Todd Yeagley
IU assistant coach Todd Yeagley scans the sidelines shortly before halftime of IU’s 4-2 win against Butler on Oct. 24, 2006. Todd played on the IU men’s team from 1991-1994 under his father, legendary coach Jerry Yeagley.
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IU assistant coach Todd Yeagley scans the sidelines shortly before halftime of IU’s 4-2 win against Butler on Oct. 24, 2006. Todd played on the IU men’s team from 1991-1994 under his father, legendary coach Jerry Yeagley.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – Helio Castroneves was facing jail time five weeks ago, but on Sunday, he was face to face with a jug of milk. Castroneves won the 93rd Indianapolis 500, becoming the first foreign-born driver to win three titles. Seconds after taking a gulp of milk, Castroneves broke down in tears in Victory Lane. “I think my tears speak for everything,” said Castroneves, who was acquitted on a multiple tax evasion charges in April. The pole-sitter led the last 58 laps and cruised away from second-place finisher Dan Wheldon after a late caution to win the race, run 100 years after the founding of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909. “As soon as I got to the lead, boom,” Castroneves said. Once the green flag waved at the start of Lap 182, Wheldon and Danica Patrick fought for the No. 2 spot as the Brazilian drove away. “I just didn’t have enough for Helio at the end … There’s nothing more we could have done,” Wheldon said, adding that even under ideal conditions he would not have been able to reel in Castroneves. The No. 3 Penske car finished nearly two seconds faster than Wheldon. Patrick finished third, her best finish in the Indy 500. “I was just running flat out all the way around,” Patrick said, “which I’m happy with because it didn’t happen too much in practice.” The race featured eight cautions, including one that started on the first lap when 20-year-old Mario Moraes ran into 22-year-old Marco Andretti between Turn 1 and Turn 2. Despite the family’s strong IndyCar tradition, it has been 40 years since an Andretti has crossed the finish line first at the Brickyard. Last year’s runner up Vitor Meira fractured two vertebrae in his lower back after a frightening collision with rookie driver Raphael Matos on Lap 174 – leading to the final caution of the day. Wheldon and Patrick could only praise Castroneves for his win. “The guy’s won his third Indy 500, which is no mean feat,” said Wheldon, who won the race in 2005. For Castroneves, the win was cathartic. Seconds after crossing over the bricks to win, Castroneves emoted over his team’s radio “Thank you. Thank you, God. Thank you.” “That was a very special moment, the celebrating lap,” Castroneves said. Once he stopped on the frontstretch, he quickly moved past a couple security officials to climb the security fence, his patented celebration. And then there was the moment in Victory Lane. “Inside, he’s tough as nails,” said team owner Roger Penske. “And he had to be to go through what he went through.” A couple months ago it was uncertain whether Castroneves could race at all. Castroneves faced six counts relating to tax evasion, stemming from his contract with Penske Racing and a sponsorship deal with a Brazilian company. Castroneves faced more than six years in prison, but after Sunday’s win Penske said he was confident his driver would be exonerated. “We never ever were going to leave his side,” Penske said. “I think it’s worked out.” In Victory Lane, Castroneves thanked Penske for “giving (him his) life back.” “This is the best month of May ever,” Castroneves said. “Wow. Three, I can’t believe it.”
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Just seconds after taking a gulp from the victor's bottle of milk, Helio Castroneves broke down in tears in front of the Borg-Warner Trophy. "I think my tears speak for everything," he said during an interview with ABC. Castroneves won his third Indy 500 only weeks after being exonerated on federal tax evasion charges. "You gave me my life back," Castroneves told team owner Roger Penske. Castroneves gained a sizeable lead after a late restart and was untouchable for the last 13 laps. Second-place finisher Dan Wheldon and third-place finisher Danica Patrick battled for the No. 2 position after the restart, which only helped Castroneves build on his lead. "Thank you," Castroneves yelled through his team radio shortly after crossing the bricks. "Thank you, God. Thank you."Below is a recap of the race from finish to start. Check back later for more updates. --FinishHelio Castroneves propels out of a caution and puts the race out of reach with about 13 laps to go. Castroneves wins his third Indianapolis 500, just weeks after being cleared of tax evasion charges. Castroneves is the sixth driver to win three races. Dan Wheldon finished second and Danica Patrick finished third. --Lap 180It was a pretty nasty wreck, but neither driver was seriously injured. Ryan Briscoe pits, which moves Dan Wheldon into second and Danica Patrick into third. The race is still under caution.--Lap 175Rookie Raphael Matos and Vitor Meira get tangled up heading into Turn 1 on Lap 174, sending the race into caution. The caution eases many teams' fuel concerns as the race winds down. Most drivers gassed up with about 35 laps to go -- and with this caution they won't burn as much fuel. Team Penske controls the top as Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe are running one and two, respectively. Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick and Will Power round out the top five. --Lap 162Justin Wilson scrapes the wall after losing control heading into a turn. The biggest winner: Helio Castroneves. Will Power was challenging Castroneves for the lead when Wilson hit the wall. Dario Franchitti will also benefit from the caution.