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Club overcomes obstacles, thrives

By Alyssa Goldman · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:46 p.m.

Senior Lizzie Millis has been skating since she was four years old and has been skating competitively since she was seven years old. Even though Millis had a lot of skating experience, the vice president of IU’s intercollegiate skating team had never competed in synchronized skating prior to coming to IU. “In synchronized skating, you need to have a different mind-set,” Millis said. “It was difficult for me to rely on people. I am not a huge team sports person. If someone is doing something wrong, you can’t control it ... you have to get along with people. You don’t want to nag.”

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‘Unmistakable bias’ in hiring

By Steve Herman · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:42 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Minorities are getting more interviews but aren’t getting enough college football jobs, according to the Black Coaches and Administrators. Almost a third of the candidates interviewed last year were minorities, said a study released Wednesday by the group, but only four were hired for 31 head coach openings in Division I football. The recent firings of Ty Willingham at Washington and Ron Prince at Kansas State – efective the end of the season – left the Bowl Subdivision, the NCAA’s top division, with only four black head coaches, plus one Latino and one Pacific Islander.

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Perfect 10

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:42 p.m.

As poor college students, we always look for the biggest bang for our buck. As poor college students who are diehard sports fans, finding a good steal to satisfy your sporting needs can be difficult. It’s hard for so many reasons. It’s hard because HDTV is expensive. It’s hard because there are no professional teams in Bloomington and the major IU athletic teams – that’s basketball and football for those wondering – are in minor slumps. But most importantly, it is hard because of ticket prices.

Jimmie Johnson leads a group into turn two during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 race Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. Johnson, who is leading by 141 points with one race to go, is widely expected to win his third-straight championship.

Johnson solidifies Trifecta in Phoenix

By Geoffrey Miller · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:39 p.m.

Carl Edwards had all the momentum he needed to unseat two-time defending Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson after winning two weeks ago at Texas Motor Speedway. Not so fast, Johnson said, as the driver from El Cajon, Calif., scored the pole, led the most laps and won convincingly Sunday evening at Phoenix International Raceway. In doing so, Johnson squashed nearly any chance Edwards had at an upset title shot. By the numbers, Edwards fell from a 106-point deficit to a 141-point deficit – meaning Johnson only has to finish 39th or better Sunday afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway to clinch the season points championship. It’s been nearly six months since Johnson has finished so poorly.

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Brawled out, IU club hockey zones on games

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:36 p.m.

With the tumult of last Friday’s brawl at the Frank Southern Ice Arena behind them, the IU club hockey team will get back three of their four players who were suspended last week. Tyler Bohman, Sal Calace and Travis Montembeault will be back after sitting out last Saturday’s game against Wright State. Junior Adam Logue was suspended three games for excessive roughness and still has to sit out both of the team’s home games this weekend. Defenseman Casey Christensen is confident as his team hosts Ferris State, despite the fact the Hoosiers are still looking for their first Great Midwest Hockey League win this season.

Junior midfielder Kevin Alston passes the ball off past a Northwestern defender Friday night at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Hoosiers defeated the Wildcats 2-0.

IU men's soccer conference tournament kicks off

By Zina Kumok · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:35 p.m.

The end is near. After a 2-0 drubbing of No. 11 Northwestern, IU will head to Madison, Wisc., to take on Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament, the final stop before the NCAA tournament. While only posting a 3-3 conference record, the No. 3 seeded Hoosiers hope to justify themselves as one of the nation’s top teams.

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IU grad brings the ‘cheeseburgers-and-bus league’ to Bloomington

By Tom Kirby · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 12:13 a.m.

After IU’s 72-54 victory against Bemidji State, IU coach Tom Crean talked about the importance of his team playing with energy – something the Hoosiers will prepare for before their regular season opener. Conversely, Bemidji State coach Matt Bowen talked about preparing for the 16-hour bus ride home awaiting his team tomorrow.

IU freshman guard Daniel Moore goes up for a layup after stealing the ball from a Bemidji State player during a game Tuesday night at Assembly Hall. Moore had five points in IU's 72-54 win.

Hoosiers bailed out by bench in team’s final exhibition game

By Matt Dollinger · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 12:11 a.m.

Their regular season doesn’t begin until Saturday, but the Hoosiers have already had to grind out a win at home. With their starters off-key in the team’s final tune-up, IU needed a second-half run and a strong showing from its bench to pull away from Division II school Bemidji State, eventually winning 72-54.

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Calzaghe likely gives Jr.’s last career loss

By Bryan Payton · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:25 a.m.

