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Wednesday, June 17
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IU to be first opponent in new UConn stadium

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STORRS, Conn. -- The countdown started after the final game of the 2002 season: 265 days. Now Connecticut is just four days from kicking off a new era in the 40,000-seat Rentschler Field and the players, to put it mildly, are pumped up. "We're actually going to have to try to bring people down on Saturday," senior wide receiver Shaun Feldeisen said Tuesday. "If you get too excited you could lose your head. There's going to be a lot of emotion on the field that day."


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Matches signal positive season

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The IU men's soccer team opened its season with a pair of exhibition matches last weekend in Fort Wayne. The Hoosiers dropped their match to Kentucky 2-1 Friday night at the IPFW Soccer Showcase. IU tied Rutgers 1-1 Sunday.


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Grabavoy still a Hoosier

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After trying out over the weekend with Monoco, a member of the French First Division, IU men's soccer player Ned Grabavoy has announced that he will return to the Hoosiers for his junior year. "It was a good experience for me," Grabavoy said in a statement. "I'm focused on Indiana now, and I'm excited to get the season started." Grabavoy was playing for an amateur team in Chicago this summer when Monoco representatives contacted him and offered him a tryout. Grabavoy agreed to work out with the team but was able to keep all of his amateur options open by paying his own expenses. If Grabavoy had agreed to play for Monoco, he would have lost his amateur status and forgone his final two years of eligibility at IU. Coach Jerry Yeagley was happy that Grabavoy decided to stay with IU and likes what Grabavoy brings to his team. "It's the best news of the weekend," Yeagley said in a statement. "Ned is a personality player who brings excitement and flair to the game, both individually and collectively."


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On the Sidelines

Piazza to extend rehab assignment NORFOLK, Va. -- Mike Piazza might extend his minor league rehabilitation assignment.

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Michael Phelps breaks another world record

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Michael Phelps set another world record, punched the air several times and pointed to his head, an unusual show of emotion from the 18-year-old Baltimore native.


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Batty, Recht make it to Sweet 16

The International Tennis Association National Collegiate Summer Circuit Championships began competition Saturday. The winners from the event will earn wild card invitationals into the first national tournaments of the 2003-04 collegiate tennis season -- the Icy Hot/ITA Men's and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American championships.


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Brazil protests medal

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The Americans closed the Pan American Games track and field competition in style Saturday night, grabbing four medals, including three in the relays, Which helped make up for the women's basketball team loss in the gold medal game to Cuba hours after it survived a protest by Brazil.


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IU Athletes of the Year announced

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Three highly decorated IU athletes will add a 2002-03 IU Student-Athletes of the Year award to their list of accolades. Olympic diver Sara Hildebrand and 2003 NCAA Javelin Champion Irina Kharun share the Female Athlete of the Year award, while Soccer National Player of the Year Pat Noonan took the men's award.


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Randle El has tricks up his sleeves

LATROBE, Pa. -- Kordell Stewart may be gone, but it doesn't mean the Pittsburgh Steelers have any shortage of trick plays or a trickster. With Stewart in Chicago, former IU quarterback Antwaan Randle El has reveled in his role as perhaps the Steelers' most unique playmaker. During camp, Randle El has lined up as a quarterback, tailback and even a holder.


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'Beane' counters

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The people who think baseball is a money game and that the teams that spend the most win the most have some explaining to do. What about the Oakland A's?


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on the SIDELINES

The 2003 Intercollegiate Tennis Association will host its National Summer Championships at IU for the third straight year starting Saturday. The five-day event will feature amateur players from around the country and consists of 64-player men's and women's singles draws as well as doubles and mixed doubles.


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USA gymnastics team fares well

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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - After snapping yet another photo, Valeri Liukin made eye contact with his daughter on the medal stand and pumped his right arm.



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Media frenzy engulfs Eagle, Colo.

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EAGLE, Colo. -- A day before Kobe Bryant's first scheduled court appearance to acknowledge a sexual assault charge, his lawyers sought to clamp down on apparent information leaks from law enforcement officers.


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Kathi Bennett coaches Pan-Am

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- The USA Women's Basketball Pan American Games team won its third game in a row with a 93-78 win over Argentina on Tuesday. IU Women's basketball coach Kathi Bennett is an assistant coach for the 3-1 team.


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A different kind of court

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EAGLE, Colo. -- NBA superstar Kobe Bryant made his first appearance in court Wednesday on a charge of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old hotel worker. Flanked by his attorneys, the 24-year-old Bryant stood quietly as his attorneys waived his right to be formally advised of the felony assault charge. Judge Frederick Gannett set a preliminary hearing for Oct. 9. Bryant has said he had consensual sex with the woman but is innocent of assault.


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On the Sidelines

Randy Heisler named director of track and field After the retirement of men's coach Marshall Goss earlier this summer, there was a hole in the Indiana track and field program's lineup. Now, that hole has been filled by women's track and field coach Randy Heisler. Heisler will take the coaching helm for the men's and women's programs in a collaborative coaching program.


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Sorenstam completes career slam

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LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England - Annika Sorenstam completed a career Grand Slam at the Women's British Open on Sunday, beating Se Ri Pak by a stroke in a thrilling head-to-head showdown. It's the second major title of 2003 for the Swede, who in May became the first woman in 58 years to play on the PGA Tour.


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Rookie Vickers wins Busch Kroger 200

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CLERMONT, Ind. -- For nearly 180 laps, Brian Vickers was pecking at Shane Hmiel's bumper, never gaining enough momentum to take the lead for good. Then Vickers knew he had to make a move. "I realized, hey, it's time to go," he said.


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Harvick wins Brickyard 400

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INDIANAPOLIS - The biggest problem Kevin Harvick had all day at the Brickyard 400 was when his right rear tire blew and the fender flew off while he spun victory doughnuts. The big celebration was well-deserved. Harvick turned a tight race into a runaway Sunday, pulling away in the last 10 laps for the biggest win of his budding NASCAR career.