly talk. We’re going to do the best we can to re-sign him,” new GM Bill Smith said. “If we can’t, then we’ll move on. He’s still one of the best pitchers in the game.”
(11/08/07 3:04am)
INDIANAPOLIS – Tony Dungy’s team policy is painted on a wall inside the Indianapolis locker room: “No excuses, no explanations.”\nIt applies to mistakes, assignments and even injuries to significant players.\nBut when perennial Pro Bowl receiver Marvin Harrison is missing from the lineup, things undoubtedly change for the traditionally high-scoring Colts.\n“You can’t say we’re winning or we’re losing because of one player,” tight end Dallas Clark said Sunday. “But you don’t replace a Hall-of-Fame receiver. You try to fill the hole as best you can. Marvin’s a special guy, a special player.”\nNot to mention the longtime security blanket for two-time league MVP Peyton Manning.\nWhile Indianapolis (7-1) has spent the last month adjusting to Harrison’s lingering absence, courtesy of a bruised left knee, Manning has kept the offense chugging along by using other options.\nReggie Wayne is on a career-high pace for receptions and yardage, and Clark is on pace to shatter John Mackey’s single-season franchise record for receptions by a tight end (55). Clark’s 34 catches are just three short of his previous career best.\nThe Colts also expected first-round draft pick Anthony Gonzalez to help fill the void, but now Gonzalez’s status for Sunday’s game at San Diego is in jeopardy because of a left thumb dislocated last week against New England.\nIf Gonzalez and Harrison can’t play against the Chargers, the Colts would have only three healthy receivers on the active roster – Wayne, Aaron Moorehead and Craphonso Thorpe, who was on the inactive list against New England.\nAs usual, Dungy isn’t fretting.\n“You can’t let it affect you,” Dungy said. “With eight minutes to go Sunday, that wasn’t an issue when we were up 10. Everyone who played we needed.”\nClearly, though, there have been adjustments.\nManning has completed fewer than 20 passes each of the past two weeks and has averaged less than 250 yards and thrown five touchdowns in the three games Harrison has missed.\nOne reason is the Colts have run more times (103-94) than they’ve passed, and the Pats designed coverages to take away Manning’s options. Strong safety Rodney Harrison, for instance, helped cover Clark rather than turning him over exclusively to the linebackers.\nThe result: Clark caught only two passes for 15 yards in a 24-20 loss, the Colts’ earliest loss in three years. Some attributed the loss to not having Harrison, and after the game, Manning said the Colts needed to get healthy for their second-half run.\n“You don’t use it as an excuse, but any time one of your best football players isn’t on the field – and Marvin is one of those guys – it’s hard to replace them,” he said Wednesday. “You’ve just got to do it, find a way to overcome it.”\nWhen will Harrison and the other injured Colts return? Dungy isn’t saying.\nLast week, after Harrison lobbied the coaches to play and Dungy said he had been cleared by team doctors, Harrison still wound up on the inactive list.\nIf he doesn’t play again this week, Harrison will tie his career high for most games missed in a season (four).\n“Part of this is putting him through these testing runs that simulate games and then see how he responds,” Dungy said. “When he’s OK, that’s when he’ll be ready to go.”\nBut Harrison is only part of the equation.\nOver the past month, the Colts have had eight different starters miss at least one game and three miss at least two. They’ve also had three backups to the injured starters sit out at least one game.\nAnd Dungy gave no indication Wednesday that was about to change.\nLinebackers Tyjuan Hagler (neck) and Freddy Keiaho (ear) each sat out last week. Left tackle Tony Ugoh (neck) also missed last week’s game. Safety Matt Giordano, who backs up former Pro Bowler Bob Sanders, sat out Wednesday’s practice after re-injuring his hamstring.\nDungy couldn’t say whether any of them would play at San Diego.\n“All those guys are pretty much in the same boat right now,” he said. “So we have to plan on going without them.”\nThe Colts have still been a resilient bunch, winning three of the last four by at least 19 points.\nGetting Harrison back, however, would almost certainly help.\n“I know Marvin’s working his butt off to get back and when that happens, things will look a little different,” Clark said. “I know when he’s in there, there is some concern (from the defenses) about how to stop him.”
(11/05/07 12:46am)
Despite a leading late in the fourth quarter, the New England Patriots defeated the Indiana Colts 24-20.\n- Check back for more coverage in Monday's Indiana Daily Student.
