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Hoosiers help club teams to victory at U-19 championships

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:41 p.m.

Six members of the IU women’s soccer team helped their club teams to championship games at the Under-19 United States Youth Soccer Association National Championship.

Hoosier paves way for future in Cape League

By Joe Jasinski · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:30 p.m.

At the Dawicki house, where IU sophomore catcher Josh Phegley resides during his stint with the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Wareham Gatemen, Ken Dawicki preserves his family tradition of the golden pry bar.

Usual suspects remain atop Big Ten standings in preseason media poll

By Tom Kir · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:28 p.m.

Many things have changed in the landscape of Big Ten football. There are some new rules, a few new coaches and a new TV network dedicated to the sport. In spite of these changes, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio State remain the teams to beat in the conference.

IU hopes to make most of 5 yards

By Tom Kir · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 8:26 p.m.

Five yards has the potential to go a long way for the Hoosiers this year. College football’s newest rule has pushed back kickoffs to the 30-yard line, five yards further than last year. This will result in fewer kickoffs being caught as touchbacks and more returns.

Blake Powers arrested Monday

By Alberto D. Morales · Wednesday, Aug. 1,2007 6:33 p.m.

Blake Powers, the former starting quarterback for the IU football team, was arrested on preliminary charges with a Class A battery misdemeanor.

Chicago Bears hope to stay healthy as training camp opens

By Aaron Beard and Andrew Seligman · Sunday, July 29,2007 7:43 p.m.

Tommie Harris sang in the huddle and made it clear he would like to be known as the “Real Deal.”

Spaniard captures doping-tainted Tour de France

By Aaron Beard and Jamey Keaten · Sunday, July 29,2007 7:41 p.m.

Alberto Contador won the doping-scarred Tour de France on Sunday, a new, young and unlikely winner for the three-week race shaken to its core by scandals.

White starts all 5 games in Pan Ams

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, July 29,2007 7:40 p.m.

While his team didn’t fare so well at the Pan American Games, senior IU basketball forward DJ White, shined for the American basketball team, leading the team in scoring points in three out of five games.

Conference may look toward adding 12th school for marketability

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, July 29,2007 7:38 p.m.

Big Ten officials will likely discuss expanding to 12 schools to accommodate the new Big Ten Network, commissioner Jim Delany said.

HPER, SRSC empty out during summer months

By Jared Poertner · Sunday, July 29,2007 7:36 p.m.

As the fall semester approaches, summer brings about many last-ditch efforts to accomplish things before beginning a new school year. For many, the final goal of the summer is to return to school in the best shape possible.

Big Ten Network pleads its case in Bloomington Tuesday

By Ari Shifron · Wednesday, July 25,2007 8:46 p.m.

Whether consumers will be able to see the Big Ten Network when it launches August 30 remains the big question, as many of the large cable operators have balked at the network, saying it is too expensive. Aware of this predicament, Big Ten Network President Marc Silverman and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney came to IU on Tuesday to explain the network’s appeal and how people will be affected if it is not widely distributed.

AROUND THE GAME

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Wednesday, July 25,2007 7:57 p.m.

Phegley earns All-Star start, Track and field adds 5 to coaching staff

Selig will try to attend Bonds record-setter

By Aaron Beard and Nancy Armour · Wednesday, July 25,2007 7:46 p.m.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig was at home watching Barry Bonds and the Giants play when he decided he needed to be at the ballpark to see the San Francisco slugger break Hank Aaron’s career home run record.

Stern blames ‘rogue, isolated criminal’ for betting scandal

By Aaron Beard and Brian Mahoney · Wednesday, July 25,2007 7:46 p.m.

David Stern has seen college basketball and German soccer overcome point-shaving scandals. He never imagined his own league would be thrown into one. The NBA commissioner blamed “rogue, isolated criminal” Tim Donaghy for that, creating a betting scandal that has devastated the league and threatened the credibility of every referee.

Race tainted by more doping allegations

By Aaron Beard and Jerome Pugmire · Wednesday, July 25,2007 7:44 p.m.

Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen of Denmark has been removed from the race, a devastating blow to cycling’s premier event which has been rocked by a series of doping scandals.

Pan American run over for Hoosier soccer players

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:27 p.m.

For two IU soccer players, a run at Pan Am gold is over. Sophomore midfielder Kevin Alston and redshirt freshman midfielder Daniel Kelly and the rest of the U.S. soccer team were sent home with a 2-0 loss against Mexico on Saturday in the group play of the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Fight Night

By Kyle Meehan · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:19 p.m.

About 600 fans gathered in Bloomington’s AmVets Post 2000 on Saturday night to watch 30 fighters compete in the Elite Cage Fighting 15 competition. Friends, parents, siblings and wives as well as training partners and coaches were treated to 15 mixed martial arts-style cage matches, including three title defenses.

Irishman Harrington overcomes rough last hole to win British Open in playoff round

By Aaron Beard and Doug Ferguson · Sunday, July 22,2007 7:54 p.m.

Padraig Harrington finally learned the lesson of Carnoustie, surviving a calamitous finish in regulation and a tense bogey putt in the playoff to win the British Open on Sunday.

Bonds drives two more over the fence at Wrigley Field

By Aaron Beard and Janie McCauley · Sunday, July 22,2007 7:53 p.m.

Barry Bonds is finally willing to recognize his own countdown to the home run record.

2 IU football players arrested for not paying cab fare

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, July 22,2007 7:50 p.m.

Two members of the IU football team were arrested early Sunday morning in Greenwood, Ind. Senior linebacker Adam McClurg and senior offensive lineman Sean Edmundson as well as University of Indianapolis defensive back Joshua Kimbowa were charged with failure to pay after a taxi ride from Indianapolis, police said.

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