--Lap 150Castroneves still leads Scott Dixon by about half a second. Will Power, Dan Wheldon and Townsend Bell fill out the top five. Danica Patrick is slowly moving up; she's now running seventh. --Lap 144A bad ending to a pit stop sends Dario Franchitti back several spots, and now he's running out of the top 10. Helio Castroneves stole the lead from Scott Dixon following a restart, and the two-time winner is up half a second on Dixon. --Lap 125Target Chip Ganassi Racing continues to dominate. 2008 winner Scott Dixon is leading and teammate and 2007 winner Dario Franchitti trails closely in second. The closest competitor is 0.7 seconds back from Franchitti. --Lap 100The leaders pit at the end of the lap. Scott Dixon maintains a lead he gained after an earlier restart. Teammate Dario Franchitti is in second. Danica Patrick dropped four spots during that pit stop. The race is at its halfway point.--Lap 98Tony Kanaan, who had been running third, hit the wall hard on the backstretch after losing control of his car, Kanaan had led every Indy 500 he entered until this year. --Lap 85Under caution, Dario Franchitti steals the lead from teammate Scott Dixon coming out of the pits. --Lap 75Scott Dixon is still the leader. Dario Franchitti sits in second, and Tony Kanaan is third. Danica Patrick crept into the top 5, right behind rookie Raphael Matos. --Lap 65Leader Ryan Briscoe gets smoked on a restart and drops back more than five spots. Briscoe pulls into pit lane to try and fix whatever was slowing him down. Last year's winner, Scott Dixon, now leads.--Lap 61Graham Rahal hit the wall on Turn 4 at Lap 56, ending the day for the fourth-place qualifier. Rahal was running in the top 10. --Lap 53Ryan Briscoe passes Dario Franchitti to take the lead. Now, the frontrunners have to weave through lap traffic. --Lap 50Not much has changed since Lap 25 as all drivers have managed to stay out of trouble. Franchitti still leads and has pushed his margin to nearly one second. Scott Dixon bumped Castroneves back one spot to third. --Lap 25Now under caution, 2007 winner Dario Franchitti is the leader. Franchitti grabbed the top spot from Helio Castroneves early on and has held it since. Ryan Briscoe nabbed second from Castroneves, his teammate. Despite the rearrangement, the first row is still intact. Danica Patrick moves from 11th to 9th after a first round of pit stops. Ryan Hunter-Reay hit the outside wall of Turn 4 on Lap 21, which brought out the yellow flag. --Lap 1Forty years of bad luck for the Andretti family continues less than 30 seconds into the 93rd Indy 500. Twenty-two-year-old Marco Andretti got into a wreck with Mario Moraes between turns one and two just seconds after the green flag. The Andrettis haven't won a race since Mario, Marco's grandfather, took home the trophy in 1969.--Welcome to the Indiana Daily Student's live coverage of the Indianapolis 500. The green flag drops in less than one hour at the Brickyard, and most of the fans are already in the stands. The remaining few are sifting through the gates in preparation for the 93rd running of the race. Two-time winner Helio Castroneves will start from the pole position, looking to give Penske Racing its 15th Indy 500 title. Check back at idsnews.com as we will be updating this story throughout the race. Better yet, let us know what you think by leaving us a comment below.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Just seconds after taking a gulp from the victor's bottle of milk, Helio Castroneves broke down in tears in front of the Borg-Warner Trophy. "I think my tears speak for everything," he said during an interview with ABC. Castroneves won his third Indy 500 only weeks after being exonerated on federal tax evasion charges. "You gave me my life back," Castroneves told team owner Roger Penske. Castroneves gained a sizeable lead after a late restart and was untouchable for the last 13 laps. Second-place finisher Dan Wheldon and third-place finisher Danica Patrick battled for the No. 2 position after the restart, which only helped Castroneves build on his lead. "Thank you," Castroneves yelled through his team radio shortly after crossing the bricks. "Thank you, God. Thank you."Below is a recap of the race from finish to start. Check back later for more updates. --FinishHelio Castroneves propels out of a caution and puts the race out of reach with about 13 laps to go. Castroneves wins his third Indianapolis 500, just weeks after being cleared of tax evasion charges. Castroneves is the ninth driver to win three races. Dan Wheldon finished second and Danica Patrick finished third. --Lap 180It was a pretty nasty wreck, but neither driver was seriously injured. Ryan Briscoe pits, which moves Dan Wheldon into second and Danica Patrick into third. The race is still under caution.--Lap 175Rookie Raphael Matos and Vitor Meira get tangled up heading into Turn 1 on Lap 174, sending the race into caution. The caution eases many teams' fuel concerns as the race winds down. Most drivers gassed up with about 35 laps to go -- and with this caution they won't burn as much fuel. Team Penske controls the top as Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe are running one and two, respectively. Dan Wheldon, Danica Patrick and Will Power round out the top five. --Lap 162Justin Wilson scrapes the wall after losing control heading into a turn. The biggest winner: Helio Castroneves. Will Power was challenging Castroneves for the lead when Wilson hit the wall. Dario Franchitti will also benefit from the caution.