(11/04/07 8:08pm)
IU handily defeated North Alabama 121-76 in their first exibition match of the year. \nCheck out the IDS basketblog for more coverage of the game.
(11/04/07 6:59pm)
By defeating Ball State 38-20, IU becomes bowl eligible for the first time in more than a decade. \nCheck out Under the Rock for more coverage, and check back for more updates.
(11/01/07 3:32am)
The 19th-ranked IU men’s golf team closed out the final 18 holes of the UNCG Bridgestone Classic in Greensboro, N.C. with their best round of the 15-team tournament to finish in a tie for sixth. \nIU coach Mike Mayer has encouraged his team all year to finish tournaments strong. On Tuesday, the Hoosiers took his words to heart, finishing the round under par.\nThe Hoosiers’ three-round total was 874 (291-298-285), fourteen strokes behind tournament champion, 32nd-ranked Louisville. \nAlthough the Hoosiers struggled through their first two rounds on Monday, they were still in striking distance at nine strokes behind leader North Carolina. \nIU’s late surge was led by junior Seth Brandon. Brandon shot the lowest score of the final round, a 2-under-par 70. Brandon was also the highest individual finisher for the Hoosiers, tying for 11th place with a 216 (74-72-70). \nJunior Jorge Campillo also saved his best round for last, closing out the tournament and the fall season with a 1-under-par 71 and a share of 18th place. \nRounding out the lineup for the Hoosiers were junior Drew Allenspach, sophomore Alex Martin and freshman Paul Park. Allenspach, who finished tied for 23rd, shot an even par 72, followed by a 1-under-par 71 to finish strong after stumbling out of the gate with a 4-over-par 76. Martin finished tied for 29th with a 221 (73-75-73) and Park finished in a tie for 69th with a 230 (81-75-74).\nThe tournament marked the first team start for New Jersey native Park. Park improved vastly in his final two rounds after a 9-over-par 81 in his first round. Park’s only other match play came earlier this year when he competed individually at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate. \nThe Bridgestone Classic featured five teams ranked in the Top 25 and a total of eight ranked teams. The Hoosiers managed to finish ahead of No. 11 Wake Forest and No. 25 Arkansas. The tournament marked the final time the Hoosiers will take their game to the links in the six-tournament fall season. \nIU will begin its quest for a Big Ten championship on Feb. 16 at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, hosted by the University of North Florida. The tournament will be played at the Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra, Fla.
(10/30/07 10:58pm)
Audio of teleconference regarding the release of the report detailing IU men''s basketball infractions
(10/30/07 3:06pm)
IU assistant men’s basketball coach Rob Senderoff has officially resigned from his position following the announcement that he was involved in recruiting violations. \nAn IU Athletics Department press release dated early Tuesday announced his resignation. \n“Rob Senderoff has decided it is in his and Indiana University’s best interests that he voluntarily resign from the University,” Athletics Department Media Relations Director J.D. Campbell said in a statement. “His resignation is effective immediately.”\nSenderoff was responsible for the majority of the 45 impermissible phone calls made by the men’s basketball coaching staff to recruits. He also connected Sampson to at least 10 three-way phone calls, not allowed under sanctions at the time leveled against Sampson for similar violations Sampson and his staff made at Oklahoma. \nSenderoff did not attend the team’s Friday practice, which was open to the public. At the time, Campbell said the coach missed the practice for personal reasons, and Sampson refused to discuss his absence or the most recent sanctions at Big Ten Media Day in Chicago on Sunday.
