Hoosiers finish well at NCAA's
The Indiana men's track and field team earned its best finish in 13 years in 15th place at the 2006 NCAA Track and Field Championships.
The Indiana men's track and field team earned its best finish in 13 years in 15th place at the 2006 NCAA Track and Field Championships.
Each year the IU men's soccer team invites some of the best teams college soccer has to offer to Bloomington for the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic. This year's field lives up to the Classic's reputation with three ranked teams taking the pitch this weekend at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Former University of Illinois students who portrayed Chief Illiniwek are concerned about a new report of the tradition's imminent demise and may pull out of discussions about the Chief's future if it already is a "foregone conclusion," a former Chief said Thursday.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Chicago Heights Bloom Athletics Director Joe Reda says it's time steroid testing trickles down from big-league and college sports to Illinois high schools, but weeding out cheaters is the least of his worries. "My opinion on cheating or not cheating is that I don't have one. But when kids feel the pressure to alter their bodies at such an impressionable age, it's just not a good situation. It's about health, not competition," said Reda, who heads sports programs at the 3,500-student school.
Sometimes sports can be all about luck. Last year the women's cross country team had what some would call a lack thereof.
Home-court advantage? For the IU women's volleyball team, try new court advantage.
Thirty-eight shots. One goal. That was the story last weekend for the IU women's soccer team, which dropped two matches in the Wisconsin Tournament against the University of California and Creighton University. In preparation for this weekend's games against two Big 12 opponents, the Hoosiers are trying to focus more on the positive aspect of those 38 attempted shots.
OXFORD, Ohio -- While speakers on a makeshift stage behind the end zone told stories about Randy Walker's playing and coaching career, a kicker's warm-up try left the field and landed nearby, punctuating the speechmaking with a loud thump. The perfect touch.
After a 4-7 finish last season -- which included a six-game losing streak to close out the campaign -- IU coach Terry Hoeppner is just ready to move on to the 2006 season.
Welcome to the Terry Hoeppner Experience, season two. For Saturday's home opener against Western Michigan, fans are advised to buy a program -- because the 2006 IU football team bears little resemblance to the 2005 squad that finished 4-7.
Here's a bargain for a frustrated Duke University football fan: For $50, you can own the Web site where the name says it all -- FireTedRoof.com. That's a steal. Similar sites calling for the dismissals of Bill Callahan at University ofNebraska or Sylvester Croom at Mississippi State University are five times as expensive.
LOS ANGELES -- University of Southern California basketball player Brynn Cameron will miss the upcoming season because she is expecting a baby with Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart, according to her father. Cameron is due to deliver a boy in November, Stan Cameron told the Ventura County Star for Wednesday's editions. Cameron, a 20-year-old junior guard, and Leinart dated while he attended USC. He graduated in December and was drafted by the Cardinals in April. Asked Wednesday about Cameron, Leinart said, "I'm not going to comment." In the past, he has declined comment on other personal information.
LAS VEGAS -- Some crowded around the ring with cell phone cameras in hand. Others sat at a bar not 20 feet away drinking beer. Still others ignored it all and smoked cigarettes and played slot machines.
PITTSBURGH -- Freddy Sanchez and Jason Bay are among the few Pittsburgh Pirates with something tangible to achieve in September. They hope it's not too long until the entire club is playing for something in the final full month of the season.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Antoine Bethea made his first impression on the Indianapolis Colts count. Now he wants to make it last.
The old pictures and shelves are gone, leaving only a fresh coat of paint. Coach John Danowski figured his office was a good place to start the makeover of the Duke men's lacrosse program.
As the United States was rolling through play in the world championships, Dwyane Wade couldn't help but notice that something seemed missing. "No booing," he said.
Delmon Young made his major league debut Tuesday night for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, two months after serving a 50-game suspension in the minors for throwing his bat at an umpire.
The start of play was delayed 3 1/2 hours, giving sleepy-eyed fans extra time to recover after watching Andre Agassi finish off his first-round win at 12:30 a.m. EDT.
Two Indiana University trustees who investigated Bob Knight were acting as attorneys and do not have to reveal details that led to the firing of the former basketball coach, a judge ruled Tuesday.