It was round one and Joe Calzaghe was lying on the canvas. He was no stranger to this situation, as he had been here before in his recent fight against Bernard Hopkins. This time, stunned by a Roy Jones Jr. uppercut, many wondered if the rest of the script would go differently for Calzaghe than it did against Hopkins. In that fight, he went on to dominate Hopkins, one of the biggest names in boxing. Though, in round one against Jones, he looked like a slow, 36-year-old boxer with diminished skills.

Freshman forward Tom Pritchard goes up for a dunk during IU's 103-71 victory over Anderson on Saturday at Assembly Hall.

Quiet big man speaks loudly when needed

By Matt Dollinger · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:23 a.m.

If silence is golden, then Tom Pritchard is worth billions. The freshman forward is so quiet that IU coach Tom Crean implemented a new team rule earlier this fall. If Pritchard doesn’t yell after he dunks, everyone has to run. Everyone.

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IU club hockey sweeps Wright State in brawl-filled weekend

By Tyler James Perry · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:23 a.m.

The fans who packed Friday’s game picked a good night to experience IU hockey. The biggest crowd of the season witnessed the most intense fighting of the fall, including a near bench-clearing brawl at the end of regulation. Tension between the two teams escalated the entire night, finally coming to a head late in the third period. With the Hoosiers leading 3-2 a few minutes before the end of regulation, an interference penalty was called on IU, putting them at a disadvantage. Wright State managed a game-tying goal on a power play, sending the contest into overtime. As the buzzer blared at Frank Southern Ice Arena to summon the end of regulation, a nasty fight broke out between the two teams. The officials were unable to break it up for several minutes. Then the goalies came in.

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Exhibitions don’t offer much more a than back-slap

By Zachary Osterman · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:22 a.m.

I was sitting in Jimmy John’s some weeks ago when my Blackberry buzzed to let me know I had an e-mail. Upon opening said electronic message, I read that IU would take on Bemidji State in men’s basketball during the exhibition season, and I quite literally thought, “Seriously? That doesn’t sound like a real school.” And yet, as often happens when I know I’m right, I was wrong.

Tom Pritchard, left, and Daniel Moore wait to enter the game during IU's 103-71 win over Anderson on Friday at Assembly Hall.

IU looking to tame the Beavers

By Tom Kirby · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2008 12:20 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team will play one last exhibition game tonight before its first regular-season game Saturday. The Hoosiers play host to Division II Bemidji State at 7 p.m. and hope to improve in all areas from their first exhibition victory on Friday against Anderson. Bemidji State, led by coach and IU alumnus Matt Bowen, struggled last season, finishing 6-21 and just 1-11 on the road. The last time the Beavers competed against a Big Ten opponent was in 2006, when they were drubbed by Minnesota 88-32 in an exhibition game. Despite the 103-71 blowout win against Anderson, IU coach Tom Crean insists his team can, and needs to, progress in many aspects before the regular season. One area Crean is looking for improvement in is the young team’s communication on both ends of the floor. “We’ve still got to learn that talking – the communication on both ends – is absolutely paramount on both ends,” Crean said.

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IU women's tennis team strong in home invitational

By Lauren Savitskas · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:43 a.m.

The IU women’s tennis team concluded play for the fall with its second home tournament this year Sunday. The Indiana Invitational brought DePaul, Western Michigan and Wisconsin to the IU Tennis Center to showcase their skills. IU coach Lin Loring said his team had been working on movement during the past two weeks, which seemed to pay off in the results of the tournament. The first day of competition started Friday with singles matches against Wisconsin. IU senior Sigrid Fischer had the most exciting match of the tournament when she faced Angela Chupa of Wisconsin. Fischer lost the first set 4-6, won the second 6-2 and won the tiebreaker 13-11.

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Nothing but a one-half wonder

By Dave Leno · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:41 a.m.

Thirty minutes of hard-nosed, gut-wrenching football simply doesn’t cut it. Not against a non-conference opponent, not against a Big Ten enemy and certainly not on the FBS stage. Since Michigan State’s week four shellacking of the Hoosiers, IU coach Bill Lynch has often repeated the Hoosiers “need to play two halves of football.” Fast-forward six weeks to Wisconsin’s 55-20 manhandling and Lynch’s order remains MIA. “(After halftime) it was such a turn of events,” safety Brandon Mosley said following his team’s fifth conference loss, this one on senior day. “We’ve made a lot of mental mistakes. And as you can tell, mental mistakes can cost you the game.”

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IU volleyball team suffers costly loss to Michigan State

By Ari Shifron · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:40 a.m.

What appeared to be a winnable match in the IU volleyball team’s quest to make the NCAA Tournament turned out to be anything but Saturday. On paper, Michigan State appeared to be one of the easier matches the Hoosiers had left, as the Spartans came in with a 4-9 Big Ten record and losers of seven of their last eight games. The Hoosiers, meanwhile, came in as winners of four out of their five previous matches, putting themselves back into postseason contention.

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