--Lap 150Castroneves still leads Scott Dixon by about half a second. Will Power, Dan Wheldon and Townsend Bell fill out the top five. Danica Patrick is slowly moving up; she's now running seventh. --Lap 144A bad ending to a pit stop sends Dario Franchitti back several spots, and now he's running out of the top 10. Helio Castroneves stole the lead from Scott Dixon following a restart, and the two-time winner is up half a second on Dixon. --Lap 125Target Chip Ganassi Racing continues to dominate. 2008 winner Scott Dixon is leading and teammate and 2007 winner Dario Franchitti trails closely in second. The closest competitor is 0.7 seconds back from Franchitti. --Lap 100The leaders pit at the end of the lap. Scott Dixon maintains a lead he gained after an earlier restart. Teammate Dario Franchitti is in second. Danica Patrick dropped four spots during that pit stop. The race is at its halfway point.--Lap 98Tony Kanaan, who had been running third, hit the wall hard on the backstretch after losing control of his car, Kanaan had led every Indy 500 he entered until this year. --Lap 85Under caution, Dario Franchitti steals the lead from teammate Scott Dixon coming out of the pits. --Lap 75Scott Dixon is still the leader. Dario Franchitti sits in second, and Tony Kanaan is third. Danica Patrick crept into the top 5, right behind rookie Raphael Matos. --Lap 65Leader Ryan Briscoe gets smoked on a restart and drops back more than five spots. Briscoe pulls into pit lane to try and fix whatever was slowing him down. Last year's winner, Scott Dixon, now leads.--Lap 61Graham Rahal hit the wall on Turn 4 at Lap 56, ending the day for the fourth-place qualifier. Rahal was running in the top 10. --Lap 53Ryan Briscoe passes Dario Franchitti to take the lead. Now, the frontrunners have to weave through lap traffic. --Lap 50Not much has changed since Lap 25 as all drivers have managed to stay out of trouble. Franchitti still leads and has pushed his margin to nearly one second. Scott Dixon bumped Castroneves back one spot to third. --Lap 25Now under caution, 2007 winner Dario Franchitti is the leader. Franchitti grabbed the top spot from Helio Castroneves early on and has held it since. Ryan Briscoe nabbed second from Castroneves, his teammate. Despite the rearrangement, the first row is still intact. Danica Patrick moves from 11th to 9th after a first round of pit stops. Ryan Hunter-Reay hit the outside wall of Turn 4 on Lap 21, which brought out the yellow flag. --Lap 1Forty years of bad luck for the Andretti family continues less than 30 seconds into the 93rd Indy 500. Twenty-two-year-old Marco Andretti got into a wreck with Mario Moraes between turns one and two just seconds after the green flag. The Andrettis haven't won a race since Mario, Marco's grandfather, took home the trophy in 1969.--Welcome to the Indiana Daily Student's live coverage of the Indianapolis 500. The green flag drops in less than one hour at the Brickyard, and most of the fans are already in the stands. The remaining few are sifting through the gates in preparation for the 93rd running of the race. Two-time winner Helio Castroneves will start from the pole position, looking to give Penske Racing its 15th Indy 500 title. Check back at idsnews.com as we will be updating this story throughout the race. Better yet, let us know what you think by leaving us a comment below.
IU assistant coach Todd Yeagley scans the sidelines shortly before halftime of IU's 4-2 win against Butler on Oct. 24, 2006. Yeagley accepted the head coaching position at Wisconsin on Dec. 18.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – Whew. That was almost embarrassing. The Colts squeaked past the hapless Lions 31-21 in a game closer than the score indicated.Maybe the Colts forgot just because the Lions were 0-13 doesn’t mean they don’t get paid to play, too. Maybe the Colts really missed Joseph Addai and his 49.1 rush-yards-per-game average (puh-lease).Or, maybe the Colts figured because Congress couldn’t give the Big Three a loan, Detroit could use a bailout. Whatever the reason, it was unacceptable. And it can’t continue – not if the Colts want to make a run in the playoffs and make something of this season.“Every game in the NFL is tough,” Colts coach Tony Dungy said after the game.Sunday’s game against the Lions brought to an end a three-game stretch against the cellar-dwellers of the NFL. Indy survived with a 3-0 record, but save for a blowout against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Colts didn’t look much better than the bottom-feeders. They failed to score an offensive touchdown against the Browns – a game Indy won by four points. And they were tied in the fourth quarter against the 0-for-everything Lions.The Colts lost two fumbles on punt returns against the Lions. The Colts – for the 13th time in 14 games – could not muster a 100-yard rusher, even against the worst run defense in the NFL.The Colts did not sack Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky, even though the Lions have allowed more sacks than any other team in the league. Not only that, Indianapolis never even hurried Orlovsky, who is listed as the Lions’ fourth-string quarterback.Those statistics don’t win championships. Hell, they barely beat the worst professional team to ever walk into Lucas Oil Stadium.But give Indianapolis credit. This entire year, the team found ways to win the game. Down 15-0 with 17 minutes remaining against Minnesota, the Colts scored 18 points to win their first game of the season. Down by 17 with less than five minutes to play against the Texans, Indy forced turnovers to score 21 unanswered points. Against the Browns, when the offense couldn’t find the end zone, the defense did.Football isn’t about winning pretty; it’s about winning. But if you can’t do the former against a team like the Lions, how are you supposed to do the latter against anybody else?Now, the road gets progressively tougher for Indy, who still needs to win a game to clinch a playoff spot.On Thursday, the Colts head to Jacksonville for a rematch against the Jaguars, who narrowly beat the Colts in Indianapolis in September.Then, it’s at home against NFL-best Tennessee. Then the playoffs.Maybe.