(10/30/07 2:55am)
The IU field hockey team sent its six seniors out in style Sunday with a 2-1 win over Northwestern on Senior Day at the IU Field Hockey Field. \n“It was awesome to get the win on Senior Day today,” senior goalkeeper Haley Exner said in a statement. “We played with so much adrenaline and heart. We also played really well as a team today and I think that is what allowed us to get the win.”\nThe Hoosiers honored seniors Kate O'Connell, Meredith Brown, Margie Stoll, Amanda Oyler, Erin Isler and Exner during the game. \nIU started off quickly with a goal in the 10th minute by junior forward Katie Kiper, who deflected a penalty corner from freshman back Brenna Moeljadi, guiding the ball past Northwestern goalie Emily Kyle for the goal.\nNorthwestern’s Amanda Care tied the game at one, scoring on a penalty stroke in the 25th minute. \nThe game remained tied until the 52nd minute, when junior midfielder Meg O’Connell scored her second goal in two games to give IU a 2-1 lead. \n“We worked on it this week in practice in our shooting drills inside the 25-yard line, and I think that really helped me feel more confident to just get in the circle and take the shot,” Meg O’Connell said in a statement. “And the last couple games, they have been going in.”\nMeg O’Connell was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week on Monday after amassing two goals and one assist in the Hoosiers’ three games last week.\nExner and the Hoosier defense held off the Wildcats for the rest of the game to earn the win. \n“Our defense was more organized today than maybe at any point so far this season and that led to them being more confident back there,” IU coach Amy Robertson said in a statement.\nIU controlled the ball throughout the game, outshot Northwestern 8-6 and earned a 7-5 advantage in penalty corners. \n“Our possession was the key today,” Robertson said in a statement. “We stayed poised when Northwestern put pressure on us and made some great outlet passes out of it.”\nThe win was the first Big Ten win of the season for IU, bringing its record to 8-9 overall and 1-5 in the Big Ten. After wrapping up the regular season conference schedule, the Hoosiers will face Iowa in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. \nWhile the focus of this week’s practice will shift to the Big Ten Tournament, the Hoosiers are just happy to get a win on Senior Day. \n“It is great to have the seniors go out with a win,” Robertson said in a statement. “Our team really worked hard today to make sure that these seniors got a win in their last home game, because they have all worked so hard over the course of their careers.”
(10/29/07 4:26am)
The IU men’s basketball team was picked to finish second in the conference and senior forward D.J. White was a preseason All-Big Ten selection at the annual Big Ten Media Day in Chicago. Michigan State was picked to win the conference, and Ohio State was picked to finish third.\nWhite joins Michigan State guard Drew Neitzel, Ohio State guard Jamar Butler, Illinois center Shaun Pruitt and Penn State guard/forward Geary Claxton on the preseason all-conference team. Neitzel was picked as the preseason player of the year. \nWhite averaged 13.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks last season while leading IU to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Coupled with three returning starters and a Top 10 recruiting class, the Hoosiers are ranked anywhere between ninth and 11th in the nation in various preseason polls, according to an IU Athletics Department press release.
(10/29/07 3:43am)
Fans looking to catch an early glimpse of the No. 15-ranked IU wrestling team are going to have to take State Road 46 east out of Bloomington, cross the Brown County line and go straight at the stop light in Nashville, Ind., then head to Brown County High School.\nThe wrestling team will hold its annual intrasquad scrimmage at 7 p.m. today at the high school. The intrasquad scrimmage is the first scheduled match for the Hoosiers this season and will be the only competition outside of practice for the team before the official season opener against the Wabash Little Giants on Nov. 9 in Crawfordsville, Ind.\nLast year, IU finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships and 14th at the National Championships.\nAmong many returning starters this season is IU sophomore Angel Escobedo, who compiled an impressive 39-7 record last season and finished fourth at last year’s NCAA Championships. The Hoosiers also return junior Andrae Hernandez, who last year had a record of 30-16 and finished second in the Big Ten tournament after entering as the sixth seed.\nIU begins Big Ten play Jan. 25 at home against Wisconsin.
(10/29/07 3:42am)
