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Fans cheer as IU players walk off the court after their 68-60 victory over Iowa Wednesday evening at Assembly Hall. The victory was IU's first in Big 10 play this season.

'This is your win'

By Lee Hurwitz · Thursday, Feb. 5,2009 12:12 a.m.

Tom Crean kissed his wife before taking a microphone and reiterating one message to the 14,247 fans assembled inside the storied building: “Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. This is your win,” he said. “This is your win. There’s no way we could have done it without the greatest fans in America.”

Coach Tom Crean smirks while speaking to the media after his first Big 10 victory as IU's head coach Wednesday evening at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes 68-60.

Beating the turnover bug

By Tom Kirby · Thursday, Feb. 5,2009 12:11 a.m.

All season long, IU has turned the ball over at an alarming rate. Not last night.

Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy looks to the sky as his team falls behind in the second half against the Broncos in Denver Aug. 27, 2005. The Broncos ended up winning, 37-24.

Dungy to visit IMU on Thursday

By MaryJane Slaby · Wednesday, Feb. 4,2009 12:04 a.m.

Tony Dungy, former Indianapolis Colts head coach will visit IU on Thursday at the Indiana Memorial Union as part of the tour for his new book “Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance.”

Hoosiers Brett Finkelmeier and Malik Story wait to enter IU's match at Ohio State on Jan. 13. The Hoosiers fell to the Buckeyes 77-53.

Schedule gets tougher after Iowa

By Matt Dollinger · Wednesday, Feb. 4,2009 12:01 a.m.

The Hoosiers take on Iowa at 6:30 p.m. today at Assembly Hall. The game will be broadcast on The Big Ten Network.

IU wrestling coach Duane Goldman demonstrates a move Monday afternoon at Assembly Hall.

A Hawkeye turned Hoosier, Duane Goldman has built IU’s wrestling program

By Frank Therber · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 11:55 p.m.

To IU wrestling coach Duane Goldman, the Hoosier wrestling program has taken great strides in the last 17 years, but he hopes that equal steps have been taken toward enriching the lives of all of his athletes.

Yamaguchi’s softball career comes full circle

By Dave Leno · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 11:50 p.m.

Practices are tough to watch these days for Tory Yamaguchi. Whenever she spots a catcher’s mitt, the former IU softball standout can’t help but reminisce of the days when she signaled for changeups and fastballs.

Sisters share more than sport

By Andrew Wyder · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 11:47 p.m.

The IU campus has a way of selling itself to the many prospective student-athletes who visit each year, but a random guy making fun of a dog usually isn’t in the plan.

IU tries to break 11-game skid

By Tom Kirby · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 11:46 p.m.

Mired in an 11-game losing streak – tying for the longest in school history – fresh off an 0-for-January and still winless in the Big Ten, the Hoosier faithful, once whispering, now see those whispers evolving into an honest question.

Crean: We’ll bring the moxie

By Zachary Osterman · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 11:44 p.m.

It’s been 56 calendar days since the IU men’s basketball team last tasted victory. Defeat, in that span, has come in all forms: large, small, close – and heartbreaking.

Indiana coach Bobby Knight crouches down in frustration as his team relinquishes their lead in the final minutes against Illinois, in this February 2, 1997 photo, in Bloomington, Ind.

Reports surface about Knight's possible coaching comeback

By Zachary Osterman and Ryan Gregg · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 12:24 a.m.

ESPN commentator Dick Vitale said Monday he believes former IU men’s basketball coach Bob Knight is interested in coaching at Georgia, while former Hoosier basketball coach Dan Dakich said Knight would be good for any program.

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and linebacker LaMarr Woodley celebrate the team's 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL Super Bowl XLIII football game, Sunday in Tampa, Fla.

Super Bowl XLIII: A look back

Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 12:18 a.m.

The Steelers’ 27-23 win Sunday night over Arizona was another classic in an era of great games – “a game for the ages,” commissioner Roger Goodell called it.

Fans paint their faces with the color of Iran's national flag in attendance of a freindly match between Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Tehran May 31, 2006.

US team sent to Iran for culture swap

Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 12:17 a.m.

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is sending a women’s badminton team to Iran this week as part of a broad bid to engage the Iranian people through educational and cultural exchanges, the State Department said Monday.

Around Sports

Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 12:15 a.m.

Track and Field pole vaulter Jeff Coover received a Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honor, and the IU men's basketball team had two games previously "to be determined" on their schedule set.

US Soccer to place bid for World Cup

Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 12:12 a.m.

Sunil Gulati, president of U.S. Soccer, announced Monday that the U.S. Soccer Federation has officially declared interest in hosting either the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cups.

Why so little controversy about Phelps’ bong hit photo?

By Geoffrey Miller · Tuesday, Feb. 3,2009 12:10 a.m.

Michael Phelps, it seems, actually can do wrong.

Purdue, Michigan State game-times set for men's basketball

Monday, Feb. 2,2009 6:50 p.m.

The Hoosiers will play Purdue at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 in West Lafayette. Then on Tuesday March 3, the Michigan State Spartans will come to Bloomington for a 7 p.m. game at Assembly Hall.

Freshman guard Nick Williams fights off a Buckeye defender during a shot attempt Saturday afternoon at Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers fell to Ohio State 93-81.

Lack of ‘D’ contributes to IU's 11th loss

By Tom Kirby · Monday, Feb. 2,2009 12:47 a.m.

As agitated as IU coach Tom Crean and the Hoosier fan base appeared toward the referees, the numbers don’t lie: The Hoosiers’ inability to stop Ohio State’s offense is what doomed them.

Freshman guard Matt Roth launches a 3-point shot from the corner during the Hoosiers 93-81 loss to Ohio State Saturday afternoon at Assembly Hall. Roth scored a career high 29 points shooting 9 of 11 from beyond the arc tying the IU single-game record.

Roth shines from range in loss to Ohio State

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, Feb. 2,2009 12:40 a.m.

Matt Roth doesn’t look the type to bring 17,202 people to their feet. He’s certainly not one you would expect to drop Ohio State coach Thad Matta’s jaw. “I honestly wanted him to keep shooting,” Matta said after Saturday’s game, “because I was like, ‘This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.’”

Lack of ‘D’ contributes to men's basketball's 11th loss

By Tom Kirby · Monday, Feb. 2,2009 12:38 a.m.