Hoosiers host Midwest Circuit of ITAs
Four members of the Indiana women's tennis team were in action this weekend at one of the regional events held by the ITA, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Four members of the Indiana women's tennis team were in action this weekend at one of the regional events held by the ITA, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
In America, track and field is largely ignored in a non-Olympic year, hiding behind the NFL, NBA, MLB and PGA. American track and field often focuses more on "the human side" than on the actual competition and the athletes. This is even more pronounced in distance running, and frustrates many serious runners and avid fans.
Awards, securing starting spots and pitching regularly. Despite these three accomplishments, IU baseball players feel they can still improve their game. Seniors Jay Brant, Clint Crosier and Ryan Parker, who all had a role in IU's season last year, are now staying in shape by playing in summer baseball leagues.
In preparation for a possible three-peat, many of IU's top players have joined The United Soccer's Premier Development League giving four of the league's 53 teams a bit of a Hoosier flavor.
Although he was thousands of miles away from Bloomington, the excitement of Lance Armstrong winning a seventh consecutive Tour de France was still very close to home Sunday. For cycling enthusiasts the Tour was a chance to cheer on one of their favorite cyclists and a USA hero.
PARIS -- Lance Armstrong closed out his amazing career with a seventh consecutive Tour de France victory Sunday -- and did it a little earlier than expected.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Unseeded Robby Ginepri defeated No. 4 seed Taylor Dent on Sunday to win the RCA Tennis Championships, and in the process, emerged as a potentially formidable U.S. threat on the world tennis scene.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Robby Ginepri defeated Taylor Dent 4-6, 6-0, 3-0 Sunday at the RCA Championships final, but Ginepri wasn't alone in handing out the defeat.
Former IU soccer standout and All-American Pat Noonan was selected as a MLS All-Star for the second consecutive season Thursday. Noonan, who plays for the New England Revolution, made the team as reserve forward, as he did in 2004.
PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- The Big Ten is making some changes to its bowl game lineup. The conference has reached a four-year deal that added the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., and the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fla., to the list of Big Ten bowl partners, starting in 2006. After this season, the Big Ten will drop the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, and the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn.
REVEL, France -- Lance Armstrong marked another milestone in his Tour de France career by claiming his 79th race leader's yellow jersey Wednesday in a stage won by teammate Paolo Savoldelli.
DETROIT -- Larry Brown is free to roam again. By letting him go, the Detroit Pistons are looking for their third coach in four seasons, and Flip Saunders is the leading candidate. The Pistons seemed to decide they weren't willing to look past Brown's wandering eye, though they enjoyed a pair of great seasons with him on the sideline. Weeks of negotiations and months of speculation ended -- finally -- on Tuesday night.
Former IU All-American Jeff Overton continues to pile on the accolades as he was selected to represent the United States in the Walker Cup Match Aug. 13 to 14.
When alumnus Adam Friedman left IU in May of 2004, he was taking a year off to decide what he wanted to do with his life. Now that he has taken 43rd in the No-Limit Texas Hold'em event at the 2005 World Series of Poker and won more than $235,000, he said what he plans to do may have nothing to do with that degree he got from the Kelley School of Business.
In a span of just five days, IU men's golf might have found a new face in senior Brad Marek. Marek made an impressive run into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in Lebanon, Ohio. Former All-American and recent IU graduate Jeff Overton saw his run end two rounds prior.
Editor's Note: Indiana Daily Student Senior Writer Rick Newkirk interviewed ESPN "bracketologist" Joe Lunardi via e-mail, asking him five questions about IU's NCAA Tournament fate. Lunardi is a weekly columnist on ESPN.com and regularly contributes to ESPN broadcasts regarding college basketball.
After the first season since 1919 to go by without a Stanley Cup Champion, the NHL finally has agreed to get back on the ice for the upcoming year. The head of the players and owners association met for 10 days in New York, determined to make sure the puck drops for the 2005-2006 season, and agreed to a new six-year labor agreement.
Senior IU guard Cyndi Valentin was selected to be a member of the Big Ten Foreign Tour Team, the conference office announced Thursday. Valentin will be one of 12 Big Ten players on the team, which is headed by Penn State coach Rene Portland. The tour begins July 17 in the Netherlands, and culminates on July 27 in Belgium. Valentin said she wasn't overly surprised that she made the team, since she knew that IU coach Sharon Versyp had nominated her.
INDIANAPOLIS -- One hundred twenty-nine of the world's best high school basketball players convened among banners of Michael Jordan, Ray Allen and other NBA superstars. The players gathered at the National Institute for Fitness and Sports at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis Tuesday through Saturday at the Nike All-American Camp in Indianapolis. The camp has produced hundreds of NBA stars such as Vince Carter, Allen Iverson and Chris Webber, and is considered one of the best in the nation.
The U.S. Under-20 soccer team was made up of many of the top college stars in the country, including two Hoosiers, junior Jacob Peterson and freshman Lee Nguyen. Although many think of 16-year-old D.C. United star and U-20 team member Freddy Adu as the young hot shot in soccer, there is another youngster who IU men's soccer coach Mike Freitag hopes is as good -- Nguyen.