Titans pull off upset of Colts
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Magic is in the air around the Tennessee Titans. Just ask Rob Bironas.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Magic is in the air around the Tennessee Titans. Just ask Rob Bironas.
An anonymous seller sold an NCAA championship ring -- from the Hoosiers' historic undefeated 1976 season -- for a whopping $50,100 on eBay at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Former Hoosier assistant coach Harold Andreas was the original owner of the ring.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Barry and Manny figure to be mentioned prominently alongside Grumpy and Dopey when baseball's winter meetings open Monday at Disney World.
CHICAGO -- Devin Hester ran into the record book again. Ricky Manning Jr. returned an interception for a touchdown, and the Chicago Bears claimed their second straight NFC North title.
Top competition was on display as IU competed in the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The field boasted 49 teams, and IU coach Duane Goldman said this tournament was among the top two regular season events in the nation.
Everybody loves Errek Suhr. I do, you do (if you don't, you really should) and, upon meeting him, your grandmother would probably pinch his cheeks and call him a nice young man. Heck, with the holiday season looming, I'd bet the Grinch and Scrooge would have a hard time not liking him.
There's an old adage that says defense wins championships. Though it hasn't secured a championship yet, the IU women's basketball team used defense to secure its seventh victory of the season.
Defend and rebound. As long as the IU men's basketball team can do those two things effectively, IU coach Kelvin Sampson will be satisfied. The Hoosiers defeated the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 74-57 Saturday night in Assembly Hall and held the 49ers to just 34 percent shooting from the field while also outrebounding them 46-34. Sampson said after the victory that he is beginning to see his team's identity take shape.
Bloomington celebrated the works of local artists Friday with the Downtown Gallery Walk from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at nine art galleries.
Toward the end of the semester, everyone is in need of a bit of comic relief. But instead of sitcom reruns, tonight there is a different show to watch.
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la la la la la. 'Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la la la la la. Don we now our gay apparel ... Yes, don we now our pleather pants and black mesh thongs this holiday season.
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DARAGA, Philippines -- The Red Cross estimated Sunday that up to 1,000 people might have died in the typhoon that unleashed walls of black mud on entire villages in the Philippines. The country's president declared a state of national calamity.
I'm sorry. Fates -- consider this my formal apology. I did something really bad, and I know it has caught up with me. The karma police have come, and they've come for me.
FLAT ROCK, Ind. -- A Shelby County man has received permission to keep three tigers at his rural home where wildlife officers removed several wild animals more than a year ago. But one of Dennis Hill's neighbors continues to fight the return of the big cats.
Winds gusting more than 50 mph blew over semitrailers and knocked down power lines across Indiana on Friday as the state avoided the worst of a storm that dumped more than a foot of snow elsewhere in the Midwest.
Last Wednesday, IU sent letters to all University employees warning that, because of a contract dispute between the University's insurance provider, Anthem/Wellpoint, and Bloomington Hospital, the hospital will "discontinue participating in associated 'preferred provider' networks effective December 31, 2006," unless a deal is reached. In other words, if the two cannot resolve their differences, IU employees could find themselves facing considerably higher fees for treatment at Bloomington's main medical care facility.
WASHINGTON -- Democratic jockeying for the White House in 2008 intensified Sunday with Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh taking the first official step toward a run and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gauging support among fellow New York lawmakers.
The IU men's basketball team defeated the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 74-51 Saturday night in Assembly Hall.
Thanksgiving break is over. We've been back on campus for a week and, by now, even the least academically concerned students are no doubt attentive and absorbing new course material. At the end of finals week we can all sit back, relax and anticipate next semester's intellectual stimulation and academic processes over the holiday season. Right. Instead, it's time to wake up from that drunken stupor of an academic dream world. It's time to drag the mismatched shoes and smell of liquor to the next class on a list of courses that are not only uninspiring but do little to contribute to one's education. ("Electives," my ass).