With two losses on the road this weekend, the IU women’s soccer team has dropped its last three Big Ten contests in what has been the only blemish in the team’s Big Ten season.\nNow, with a record of 12-4-2, 5-3-1 in Big Ten play, IU coach Mick Lyon said his team will likely receive a fourth or fifth seed in the Big Ten tournament.\n“What is important is that we find a way to get a ‘W’ in the next two games,” Lyon said. “You don’t get credit with selectors for the NCAA tournament by playing well and coming up short.”\nAnd Sunday against No. 13 Penn State the Hoosiers did play well, out-shooting the Nittany Lions 11-7, but they lost 2-1.\n“We were the stronger team in the first half, and an even stronger team in the second half,” Lyon said.\nThe first score of the game came in the 49th minute, as Penn State’s Katie Schoepfer blasted a shot past IU freshman goalkeeper Lauren Hollandsworth.\nThe goal was Schoepfer’s 10th of the season and tied her for a share of the lead in Big Ten goals with Ella Masar of Illinois and Purdue’s senior forward Parrissa Eyorokon. IU sophomore forward Kristin Arnold is near the top of the list with nine.\nIU’s only goal of the match came from senior forward Lindsay McCarthy in the 56th minute.\nMcCarthy caught a short misplayed pass by Penn State sophomore defender Maura Ryan from behind. McCarthy slid in and redirected the pass right in front of Nittany Lion sophomore goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher. The redirect trickled past the keeper and found the goal, McCarthy’s fourth of the season.\nSchoepfer’s 11th goal of the season put Penn State on top for good, as she moved atop the Big Ten in goals.\nThe shot came in the 68th minute and was just out of the reach of a diving Hollandsworth.\nOn Friday, the Hoosiers dropped another road game to Ohio State 1-0.\nThe game’s only goal came in the 73rd minute, as Ohio State’s Alex Burzynski lofted a shot over Hollandsworth’s head.\nThe Hoosiers’ best opportunity of the match came in the 21st minute, as Kristin Arnold peppered a shot from 30 yards out that banged off the crossbar and fell to the feet of IU freshman forward Leigh Anne Cummings. Her rebound sailed wide of the net.\nThe crossbar got in the way of another IU attempt a minute into second-half play. Arnold sent the ball in off of a corner to freshman forward Chloe McKay, whose shot rang off the bar and came down to the feet of sophomore forward Liz Holby, whose shot was broken up by the Ohio State defense.\nAgain, the Hoosiers out-shot their opponent, notching 14 shots to Ohio State’s 12.\n“We were so good,” Lyon said. “It’s a disappointing weekend not having two wins, but I can’t knock the ability and effort of the girls. It’s huge, just so good.”\nIU’s next game, at 4 p.m. Friday against rival Purdue in West Lafayette, will be its last of the regular season.\n“I’ll play anybody in the Big Ten, anybody in the NCAA tournament, and I think we will be in the game,” Lyon said. “We can play against anybody.”
(10/26/07 3:46am)
The IU men’s golf team looks to close out the fall season on a high note Monday and Tuesday at the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate in Greensboro, N.C. The team will hit the links at the Forest Oaks Country Club (par 72; 7,197 yards), a course recently redesigned by PGA Tour legend Davis Love III. It will be the team’s first competition since three weeks ago, when they placed third at the Windon Memorial Classic in Chicago.\nHosted by the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate will include 15 teams, 11 of which are ranked in the top 50 of GolfWeek’s rankings, including No. 22 Arkansas, No. 23 North Carolina and No. 27 Louisville. The 17th-ranked Hoosiers are the top-ranked team in the field.\nThe Bridgestone Collegiate will begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday morning. A total of 36 holes will be played, with the final round beginning at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
(10/26/07 3:44am)
The IU field hockey team lost a heartbreaker to Louisville 3-2 in overtime Thursday night.\nAt halftime, the game was scoreless despite Louisville’s 13 shots and nine penalty corners. The Hoosiers failed to record a shot or a penalty corner in the half.\nAlthough Louisville dominated most of the action, IU took advantage of two second-half penalty corners to take a 2-0 lead. Sophomore midfielder Meg O’Connell scored the first goal in the 38th minute on a rebound of junior back Danitra Castro’s penalty corner. Ten minutes later, senior midfielder Amanda Oyler added the second goal off another penalty corner.\nAfter IU’s two goals, Louisville continued to put the pressure on the Hoosiers. The Cardinals finally turned their chances into a goal, with a 63rd minute score on a penalty corner and added the game-tying goal off a penalty corner with only 20 seconds left in the game.\nRiding the momentum into the overtime period, Louisville scored the game-winner 45 seconds into overtime.\nLouisville recorded 25 shots and 19 penalty corners while IU notched four shots and three penalty corners.\nSenior goalkeeper Haley Exner was impressive all night recording 12 saves.
