RecSports promote health, activity
Two single-file lines engulfed the entrance to the Student Recreational Sports Center Tuesday, while a constant stream of people exiting the gym created a scene reminiscent of a crowded city subway.
Two single-file lines engulfed the entrance to the Student Recreational Sports Center Tuesday, while a constant stream of people exiting the gym created a scene reminiscent of a crowded city subway.
In its latest marketing strategy to draw more fans to Memorial Stadium to see the football team play, the IU Athletics Department is giving all freshmen free tickets to this weekend’s IU vs. Indiana State football game.
Terry Hoeppner will be long remembered within the IU community for his character and personality. For those looking for a keepsake to remember the late coach will get their opportunity this Saturday night.
The Hoosiers are hoping to learn from last season’s mistakes. After jumping out to a 2-0 start in 2006, the IU football team dropped its next two games – both at home – to Division I-AA Southern Illinois and Division I-A Connecticut. Had they been able to win just one of those two games, IU would have been bowl eligible for the first time in 13 years.
In 2006, the IU men’s soccer team earned its 12th Big Ten regular season championship and its 11th Big Ten tournament championship. This year, the Hoosiers will have a different look as a team, but they will still be in search of the same achievements after signing a freshman class rated No. 2 in the nation by College Soccer News. This class includes four high school All-Americans and last year’s top scorer in the state.
IU freshman Alec Purdie will sit out this men’s soccer season with a medical redshirt because of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury he sustained during the summer.
Lleyton Hewitt served up a shutout, Martina Hingis needed only an hour and Svetlana Kuznetsova neatly slid into the second round Tuesday at the U.S. Open. Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick hoped to keep up that run by former champions in the featured night matches.
Illinois basketball coach Bruce Weber said promising recruit Quinton Watkins will not play or attend school this fall because he is not academically eligible.
Confetti fell and euphoria reigned as manager Ozzie Guillen and his team paraded through the streets of the city after the White Sox won the World Series for the first time in 88 years. That day seems so long ago now, although it’s been less than two years.
Defensive tackle Corey Simon agreed to terms Tuesday with the Tennessee Titans and will try to resume his career after not playing at all in 2006.
So much for making nice. After weeks of negotiations, the Big Ten Network officially announced last Thursday that it will not come to an agreement with the cable provider Comcast in time for the network’s Thursday launch. As a result of this decision, viewers who subscribe to Comcast or Insight, which will become Comcast, will miss out on the network’s opening telecasts, including the IU versus Indiana State game this Saturday.
The Indianapolis Colts’ leadership spent Monday in debate mode. The starters know exactly what that means: Little , if any, playing time Friday at Cincinnati.
Looking somber and speaking “from the heart,” Michael Vick apologized Monday for “using bad judgment and making bad decisions” and vowed to redeem himself after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting charge.
IU men’s basketball senior guard A.J. Ratliff is academically ineligible to play during the first semester, coach Kelvin Sampson said at a press conference Saturday. The former Indiana Mr. Basketball cannot play with the Hoosiers until they host Western Carolina on Dec. 15, the day after final exams wrap up for the first semester.
It’s a good thing the IU men’s soccer team has been scrimmaging regularly in preparation for the upcoming season, because its Saturday night contest against the University of New Mexico was the only game experience it will have in preparation for the 2007 season.
Business professor emeritus William Scott, an IU men’s basketball season ticket holder, received news that his seating at Assembly Hall would change for the upcoming season. And he was not happy.
Despite having their opening match postponed due to bus problems and severe weather, the IU volleyball team won two out of three matches as they began their season in DeKalb, Ill., playing in the Northern Illinois Invitational.
Although the saying goes that death is a part of life, both IU and Northwestern had to deal with two losses too soon. On June 29 of last year, then-Northwestern recruiting coordinator and linebackers coach Pat Fitzgerald received a phone call that head coach Randy Walker – his close friend and mentor – had passed away from a heart attack.
When freshman field hockey midfielder Kelsey Kiper came to IU this year, she joined her sister Katie, a junior forward on the team. As IU opened the season in California this weekend, the siblings made their presence felt on the field.
The New York Yankees hit the ball hard Sunday. The Detroit Tigers just kept making all the plays.