Classic brings tough women's tennis teams to Bloomington
With nine games down and at least nine to go, IU field hockey coach Amy Robertson gave a simple midterm assessment of her team.
The IU volleyball team will finally get the luxury of facing an unranked team in the Big Ten.
The IU women’s soccer team comes off a weekend where it was unable to pick up its first Big Ten win, losing two at Bill Armstrong Stadium by a 1-0 count in each.
Whirling. Tumbling. Soaring. Dropping. The IU men’s soccer team has been on a wild ride, and only halfway through the regular season, it can’t get off yet.
The last time the IU football team knocked off the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Minneapolis, the price of a gallon of gas was about $1.08. Now at .500 through four games, IU faces Minnesota, who “is a good football team and a much-improved football team from a year ago,” said IU coach Bill Lynch. IU pummeled Minnesota 40-20 at Memorial Stadium last season, but this weekend, the team plays in Minneapolis, a place where the Hoosiers haven’t won in 15 years. This time around, there could be some fresh faces taking the field for the Cream and Crimson.
Good-natured debate filled a room in the Monroe County Public Library Thursday night as Bloomington residents and a few IU students pored over potential changes for Bloomington Transit routes.
The Monroe County Humane Association and other volunteers will gather at 1 p.m. Sunday at Karst Farm Park for the Walk for the Animals. The event will feature activities for pets and their companions.
Do you know your lyrics? Local resident Ed Schwartzman thinks he does. He will make a national debut on Fox’s “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” hosted by Wayne Brady at 9 p.m. Friday.
A 56-year-old man was found bleeding inside of the downtown Bloomington U.S. Post Office early Thursday morning.
Studio owner Mike Bridavsky decided he wanted to go into the recording industry when he was in middle school. In high school, he began making recordings. And now at age 28, Bridavsky is opening a new studio he designed and built with the help of many other musicians.
Forty-five minutes pass, yet the same shoppers wander up and down the rows, cradling their favorite pumpkin, still searching for the perfect one. Although the rows and rows of fall decorations are like any other pumpkin patch, this patch has a dazzling effect.
Hoosiers, particularly basketball fans, might think they know everything behind the history of IU’s heralded basketball team. However, there’s one book Hoosiers should consider adding to their reading list.
With a glass of scotch in one hand, a lit cigar in the other and his French bulldog, Gertrude, backstage, Ron White will bring his unique brand of stand-up comedy to the IU Auditorium on Friday.
A 56-year-old man was found bleeding inside of the downtown Bloomington U.S. Post office early Thursday morning.
Fantasy football is literally ruining my life. Sure, this isn’t a new development for all you devout fantasy football followers, and even I have been charmed by the leagues I’ve been in over the years. Yet in the past, by week 10 of the NFL season I lost interest, resulting in a string of embarrassing losses.
Despite hanging around for most of the match, the IU volleyball team was eventually out-clawed by the Nittany Lions in straight sets Wednesday night. Penn State continued their undefeated season, improving to 15-0 on the year. They still have not lost a single set.
As the Saturday morning sun rises, IU students are still in their beds, snoozing away from the night before. Meanwhile, lively violin music fills the square as locals tote recycled shopping bags from booth to booth, selecting from an array of fresh produce, herbs and flowers. Welcome to the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market.
Kale, beats, radishes, potatoes, eggplant, broccoli and peppers don’t even begin to cover the variety of fresh produce currently in season at the Bloomington Farmers’ Market. Every Saturday from April through November, health fanatics, amateur cooks and those craving more than the store brand of frozen cut broccoli wriggle out of bed for fresh locally grown food. Some weekends, more than 8,000 patrons come out to Showers Common on Morton Street.