Mexico defeats U.S. in World Cup quals
MEXICO CITY - When the final whistle blew that completed Mexico's 2-1 win over the United States, the huge crowd of about 110,000 in Azteca Stadium seemed both happy and relieved.
MEXICO CITY - When the final whistle blew that completed Mexico's 2-1 win over the United States, the huge crowd of about 110,000 in Azteca Stadium seemed both happy and relieved.
It's hard to improve upon winning the pole position and the Little 500 in 2004, but Kappa Kappa Gamma already managed to find a way. Saturday, Kappa seized the pole position again, but this time they proceeded to set the track record in the process.
Austin Regional: Michigan State 94, Kentucky 88 Michigan State overcame Patrick Sparks' 3-point prayer at the end of regulation and ousted Kentucky 94-88 in double overtime to win the Austin Regional and advance to the Final Four.
Everything is coming up roses for the Hoosiers' young season so far. In tight races with George Washington University on an ungracious Potomac River, the IU women's rowing boat Varsity 8 set a school record of 7-0 and the Varsity 4 boat got off to 1-0 start on Saturday in the nation's capital.
The No. 13-ranked Hoosiers may have seemed to take a small step back with a 16th-place finish in the 2005 NCAA Championships. But ask the team and the members will tell you their finish in Minneapolis was certainly a small step forward toward a brighter future.
Like a broken record, the No. 43 Hoosiers again slipped past No. 61 Purdue and No. 51 Illinois in this weekend's 4-3 road wins. Last year, IU beat both teams the same way -- with 4-3 victories.
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Deron Williams looked up at the scoreboard, frowned and shook his head. Down 15 with only four minutes to go, Illinois' season of triumph was about to slip away. All those victories, that near-perfect record, a path to the Final Four that seemed tailor-made for the Illini -- none of it would matter.
A trip that was supposed to feature three games in three days only featured one, due to a rain cancellation on Friday. Instead, IU split a doubleheader Saturday against Longwood University in Farmville, Va. The Hoosiers won the first game 10-4 and then lost the second 4-1, pushing their overall record to 13-5 this season.
Thanks to Mother Nature, only a handful of IU's track and field athletes saw action this weekend. The IU squad split, sending a small contingent of distance runners to the Stanford Invitation and the rest to the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla.
CHICAGO --Eddy Curry scored a season-high 27 points and the Chicago Bulls won their fifth straight game, beating the Indiana Pacers 100-96 on Saturday night.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - And to think it used to take only two days to play 72 holes of championship golf. The Players Championship turned into a wet, controversial mess Sunday when yet another round of storms all but promised to extend the PGA Tour's most prestigious event into six days, most of that spent indoors.
Saturday had all the makings of a traditional Little 500 qualifications afternoon; the weather was gloomy and cool, crowds of fans sporadically showed up to Bill Armstrong Stadium to cheer on their favorite team and the usual suspects -- Alpha Tau Omega, Cutters and Phi Gamma Delta -- all finished in the top five.
Dane Fife, IU men's basketball administrative assistant and former player, accepted the head coaching position at IU-Purdue Fort Wayne Thursday after an announcement by IPFW's athletics director.
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Standing at midcourt, Deron Williams and Dee Brown grinned at each other and slapped hands. It's tough enough stopping one of Illinois' standout guards when he's having a good night. Make it two, and that's just not a fair fight.
On the basketball court, 6 feet, 7 inches doesn't usually raise eyebrows. However 6 feet, 7 inches on the football field is something that makes red-shirt freshman wide receiver James Hardy stand out amongst crowd.
For the IU men's tennis team, it's time to end an unpopular streak. The past nine times the Hoosiers have faced their archrival Purdue, the Boilermakers have come away with a win. IU will look to end that stint Saturday when it plays host to Purdue at 2 p.m. at the IU Varsity Tennis Courts.
Anyone who has been watching the NCAA basketball tournament has seen the commercial saying, "There are 360,000 NCAA student-athletes, and just about all of us will be going pro in something other than sports."
The Hoosiers cruised home from the Palmetto State in high tide, after their season-opening win at Clemson. In its ebb, they found a message that was no SOS.
After coming off a tournament in Bradenton, Fla. -- where IU won six of seven games -- the 12-4 Hoosiers will travel this weekend to Farmville, Va. to play a three game set against Longwood University.
Normally when a sports team competes it competes as a single unit; however, this is not the case this weekend for IU Women's Track and Field. This weekend, the IU squad will split apart and compete at two different venues for two different meets.