IU hopes to crack top 10 at NCAA championships
The IU women’s swimming and diving team has bested every challenge placed before it this year, completing an undefeated dual-meet season and claiming its first Big Ten championship since 2003.
The IU women’s swimming and diving team has bested every challenge placed before it this year, completing an undefeated dual-meet season and claiming its first Big Ten championship since 2003.
Less than a week after having its games against Ohio and Southern Illinois canceled because of the threat of extreme cold weather in Carbondale, Ill., the IU softball team will get to compete in the sun when they travel to Clearwater, Fla., for the Adidas Invitational today.
CHICAGO – After spending a day indoors quizzing Chicago officials about their bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, a U.S. Olympic Committee inspection team began exploring the city Wednesday to see where some of the events would be held.
In its first home game of the season, the IU baseball team gave its fans plenty to cheer about on a brisk March afternoon. Playing without freshman left fielder Kipp Schutz, who sustained a broken collarbone during Tuesday’s 5-3 loss to Indiana State, the Hoosiers (4-4) evened their record back to .500 with a 6-0 win against in-state rival Butler (3-5), Wednesday.
While some championship game halftimes feature acrobatics, dance routines or wardrobe malfunctions, the halftimes of the intramural basketball championship games instead gave students an opportunity to show off their 3-point-shooting talents.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest slapped a woman’s face and grabbed her repeatedly, causing visible injuries, according to a sheriff’s report made public Tuesday. Artest was arrested Monday after a woman inside his home in a Sacramento suburb called 911 and said she had been assaulted.
March Madness is upon us, and although the IU men’s and women’s basketball teams won’t be finishing their seasons at Assembly Hall, several other IU students saw their amateur careers come to an end there this past Sunday and Monday evenings.
Playing its fourth game in five days, the IU baseball team lost 5-3 at in-state rival Indiana State on Tuesday afternoon.
After playing its first six games in the relatively warm weather of Memphis, Tenn., and Dothan, Ala., the IU baseball team heads to Indiana State today to compete in the slightly cooler temperature of Terre Haute. Fresh off a 4-2 win Sunday against Northern Iowa, the Hoosiers enter today’s contest against the Sycamores – a team that started the season with a 4-1 record and averages almost eight runs per game.
The weather in Carbondale, Ill., may have been too cold to play in, but the Hoosiers’ offense heated up at just the right time. Sophomore infielder Stephanie Pellerito hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, as the Hoosiers (3-4) rallied for a 6-2 win Sunday against Ball State, splitting two games at the Kay Brechtelsbaur Southern Classic. The Hoosiers were defeated by Western Illinois by the same score Saturday.
PEORIA, Ariz. – Mark Prior’s return didn’t answer as many questions as it created. Prior, who missed most of last season because of injuries, started, allowed three earned runs and got just four outs before Chicago manager Lou Piniella pulled the Cubs’ former ace from Monday’s exhibition game against the Seattle Mariners.
MIAMI – Dwyane Wade’s dislocated left shoulder is so fragile there’s a risk of aggravating the injury when he sleeps. But come April, Wade figures he might be up to the rigors of the NBA playoffs. The All-Star guard said Monday he has decided to delay surgery and rehabilitate his shoulder with the goal of returning to help the Miami Heat defend their league title.
The IU men’s tennis team (8-4) could not come up with the doubles point and lost 6-1 to the Ohio State Buckeyes (12-1) this weekend in Columbus, Ohio.
IU coach Tracy Smith saw his team deliver a blowout, a heartbreaker and a pitcher’s gem – all in one weekend.
After ending the regular season with a loss, the IU wrestling team began postseason play with the Big Ten tournament this weekend after a two-week layoff and finished fifth.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Blood poured from his nose and onto his lip, chin and the court. The latest bruised face of college basketball’s nastiest rivalry belongs to North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough.
IU’s senior night is expected to be a celebration. On Saturday night, seniors Earl Calloway, Errek Suhr and Rod Wilmont – and the 17,315 at Assembly Hall – turned it into a party.
After a strong performance at the NCAA Zone C meet this weekend, the IU women’s diving squad put itself in a favorable position for next week’s NCAA championships.
The men’s and women’s track teams sent select members who were on the cusp of going to nationals to South Bend this weekend as a part of the Alex Wilson Invitational held at Notre Dame.
The IU women’s tennis team quickly expelled any chances it had of losing its Big Ten debut against Wisconsin on Saturday.