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – Campus lore says you’re not supposed to learn anything new during dead week. The Colts’ 35-3 win against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday didn’t really teach us anything; it just reinforced a lot of stuff we already knew. So to prepare for finals, let’s recap. • Peyton Manning is good. Real good. The Indianapolis quarterback completed 26-of-32 passes for 277 yards and three touchdowns. His QB Rating (134.0) was his highest on the season.And he spread the ball around.He connected with seven different receivers, and each TD pass was caught by a different Colt (Marvin Harrison, Anthony Gonzalez and Dallas Clark, in that order). Against a bad, but not terrible, pass defense, he looked like a premier passer. • The run game isn’t. Joseph Addai and Dominic Rhodes combined for 20 carries and 57 yards, or 2.9 yards per carry. The Bengals aren’t the worst team at stopping the run, but they’re not far from the cellar. Only once has either back rushed for more than 80 yards in a game. That puts a lot of pressure on Manning and his receivers to be successful through the air. An unbalanced offense is rarely a great offense. • For all its faults, the defense can make big plays. Indianapolis had just a four-point lead with less than two minutes left in the first half when Kelvin Hayden intercepted a Ryan Fitzpatrick pass and returned it inside the Colts’ red zone. Hayden returned his second interception of the game 85 yards for a touchdown. But the first interception set up an Indianapolis touchdown to give the Colts a two-score halftime lead. After that, it was a rout. Had that not happened, who knows?• At times, the Colts look awfully mediocre. They almost finished the first half with only a four-point lead against a 1-10-1 team.• Robert Mathis and Dwight Freeney are man-beasts. The pass-rushing duo recorded 2.5 sacks and 1.5 sacks against Cincinnati, respectively. Between them, they accounted for 7 hurries. That’s a good way to force turnovers.• This is a fragile team. Bob Sanders returned, but Addai left in the second half with a shoulder injury. Coach Tony Dungy said he could have returned, but this team has taken a beating. • The Colts are still a playoff-caliber team. A six-game winning streak has taken them from 3-4 to 9-4. With just two more wins, they can remove the “caliber.”• Expectations are still high. Manning burned two time-outs on the first drive of the second half. Fans greeted him with boos – they weren’t used to seeing such disorganization out of their experienced offense. Manning used his hands to quiet down the crowd. “I didn’t like that, so I was telling them I didn’t like that,” Manning said with a laugh. “It’s their right to boo, but it’s my right to tell them I don’t like it. It works both ways. ... Booing for calling a time-out, guess the bar’s pretty high around here.”
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – With one quick swipe of his left arm, Joseph Addai nearly knocked the microphone right off the podium.He’s not used to these post-game press conferences. Following Sunday’s 105-yard rushing performance in Indianapolis’ 33-27 win against Houston, Addai made an appearance at one for the first time in a long time. It’s been awhile since the Colts’ “star” running back actually played like a star.“We’re all human,” he lamented after the game. It’s been a frustrating season for Addai.Some of it isn’t his fault at all. Addai has missed several games because of injuries. But when he has been healthy, he hasn’t been performing.Sunday’s win was the first time all season anybody with a horseshoe on his helmet ran for more than 100 yards in a game. In fact, it hasn’t happened since Week 9 of last season, when Addai tallied 112 rushing yards against the New England Patriots. “It’s been a topic of discussion,” Indy quarterback Peyton Manning said.In his first two seasons in the league, Addai averaged three 100-yard rushing games per season. Before Sunday’s Week 11 win, Addai’s best game this season was a 78-yard performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 3.“It’s frustrating, but you still have to stick with it,” Addai said. “And that’s the biggest thing, just coming back after games, come in (at practice) on Wednesday and re-focus.”After the first half, it didn’t look like any Colts rusher would have a noteworthy game; Addai ended it with 11 carries for 34 yards. His backfield companion, Dominic Rhodes, had just one carry for 3 yards. That all changed in the third quarter.Addai ran for 59 yards on 8 rushes and Rhodes had 41 yards on 6 carries in the third quarter. “Our passing game was clicking,” Colts coach Tony Dungy explained, “and we got more looks that we could run against.”He insisted the Colts didn’t make any halftime adjustments to open up the run game. Addai agreed. “Same plays,” he said. The key, Addai added, was execution.“The biggest thing was just understand the play being called and not worry about the first quarter, not worry about the third quarter, just worry about the play ahead,” he said.Addai scored two touchdowns in the win against Houston – one rushing and one receiving.If the running game can build on Addai’s performance Sunday, the Colts’ offense might regain its reputation of being a truly explosive offense. “That’s always what we tried to be here: a balanced offense, trying to keep the defense off balance,” Manning said. “That’s certainly the best we’ve done it all season.” Sunday’s win against Houston would not be possible without Addai, who also caught four passes for 48 yards, including his 23-yard touchdown grab.