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New faces abound as spring training starts

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronald Blum · Thursday, Feb. 17,2005 12:26 a.m.

TAMPA, Fla. -- On a day of arrivals and notable absences, Randy Johnson got lost on his way to the New York Yankees' spring training camp, and the Chicago Cubs started getting used to life without Sammy Sosa.

Senior from Czech Republic a surprise as IU's No. 1 player

By Eamonn Brennan · Thursday, Feb. 17,2005 12:25 a.m.

Jakub Praibis is surrounded by his teammates and their opponents shouting, yelling, cursing and arguing on green surfaces that stretch the length of the floor -- he doesn't sense it. He sees only his opponent, senses only the ball as it is slowly thrown up in the air and smacked down at what seems to be a 90-degree angle by his larger, taller competitor. In defiance, Praibis counters the player's power with grace, slicing a return to the corner that dies under the outstretched hand of his defeated foe.

IU to face non-conference foe

By Matt Ostrega · Thursday, Feb. 17,2005 12:13 a.m.

For IU coach Kathi Bennett, the 2004-2005 campaign has been a story of night and day. The home team seems unstoppable. The road team can't get their act together.

IU hockey -- family affair for Ravensbergs

By John Wustrow · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 1:25 a.m.

Opponents of the IU club hockey team might think they have been hit so hard they are seeing double when the two Ravensbergs get on the ice. What they are seeing, however, are cousins Bill, a junior defenseman from St. Louis, and David, a senior forward from Indianapolis, who have combined for 27 goals and 56 assists in the season.

Big Ten's come to B-town

By Doug Klausen · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 1:24 a.m.

The Big Ten is home to seven of the top 25 women's swimming and diving teams in the country, according to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The Hoosiers sit in the middle of those seven at No. 18, but their roster size falls much shorter. When the 10 other Big Ten teams come to IU this weekend for the Big Ten Championship, most of their rosters will have more than 30 women.

Despite self-imposed sanction, Buckeyes prove they can still play like contenders

By Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:57 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- They still suit up. They still play their games. Their fans even still come. They have nothing to lose and nothing to gain because of self-imposed sanctions, but that doesn't matter for the Ohio State Buckeyes. By March 13, the Buckeyes will be back on campus after playing in the Big Ten Tournament, snuggled on their couches and have their televisions tuned to CBS for March Madness.

Hoosiers fall in potential bubble buster

By John Rodgers · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:54 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When the IU basketball team leaves the state of Indiana, they can't win a game. Coming into Tuesday's game at Ohio State, the Hoosiers hadn't won outside of the state in more than a year. That stretch continued as IU dropped a 57-44 contest in Columbus' Value City Arena as the Buckeyes capitalized on an 18-4 second half run for the victory. The defeat was IU's 10th consecutive outside of Indiana -- the last win at Penn State on Feb. 11, 2004.

Vaden, White 'take a shot' at IUSA offices

By John Rodgers · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 1:17 a.m.

Two influential IU freshmen are hoping to expand their game from the hardwood to student government. Freshmen basketball players Robert Vaden and D.J. White are running for IU Student Association Congress in the University Division for the Kirkwood ticket. Adding more intrigue is Maggie Daniels, Gov. Mitch Daniels' daughter and IU freshman, who also is running for University Division representative for Kirkwood. There are six University Division representatives; Vaden, White and Daniels are three of Kirkwood's six candidates.

Davis makes claim for marking Charlotte a win

By John Rodgers · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 12:45 a.m.

As the IU basketball team tries to scratch its way into the NCAA Tournament, its coach is taking an adamant stand to add one more win to his team's column.

Hoosiers hope road troubles won't continue at Ohio State

Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 12:44 a.m.

The IU men's basketball team takes its show on the road this week for two Big Ten games that could prove crucial for IU's NCAA Tournament hopes. It all starts tonight when the Hoosiers travel to Columbus, Ohio, to challenge Ohio State and continues Sunday at Michigan.

Hoosier earns spot at NCAAs

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 1:12 a.m.

Most of the IU women's track and field team traveled to Fayetteville, Ark. to compete in the Tyson Invitational, but one Hoosier athlete did not. Junior distance runner Jessica Gall left her teammates behind to pursue a shot at earning an automatic NCAA indoor qualifying time. Gall entered the 5,000-meter run at the Husky Classic held at the University of Washington.

Hoosiers experience weekend of firsts at Stanford Invitational

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 1:04 a.m.

Until this weekend the Hoosiers had never beaten California. They had never beaten Hawaii. They had never beaten two top ten opponents in the same day. Never, that is, until this weekend at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

Weekend brings together NCAA's growing rivalries

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 1 a.m.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Dee Brown says it's time for the naysayers to shut up. A player on a 25-0 team can do that. "Everybody's waiting for us to lose, saying they think we're not the best team in the country," Brown said after his two late 3-pointers iced top-ranked Illinois' 70-59 win over No. 20 Wisconsin and preserved the nation's longest major-college winning streak. "Watch TV, they'll show you, they'll tell you. The No. 1 team? It's not us."

Tennis coach earns 650th win, an NCAA record

By Andy Romey · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 12:59 a.m.

With home wins over Wake Forest and Butler University this weekend, IU's women's tennis team propelled IU coach Lin Loring to the 650 career win mark, pushing him closer to one of the more famous coaches in IU history -- Bob Knight.

First string linebacker to leave IU football

By Dan Click · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 12:38 a.m.

Junior linebacker Paul Szczesny, the third-leading tackler on the team, has decided to leave the IU football program and transfer. Szczesny is the second player in the past month to transfer from the Hoosiers.

IU sees highs and lows of Big 10 play

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 12:37 a.m.

It was an up-and-down weekend for Indiana. The wrestlers upset Michigan State Saturday in convincing style, only to be crushed on the road by Illinois. The Hoosiers took the mat at University Gym against Michigan State wondering whether senior heavyweight Pat DeGain would be able to go against the No. 12 Spartans. DeGain, ranked fifth, missed last weekend's match versus Wisconsin as well as most of practice this week with an injured shoulder.

IU claims first Big Ten road win of the season

By Dan Click · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 12:36 a.m.

When sophomore center Sarah McKay drained a hook shot at the end of Sunday's game at Northwestern, she sank a season's worth of road woes along with it.

South not quite hospitable to IU

By Eamonn Brennan · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 12:35 a.m.

The South is supposed to be known for its hospitality. At No. 9 Virginia Saturday, and No. 57 North Carolina State on Sunday, the IU Men's Tennis team instead found itself amongst inhospitable surroundings, dropping both of the trip's matches and moving to 2-4 on the spring season. The losses came as a mixture of encouragement and disappointment for the team.

Haas breaks 5,000-meter record

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 12:31 a.m.

For the second straight weekend, Stephen Haas put himself atop the IU record books. Saturday evening at the Tyson Invitational, the junior from Huntersville, N.C., erased Chris Powers' 5,000-meter indoor record with a run of 13:41, breaking Powers' record by 18 seconds and Haas' own personal best by 25 seconds. His time gave him a second-place finish and another NCAA automatic-qualifying mark.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 12:30 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin McHale shook up the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday, firing longtime friend Flip Saunders and taking over the coaching duties for the rest of the season. McHale, the team's vice president of basketball operations, called Saunders on Saturday morning to break the news.

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