(10/26/07 3:35am)
PARIS – The Tour de France will have revamped rules and a slightly less mountainous but hopefully more exciting course in 2008, organizers announced Thursday, looking to inject fresh enthusiasm into cycling’s doping-battered showcase race.\nAfter the drug problems of the past two Tours, riders will cross a geographical high in 2008, scaling Europe’s highest mountain pass – the 9,193-foot Col de la Bonette-Restefond. Last climbed by the Tour in 1993, it is one of 19 major mountain passes that riders will face, two fewer than in this year’s race.\nAnd for the first time since 1966, the race will start with a full road stage – 121 miles from Brest to Plumelec in Brittany – instead of an opening individual time-trial race against the clock that had become traditional. The goal is to give more riders, and not just time-trial experts, the chance to compete for the race lead and its coveted yellow jersey from the very start.\nAdding further unpredictability to the mix, organizers have done away with time bonuses that were awarded to the fastest finishers each day and those who were among the first at other fixed points along the route. That rule change, especially in the high mountains which often open up large time gaps between riders, could lead to a tighter and more suspenseful and open Tour.\nThe July 5 - 27 Tour will cover 2,200 miles, with 21 stages and two rest days. The first of two time trials will come on Day 4. The second comes on the penultimate day, to fix the finishing order before the race concludes with its habitual processional final ride to the Champs-Elysees in Paris, when the winner often sips champagne in the saddle as he rides.\n“The idea was really to break the classic scenarios,” Tour director Christian Prudhomme said. “I am convinced that cycling will rediscover its romanticism that made it a legend.”\nIt needs to. Drug scandals have pushed the sport into crisis, denting sponsors’ enthusiasm and television viewership. The 2006 Tour winner, Floyd Landis, was stripped of the title for failing a doping test. This year’s edition was a doping debacle, with race leader Michael Rasmussen sent home for skipping drug tests and favorite Alexandre Vinokourov testing positive for a banned blood transfusion.\nCycling has responded with new anti-doping measures announced this week.\nPrudhomme said it was “inconceivable” that any rider would be allowed to start next year without signing on to perhaps the most important measure – a series of tests that will allow drug-testers to build a blood profile for each athlete. If follow-up tests show significant changes to that profile – which could be caused by drug use – riders could be barred from racing.\nPrudhomme called the program “a real progress in the fight against doping.”\n“We’re setting off with good hope,” said Jean-Francois Pescheux, another senior Tour official. “We have to because otherwise cycling is heading for catastrophe. If the 2008 season is a repeat of 2007 and 2006 it’s the end of cycling and I think everyone is aware of that.”
(10/26/07 3:34am)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Defensive tackle Corey Simon retired from the NFL on Thursday after trying to resume his career with the Tennessee Titans, saying practice and games started wearing on his body again.\nSimon, who was sidelined by Indianapolis last year on the non-football illness/injury list, confirmed that he had dealt with polyarthritis in 2006. He signed with Tennessee on Aug. 28 and played in four of the Titans’ six games.\nBut recovering from each game and practice finally became too much for the 30-year-old.\n“It’s just been a struggle, especially the last couple weeks, just getting my body to recover after every practice to go out there and do it,” he said. “I hurt every day. This is something I love to do, and I tried to push it as long as I could.\n“My body was just telling me it’s time to let it go and move onto something else.”\nSimon, who won a national title at Florida State, was the sixth overall pick in the 2000 draft by Philadelphia. He played five seasons there and 13 games for Indianapolis in 2005, registering 32 career sacks and 312 tackles.\nCoach Jeff Fisher said Simon met with him Wednesday to discuss the decision, and the veteran would be missed.\n“I’ve got kind of a fond place in my heart for Corey considering what he’s been through the past couple years and what he brought to this team, the locker room and special teams and the defensive line,” Fisher said.\nSimon had one tackle and one quarterback pressure this season. The Titans had signed the 6-foot-2, 320-pound tackle looking to add depth to their defensive line.\nBut the unit that ranked last in the NFL in 2006 in yards allowed has been healthy this season. The Titans have had only one game when they’ve spent more than 30 minutes on defense, allowing tackle Albert Haynesworth to play more with Tony Brown and Randy Starks.\nFisher said Simon’s spot on the roster will be filled, but thanks to a healthy defensive line, the Titans aren’t in a hurry. Grady Jackson, released Tuesday by Atlanta, has been mentioned as a possible replacement.\n“We’re going to look and see what our options are,” Fisher said.\nHaynesworth said Simon, a Pro Bowl selection in 2003, will be remembered for the disruptive tackle he was with the Colts and in Philadelphia.\n“He’s been playing for a long time. This is what he loves. This is his job,” Haynesworth said. “For him to come to that in his mind that he has to give it up, I mean, it’s very hard. I don’t know if I could do that.”\nHis teammates didn’t know Simon had been contemplating retirement.\n“A lot of people think your rookie season is your toughest one, the first one in the game,” linebacker David Thornton said. “Probably that season of walking away from the game is even tougher.”\nSimon said his immediate plans are to remain in Nashville with his family. He is part-owner of an insurance company in Florida, but said he wasn’t yet ready for an office job.\nHe hopes he’ll find a way to deal with his polyarthritis.\n“I hope we can get this thing figured out and get it under wraps and move forward with my life,” Simon said. “I’d hate to have to deal with this the rest of my life.”