“Man,” Addai said after the game, “I’m tired.”He should be. For once this season, he actually showed up.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – The folks who’ve been knocking on my door for the past few months tell me today’s Election Day.In honor of this highly ignored American holiday, I wanted to do a little research to see if any of the most famous campaign slogans could help inspire the Indianapolis Colts – who survived the Midterm Elections with a 4-4 record – to improve their approval ratings and squeak into the playoffs.“It’s Morning Again in America.” Ronald Reagan’s re-election slogan from 1984, aimed to remind the country how well things were going (or at least how well they looked on paper). The Colts’ 2008 campaign has been anything but golden. But it’s morning again in Indianapolis, meaning the Colts still have the rest of the day to right the ship.“Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge.” This slogan – imploring voters to elect Calvin Coolidge in 1924 – could be reworded to “Don’t Freak Out.” A Peyton Manning-led Colts team hasn’t had a record this poor in 10 years. But they still have Manning, Reggie Wayne, Marvin Harrison and Joseph Addai suiting up. And now, Bob Sanders and a slew of ailing players are back in the lineup. So keep cool, Colts fans. There are still a lot of games to be played.“Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow.” Bill Clinton stole the line from Fleetwood Mac, and Tony Dungy should steal it from Slick Willy. So far, the Colts have had just one winning streak this season – a two-game run against the Texans and the Ravens. That means the Colts have to forget about today and their recent win against the New England Patriots and focus on tomorrow, or Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.“We Can Do Better.” John F. Kennedy was right on. There is too much talent for the Horseshoe to be .500. A struggling offensive line is no excuse for overthrown or dropped passes. And injuries are no excuse for missed tackles and blown coverage. These “fundamentals” could “change” the season for the better.“Country First.” As in, guard your turf. The Indy defense has struggled this year, and maybe John McCain can help it out. The run defense has more holes than the missile defense shield (not to be confused with Manning’s laser-rocket arm). The offense has had its troubles, but defense wins elections, er, championships. It needs to improve if the Colts want to play in January.“Yes We Can.” Barack Obama’s slogan has inspired millions of Americans to fight for their beliefs. Maybe he could encourage the Colts to believe in themselves. The Colts are missing that swagger they had for years – the belief that on any given Sunday, they were the best team on the field. Sometimes, the belief that you can do something is the difference between success and failure, a win or a loss.This season has been marred by injury and ineffectiveness for Indianapolis. The Colts have lost winnable games at home and on the road. But with a .500 record and eight games remaining, they are still alive.On Sunday, Indy beat one of the best teams in the NFL.And that’s change Colts fans can believe in.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Indianapolis attorney Fred Glass will replace Rick Greenspan as IU’s director of athletics, a source told the Indiana Daily Student on Monday night.The official announcement will be made at a press conference, which will take place at 10:15 a.m. today in the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center, across the street from Assembly Hall. The selection ends a three-month search for Greenspan’s successor.Glass, an IU alumnus, is a partner at Baker & Daniels, an Indianapolis-based law firm. Glass has no administrative experience in college athletics, but he has worked with the NCAA and the Big Ten in organizing tournaments in Indianapolis. During the 2006 Final Four, which took place at the RCA Dome, Glass worked as an executive for the local organizing committee and was co-chair of the 2006 Big Ten Tournament local organizing committee. He is currently working with Indianapolis’ local organizing committee for the Big Ten Tournament until 2012, though it is unclear if that will change with his new position.In recent years, Glass has been one of the most influential individuals in central Indiana sports.From 2000 to 2007, Glass served as president of the Marion County Capital Improvement Board of Managers, which owns and operates Conseco Fieldhouse, the RCA Dome, Victory Field and, now, Lucas Oil Stadium – a project he helped develop.Glass was the president of Indianapolis’ failed 2011 Super Bowl bid, though he did not serve on the city’s successful 2012 bid. Outside of athletics, he sits on the Dean’s Advisory Board for IU’s College of Arts and Sciences. He was chief of staff for Evan Bayh during the senator’s last two and a half years as Indiana governor. He was also state chairman for the Clinton/Gore 1996 presidential campaign.IU’s decision to hire an athletics director without administrative experience is not unprecedented. Notre Dame hired Jack Swarbrick in July to fill its vacant position. Like Glass, Swarbrick was a lawyer for Baker & Daniels in Indianapolis.Glass will head an athletics department recently marred by NCAA scandal. Greenspan announced his resignation in late June after the NCAA alleged the University failed to monitor the men’s basketball program’s recruiting practices. That allegation followed five other major violation charges, though one was reduced to secondary. Greenspan was the second high-profile Hoosier to resign because of the violations; former IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson resigned in February for his role in the scandal. The NCAA has yet to rule on IU’s cases.But Glass also inherits a program that is expanding. Under Greenspan, the department of athletics has undertaken capital projects in excess of $50 million – a renovation of Memorial Stadium and the construction of a new basketball practice facility.Unlike his predecessor, Glass will not face a budget shortfall when he arrives on campus. In his tenure, Greenspan has balanced an athletics department that, for nearly a decade, operated at a deficit. Greenspan announced in June he would step down at the end of the calendar year.