Sigma Alpha Mu looks to continue push to top of men's race
What a difference a few years can make.
What a difference a few years can make.
A 25-year-old Bloomington resident and his wife were attacked on North Walnut Street early Tuesday morning by several men on skateboards, in what police are calling a case of aggravated battery. According to police reports, the newlyweds, who are both black, were leaving Kilroy's Sports Bar and Grill at about closing time and heading to their vehicle when "three or four men began yelling racial slurs at them." Two of the men approached the man and hit him over the head, rendering him unconscious, police said.
The fans of the Mexican U-17 National Team came out to Bill Armstrong Stadium last night in the thousands, donned in sombreros and draped in their country's green, white and red flag.
Last spring, when IU lost to Mexico, then-freshman goalkeeper Chris Munroe made the start for the Hoosiers between the pipes. The IU men's soccer coaching staff looked to Munroe to fill the void Jay Nolly left when he graduated. Munroe made 10 saves while giving up two goals.
The sun just begins to creep over the scoreboard at Bill Armstrong Stadium as Steve McCutchen and Wally Hansford begin their work on the cinder track which hosts the Little 500.
1984 Cutters, perhaps the most famous independent team in the race's history, wins the men's Little 500 in its first appearance.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The head athletic trainer for the San Francisco Giants was told to appear before a federal grand jury investigating whether Barry Bonds lied about his connection to the BALCO steroids scandal, a newspaper reported.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers waited until the end of the regular season to figure themselves out, and what they've found doesn't resemble what they once were.
DURHAM, N.C. -- Two Duke University lacrosse players were arrested on rape charges Tuesday in a scandal that has rocked one of America's elite campuses and has raised explosive questions of race, class and the privileged status of college athletes.
The IU baseball team improved its record to 4-4 against in-state opponents and swept the season series against Indiana State University after an 11-5 victory Tuesday over the Sycamores at Sembower Field. Freshman Eric Wagner pitched three scoreless innings of relief in his first collegiate victory, and junior second baseman Keith Haas went 4-for-5 with two runs and one RBI to lead the Hoosiers in the win.
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The IU softball team broke its three-game losing streak with a win against IU-Purdue University Fort Wayne, although it was not exactly how they wanted to do it.
The very first Little 500 race champions were almost predictable.
LOS ANGELES -- The Tomkitten has arrived. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the public lovebirds dubbed TomKat by the media, had a baby girl Tuesday, said Cruise spokesman Arnold Robinson. The baby, named Suri, weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20 inches long, he said.
The attorney for John R. Myers, II, the man charged with the 2000 murder of IU student Jill Behrman, is asking for his client's trial to be moved out of Morgan County.
It looks like there could be another successful member of the Mellencamp family in Bloomington.
Watching the 2005 Little 500 inspired senior Wes Michaels.
Alumni Hall was packed Tuesday night as an anxious crowd awaited the arrival of spoken word artist Saul Williams. After a collaborative audience clap, Board of Directors-Diversity Performance Alfonso Lerma assured the audience members that Williams would grace the stage shortly. As others in attendance grew rowdy, junior Derrin Granger came to the stage. Granger, an active poet on campus, competed last week in the Hip Hop Congress' poetry slam competition, which won him the opportunity of opening for Williams. While waiting for the main event, the audience had watchful eyes on the nervous newcomer. Granger introduced his first piece, "Another one bites the dust," by expressing his opinion that many of his peers were choosing destructive paths leading to drugs, crime and jail time. He shared some of his writing inspiration.
The actress gave birth Tuesday to Grier Hammond Henchy, who weighed 7 pounds, spokeswoman Pat Kingsley said.
For 20 seconds, senior Alpha Tau Omega rider Hans Arnesen knew what it felt like to be a Little 500 champion.