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Lance Armstrong wins fifth championship title

By John Leicester · Sunday, July 27,2003 9:43 p.m.

PARIS -- Sipping champagne to celebrate, Lance Armstrong won his hardest but sweetest Tour de France title Sunday, a record-tying fifth straight victory that places him alongside the greatest cyclists ever. The 31-year-old Texan and Spanish great Miguel Indurain are now the only two riders to win the sport's most grueling and prestigious race five times in a row, a record Armstrong plans to break next year.

Records broken at swim meet

By Jay Paslay · Sunday, July 27,2003 9:42 p.m.

The 2003 Speedo Champions Series featured 551 swimmers and 85 teams this weekend at the Student Recreational Sports Center. Olympic qualifying times were broken in the event by three different swimmers in four separate events. Nick Cenci, 20, and Alyssa Kiel, 16, broke the Olympic qualifying times in the men's 200-meter butterfly and the women's 400-meter individual medley, respectively.

Matt LoVecchio on preseason list for award

Sunday, July 27,2003 9:41 p.m.

Entering his first season in a Hoosier uniform, junior Matt LoVecchio is going to have a lot of eyes watching him after his successful two-year stint at Notre Dame. Now there's another set watching him -- The Davey O'Brien Foundation. The foundation awards the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award to the top quarterback in the country, and LoVecchio has been listed as a preseason favorite for the award.

Crocker sets world record

By Stephen Wade · Sunday, July 27,2003 9:41 p.m.

BARCELONA, Spain -- Ian Crocker looked at the clock and thought there was a big mistake. No mistake. Crocker, not U.S. teammate Michael Phelps, set a world record Saturday in the 100-meter butterfly finals at the World Swimming Championships. When a startled Crocker saw his time, he shouted "what," gave a palms-up shrug of disbelief, then embraced Phelps across the lane ropes.

Waco police search for missing player's body

By Angela K Brown · Wednesday, July 23,2003 9:58 p.m.

WACO, Texas -- Despite a day of fruitless searching for missing Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy, police expect to find his body based on information from his former teammate, who is charged with his murder.

'Visable evidence apparent' in alleged attack

By Colleen Slevin · Wednesday, July 23,2003 9:56 p.m.

EAGLE, Colo. -- The 19-year-old woman who accused Kobe Bryant of sexually assaulting her had "visible evidence" of the alleged attack a week later, one of her friends said Tuesday. Luke Bray declined to be more specific out of respect for his friend and her family.

Hamilton gets his first stage win with broken collarbone

By John Leicester · Wednesday, July 23,2003 9:53 p.m.

BAYONNE, France -- Riding with the pain of a broken collarbone, veteran American racer Tyler Hamilton won his first ever stage in the Tour de France on Wednesday after a brave solo breakaway effort.

Summer Splash Tour comes to Bloomington

By Dan Patrick · Wednesday, July 23,2003 9:52 p.m.

Visitors to the Student Recreational Sports Center this weekend will have a chance to watch some fast-paced swimming and possibly win a trip to the Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Fla.

IU nabs highly ranked recruits for '04

By Zack Eldridge · Wednesday, July 23,2003 9:50 p.m.

In an attempt to solidify its success in the future, IU has garnered a very talented recruiting class for 2004-05. The headliners of that class are D.J. White, a 6-foot-8-inch, 233-pound forward from Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Josh Smith, a 6-foot-9-inch power forward, who played at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Ga., last season. White, who made his intentions clear while playing at the Nike All-America Camp in Indianapolis, is considered by many recruiting services to be one of the top 10 players in the class of 2004.

Armstrong keeps Tour lead, but rivals near

By John Leiceister · Sunday, July 20,2003 9:57 p.m.

LOUDENVIELLE-LE LOURON, France -- Lance Armstrong kept his slender lead in the Tour de France on Sunday, still unhappy with his riding as two key rivals shadow him in the Pyrenees.

Curtis a surprise winner at British Open

By Doug Ferguson · Sunday, July 20,2003 9:56 p.m.

SANDWICH, England -- A wacky week at the British Open held one final surprise, and it was the biggest of them all: Ben Curtis holding the claret jug. An unknown PGA Tour rookie in his first major championship, Curtis outlasted Tiger Woods and a collection of All-Stars for perhaps the most stunning conclusion to a Grand Slam event in 90 years.