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – Four sacks, three interceptions and four fumbles: Through four quarters Sunday, the Colts looked like they had the best defense in the NFL. And they owe it all to their offense. An Indianapolis defense that was built to play with a lead finally got to play with one during Sunday’s 31-3 win against the Baltimore Ravens. By the time the Colt’s defense gave up its first first down of the game, the offense had already scored two touchdowns. That, coach Tony Dungy said, was key. “We got ahead,” Dungy said, “and put them in some passing situations.”The Colts were up 17-0 at the end of the first quarter, too big a lead for the Ravens to try to grind it out on the ground.Anybody who’s watched the Colts over the past five years or so knows they much prefer defending the pass over the run.“We stopped the run pretty good, had some negative plays, a lot of sacks up there,” said linebacker and defensive captain Gary Brackett. “We really got those guys in third-and-uncomfortable situations, and I think we won them.”Not bad for a defense that has been far from stellar this season.In its first four games, the Indianapolis defense intercepted two passes, recovered three fumbles and gave up an average of 353 total yards, 188 rushing yards and 23 points per game, which earned them the distinction of being the 25th-best defense in the NFL. It didn’t help that the offense struggled in each of them, as quarterback Peyton Manning tried to readjust to the game after missing early practices with preseason surgery. But Sunday, it looked like the Colts – not the Ravens – had the top-ranked defense in the NFL.And they did it with star safety Bob Sanders out and defensive end Dwight Freeney on the sidelines for most of the game, resting his injured hamstring.“It’s never about who’s not playing,” Brackett said. “They really don’t have an impact on the game.”On Sunday, the Colts limited the Ravens to just three points on 260 total yards – only 51 came on the ground. The difference, the Colts said, was the little things – pushing through blocks, remembering assignments and finishing tackles.“We have just been a little bit off on things,” Dungy said. “We haven’t been as sharp as we needed to (be).”It’s as if a completely different team showed up on Sunday.“People (have) been harping our size a whole lot this year,” said defensive end Robert Mathis. “(We’re) tired of hearing what we are not doing and (wanted to) show everyone what we can do.”After Sunday’s performance, people are starting to talk about the Colts defense differently. “They play fast,” said John Harbaugh, Ravens coach and IU men’s basketball coach Tom Crean’s brother-in-law. “They get off blocks, and they get to the football and tackle well.”More praise will likely come. But Brackett said if the Colts want a repeat of Sunday’s dominating defensive performance, they have to tune out the hype.“You can’t drink the Kool-Aid,” he said.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – It’s fourth-and-one for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and quarterback David Garrard drops back to pass. Peyton Manning and the Colts just marched down the field and scored to put Indy up by one point, and as Garrard sits in the pocket, hae has just 29 seconds to put the Jags in field-goal range to try and eek out a win.He looks to his right and throws a pass that falls 10 yards away from the closest Jacksonville receiver.A few seconds later, a yellow flag drops onto the field.Pass interference, say the officials.Jags receiver Reggie Williams inadvertently ran into Colts linebacker Freddy Keiaho, and one official called a penalty.“That was a bad call,” said Colts defensive tackle Raheem Brock after the game. “The refs drove us crazy all day. Sometimes it’s like that. Sometimes you’ve gotta play against the refs.”Too bad the Colts had to play against the Jaguars, too.A few seconds after the call, Jacksonville kicker Matt Scobee booted a 51-yard field goal, the go-ahead score in the Jaguars’ 23-21 win.Say what you want about the officials – Indianapolis should never have been in that position.Against a 0-2 team, the Colts gave up 236 rushing yards and possessed the ball for 3:59 in the second half. Before Manning’s late-game almost heroics, he completed one pass for one yard in the entire second half. “I’m not going to get into blaming the officials for games,” Colts coach Tony Dungy said.And he shouldn’t.Now 1-2, the Colts are starting to run out of excuses. The once-injured tight end Dallas Clark and center Jeff Saturday were back for Sunday’s game, but receivers still dropped passes, Manning overthrew his targets and the run defense looked like Swiss cheese – all would be good things to work on in Indianapolis’ looming bye week.“The free guy wasn’t making the tackle,” Keiaho said. “When you have that, they’re going to rush for a lot of yards.”And the backfield tandem of Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew did – each rushed for more than 100 yards.In three games this year, the Colts are yet to have a running back rush for 100 yards or more in any game; the defense has allowed 100-yard rushers in all of them, and Manning has more interceptions (4) than touchdown passes (3).Indianapolis might be a better team than Jacksonville, but on Sunday, the visitors played better. Bad call or no call, the Jaguars deserved to win.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – Breathe out, Colts fans: A bursa sac can’t sack Peyton Manning. The face of the franchise started the Colts’ season opener Sunday night after missing the entire preseason, recovering from surgery that removed an infected bursa sac from his left knee.And the Sorgi family weeps. Marvin Harrison, who missed most of last season with a bum knee, started too, as did Dwight Freeney, who missed the latter half of last season with an injury. The Colts had all their stars back for their nationally-televised season opener and the official opening of Lucas Oil Stadium – a Sunday night game against the Chicago Bears. For the Colts, who at one point actually pondered if they’d have to open the season with Jared Lorenzen taking snaps, being healthy is a win in itself – just ask the New England Patriots.Reigning league MVP Tom Brady left the Patriots’ season opener against the Chiefs with what some media outlets report is a season-ending knee injury. Brady was hit by this columnist’s former classmate, ex-South Side Archer Bernard Pollard, and Brady reportedly tore his ACL. Brady is scheduled to have an MRI on Monday.Nobody should rejoice in a player injury, though I doubt that will stop many Colts fans from doing so. Don’t get me wrong – the Patriots are still loaded with talent. But New England without Brady will struggle. Outside of Lucas Oil Stadium, things went pretty well for the Colts on Opening Day. The Jacksonville Jaguars, the team besides the Colts that most experts predicted to win the AFC South, scored just 10 points in a loss to division foe Tennessee. The Houston Texans, a team some thought could make some noise in the Colts’ division, lost in a laugher to the Pittsburgh Steelers.The team that knocked Indy out of the playoffs last year, the San Diego Chargers, lost at home to the Carolina Panthers, a team that went 7-9 last year.The Colts could very well struggle for a good chunk of the beginning of the year, especially as Manning tries to find his form with All-Pro center Jeff Saturday on the bench. But, as one team has already found out, there are worse things than losing.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – If this is what life in Lucas Oil Stadium is like, the Colts might want to move back to the RCA Dome.Indianapolis christened its $720-million stadium with a 29-13 Opening Day loss to the Chicago Bears — Indy’s first loss in September or October since 2004 when it lost 27-24 in its season opener against the New England Patriots.The Colts, favored by more than a touchdown, never led by more than three points and trailed the Bears for most of the game. “We certainly haven’t had one like that in a long time where we got outplayed,” Colts coach Tony Dungy said after the game. Offensive miscues and an anemic running game doomed Indianapolis.Star running back Joseph Addai finished the game with 44 yards on 12 carries, though he left at the beginning of the fourth quarter with a head injury. As a team, Indy gained only 53 yards on the ground. Whenever the Colts tried to run, the Bears defense was right there. “That was their plan,” Dungy said. “They were going to crowd the line of scrimmage and make us throw.”Colts quarterback Peyton Manning finished the game completing 30-of-49 passes for one touchdown.The Colts looked strong in the opening minutes of the game, holding the Bears to a three-and-out on their first offensive possession. But solid play soon gave way to sloppiness.Addai was tackled for a safety in the second quarter — the only time Indianapolis found the end zone the entire half. The safety was Indianapolis’ first since a 26-24 loss against the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 19, 2000. Manning, who missed the entire preseason after having surgery to remove an infected bursa sac in his left knee, twice put the Colts in position to score, but they couldn’t score a touchdown, which Dungy lamented after the game. On Indy’s first red-zone possession, the Colts were stalled by multiple penalties, and on the second, Manning threw two incomplete passes. Both times the Colts settled for a field goal. The Bears, seldom known for being potent offensively, found a lot of success on the ground. Rookie Matt Forte ran untouched for a 50-yard touchdown in the first quarter and finished the half with 100 yards on 14 carries. Chicago added two Robbie Gould field goals to take a 15-6 halftime lead. After the break, Manning, in typical workman-like fashion, led the Colts to their first touchdown of the season — a 6-yard pass to Reggie Wayne — to cut the lead to 15-13. After a Chicago punt, the Colts had the ball and a chance to take the lead when Marvin Harrison fumbled. Bears linebacker Lance Briggs picked it up and ran 21 yards to paydirt to put Chicago up 22-13. On the next Indy possession, the Bears defense stopped the Colts on a fourth-down play at midfield, and fullback Jason McKie powered into the end zone from the 1-yard line to put the game out of reach.