Hoosier holds her own

Sunday, July 20,2003 9:54 p.m.

Just a few months removed from her IU graduation, former Hoosier women's swimming and diving star Sara Hildebrand had an impressive weekend at the FINA World Diving Championships this weekend. The former Olympian finished in sixth place in the 3-meter springboard event and placed third in the 3-meter synchronized event preliminaries with IU junior Cassandra Cardinell.

Lakers sign Malone, Payton to contracts

By John Nadel · Wednesday, July 16,2003 8:49 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- True to their word, future Hall of Famers Karl Malone and Gary Payton signed contracts with the Los Angeles Lakers. And they did so at just about the earliest possible moment. Team spokesman John Black said Malone and Payton, who verbally committed to join the Lakers at discount prices last week, signed shortly after midnight EDT on Wednesday.

The hardest still to come for Armstrong

By Jerome Pugmire · Wednesday, July 16,2003 8:48 p.m.

MARSEILLE, France -- Ahead of the pack at the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong can't help but peek over his shoulder. The four-time champion held the overall lead by a handful of seconds following Tuesday's 10th stage. He is by no means clear of the chasing pack just a few days before Friday's individual time trials.

Dream bullpen can't close out game

By Nancy Armour · Wednesday, July 16,2003 8:46 p.m.

CHICAGO -- With a three-run lead and Billy Wagner, John Smoltz and Eric Gagne in the bullpen, the National League figured this All-Star game was pretty well wrapped up. "It's a pretty neat feeling," Smoltz said. "You feel pretty much armed. That whole staff, that's something undescribable. In a normal situation, you don't have that kind of ammunition." But this time, that overpowering arsenal misfired. Wagner allowed a solo homer to Jason Giambi in the seventh inning, and Gagne gave up three runs, including a pinch-hit, two-run homer to Hank Blalock, in the eighth as the American League rallied for a 7-6 victory Tuesday night. "I'll take the blame for the National League," Gagne said. "Sorry, but that's the way it is if you want to be a closer." But this was hardly the performance NL manager Dusty Baker expected when he put together his pitching staff. Smoltz (34), Gagne (31) and Wagner (25) lead the NL in saves, and Gagne has converted 39 consecutive saves going back to last season. From May 31 to June 13, he retired 24 straight batters.

Men's head coach retires

By Rob DeWitte · Wednesday, July 16,2003 8:46 p.m.

"Forty-three years -- it's a long time." After 21 years of service to IU's track and field teams and 22 more spent coaching high school track and cross country in Illinois and Indiana, men's head coach Marshall Goss has decided to retire from coaching.

Armstrong takes overall lead in Tour de France

By John Leicester · Sunday, July 13,2003 9:19 p.m.

L'ALPE D'HUEZ, France - Lance Armstrong took the overall leader's yellow jersey for the first time in the Tour de France after finishing third in the second mountain stage of the race Sunday. Iban Mayo of Spain dominated a battle with Armstrong and other chasing riders on the legendary L'Alpe d'Huez climb, powering up the 8.5-mile ascent and its 21 hairpin bends to win the eighth stage.

Bird already starting to sound like man in charge

By Michael Marot · Sunday, July 13,2003 8:59 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - When Larry Bird watched the Indiana Pacers last year, he could tell something wasn't right. Bird didn't take long to start making evaluations or sounding like one of the league's key decision-makers after being named the Pacers' president of basketball operations. "I think they've got a lot of talent on this team," he said. "I don't know about the chemistry." Bird acknowledged Friday that he has much to learn about this team, one that hardly resembles the veteran-laden roster he left behind after leading the Pacers to the 2000 NBA Finals. The Pacers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in his final season as coach.

All-Star game puts 'The Cell' in spotlight

By Nancy Armour · Sunday, July 13,2003 8:53 p.m.

CHICAGO -- The last time U.S. Cellular Field was in the spotlight, yet another unruly fan had gone after someone on the field like it was WWE Day at the ballpark. This one grabbed an umpire around the waist. Seven months earlier, a father-and-son tag-team had taken down a Kansas City Royals coach.

A marathon journey

By Zack Eldridge · Wednesday, July 9,2003 9:50 p.m.

Not long ago, Amie Dworecki was forced to give up running competitively because of bad knees. Her doctor advised her to stop running long distances.

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