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>INDIANAPOLIS – With the flick of a giant switch, Colts owner Jim Irsay and the city’s mayor Greg Ballard opened a new era for Indianapolis football. It crept through the roof at Lucas Oil Stadium. It oozed through the giant glass window that slid open at the north end zone.Indianapolis fans, meet outdoor football. Just don’t let Sunday’s 20-7 drubbing against the Buffalo Bills ruin your first impression.The opening of $720-million Lucas Oil Stadium during Indy’s preseason home opener against the Bills marked the first time the Colts played a home football game outdoors since the franchise moved from Baltimore in 1984.The new stadium has a lot of amenities that its still-standing predecessor, the RCA Dome, lacked: more escalators, larger concourses, more seats, more bathrooms, a retractable roof and windows.“This is a dream come true,” Irsay told the preseason crowd, minutes before the giant roof split and exposed the pale-blue August sky. And he’s right. Football in the elements is the way the game is supposed to be played. It’s how the Colts won their first Indy-era Super Bowl – in sloppy south Florida rain a year and a half ago. And it’s how the NFL won over many American sports fans – during the 1958 NFL Championship, now called “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” That game was played outdoors in frigid Yankee Stadium when the (Baltimore) Colts beat the New York Giants in overtime. There’s a hole in the roof at Texas Stadium in Dallas “so God can watch his favorite team play,” former Cowboy D.D. Lewis once said.Even ice-cold hockey is played outside during the NHL’s annual Winter Classic game, to be housed in 2009 on New Year’s Day at Wrigley Field.And now the Colts are moving outside too.“It’s an awesome venue,” Colts coach Tony Dungy said after the game. “It’s going to be a great place for us to play.”But if the Colts are moving outside, they’re only doing it with one foot forward. A retractable roof lets them stay inside to play when it’s not so nice out. If it’s raining, the roof will be closed. If it’s snowing, the roof will be closed. If it’s bitterly cold, the roof will be closed. Sure, there are benefits. Without the retractable roof, Indianapolis could never convince the NFL to let it host a Super Bowl, like it will in 2012. And the 63,000-plus fans in the stands will never have to bring a poncho or a blanket. But all of those classic games – like rain-soaked Super Bowl XLI, or the Ice Bowl during the 1967 NFL Championship or “The Greatest Game Ever Played” – could never happen in Indianapolis.It’s nice that the Colts will play outdoor football in Indianapolis. It’s just too bad that can all change with the flick of a switch.
IU freshman Eric Gordon laughs during a press conference to declare his intentions to enter the NBA Draft April 7 at the Jewish Community Center in Indianapolis. Gordon, IU's top scorer during the season, set a school record for most points scored by a freshman.
IU freshman center Eli Holman told IU coach Tom Crean he did not want to return to the team next year. Crean said the conversation was cordial, but it did not end that way.
If IU was hoping for a freebie in the ACC Challenge, they didn't get it. A visit to Winston Salem, N.C. will add to an already challenging non-conference schedule for the Hoosiers in 2008.
Barack Obama left freshman Melissa Vargas a little disappointed. \nThe Democratic presidential hopeful walked around the track Friday at Bill Armstrong Stadium, shaking hands with every rider before the women’s Little 500 race. \nVargas wanted more. \n“I was hoping to get a hug, but a shake is totally fine,” said Vargas, a rider for Mezcla. \nObama made an unannounced cameo at the race Friday in between campaign stops in Columbus, Ind., and Terre Haute, which might have been one of the worst-kept secrets of the campaign. The Indiana Daily Student reported Friday there was a good chance the junior senator from Illinois might break away from his schedule to court student voters at the race. \nThat didn’t make it any less exciting for some of the riders.\n“It was crazy,” said Lisa Adams, a sophomore rider for Clutch. “It was a great adrenaline rush, I’m not going to lie.”\nAdams said Obama wished her and her teammates luck. \n“He was a very genuine guy,” Adams said. “I thought it was very cool, very respectable of him to come down here.”\nFor Vargas, all the anxiety of the upcoming race vanished with Obama approaching. \n“At that moment, I was more nervous to shake his hand,” Vargas said. “As soon as he was gone, (nerves about the race) came right back in.”\nVargas, who supports Obama, doesn’t hide her political conviction, even during the race. She and her team painted the Spanish words “Si se puede” on the wooden board that provided a backdrop to Mezcla’s pit. “Si se puede” roughly translates to “Yes we can,” a slogan used by the Obama campaign. \nObama and dozens of photographers, videographers and reporters, walked across the track and onto the infield at about 3:45 p.m., 35 minutes before the race was scheduled to begin. He walked onto the stage, where he shook hands with IU Student Foundation Steering Committee members. After exiting the stage, he made his way to the track and wished each rider good luck. \n“I thought he would make a speech or something,” said Phi Mu sophomore Brittany Walk, “but to shake every rider’s hand, that’s pretty hardcore.”\nObama, by design, did not address the crowd. Little 500 Race Coordinator Matt Ewing said IUSF did not want Obama to take away from the race. \n“Barack wanted that as well,” Ewing said. “I think that happened. I think all the riders enjoyed it.”\nPerhaps no one enjoyed it more than Delta Gamma senior Jessica Lander, though it might help that her team won the race. She jokingly credited Obama for the feat. \n“You know,” she said with a laugh, “he did take our T-shirt, and he did give me an extra-firm handshake.”\nWinning the race was great, Lander said. Meeting Obama made it even better.\n“It was great to say that we won the race when Barack Obama, the future president, was here,” she said.
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