Giants’ Aurilia comes in clutch to beat Cards
SAN FRANCISCO – Rich Aurilia spent his first nine big league seasons as a fan favorite in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO – Rich Aurilia spent his first nine big league seasons as a fan favorite in San Francisco.
As the cyclists for Kappa Delta drove from place to place during their spring-break training trip, a photo from the finish of last year’s Little 500 hung in their car. The photo shows then-Kappa Delta senior Lauren Ziemba crossing the finish line a mere inches behind Kappa Kappa Gamma’s Jess Sapp. And at the bottom their coach wrote “2007 will be different. Expect to win.”
The IU water polo team is undefeated in conference play, and it’s riding a seven-game winning streak. IU’s last game was an emotional overtime victory against rival Michigan. But heading into the Western Division Championships this weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich., none of it matters.
The IU men’s golf team will play its last regular-season tournament this weekend at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich.
MARTINSVILLE – From atop the bleachers at Bill Armstrong Stadium, thousands of fans that attend the Little 500 bike races can see how well their teams are performing. But for some race spectators, what the riders are doing is far less important than what they are wearing.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Getting the No. 1 selection in the NFL draft usually means a team hasn’t picked well in previous years. That’s half true with the Oakland Raiders.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco – Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak on clay to 63 matches Wednesday after beating Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
INDIANAPOLIS – Coaches have spent the last several years upgrading their gadgets and learning the new tricks of recruiting. Now it may be time to turn back the clock.
The IU softball team gained a much-needed out-of-conference road win on Wednesday at James N. and Dorothy M. Cooper Softball Stadium in Evansville.
CHICAGO – Mark Buehrle pitched the first no-hitter of the season Wednesday night – and he was nearly perfect, too. The Chicago White Sox left-hander faced the minimum 27 batters in a 6-0 victory over the Texas Rangers, picking off the only hitter he walked and throwing his team’s first no-hitter since 1991.
Before he heads to IU to join Kelvin Sampson’s first Hoosier recruiting class, Chipola College forward Jamarcus Ellis collected a few accolades of his own.
INDIANAPOLIS – The Big Ten basketball schedule is about to get a little tougher for everyone. Conference officials have approved an 18-game conference schedule starting next season, although details of how it will be implemented have not yet been released.
The IU softball team has seen its fair share of hard times in the past week, but the Evansville game is just what the Hoosiers need to get back on their feet before jumping back into the Big Ten season.
ST. LOUIS – The Cardinals look a lot more like September duds than World Series champions. Tom Gorzelanny and Matt Capps combined on a four-hitter and Adam LaRoche hit a three-run homer in a 6-1 victory against St. Louis on Tuesday that gave the Pittsburgh Pirates a two-game sweep.
NEW YORK – NBA referee Joey Crawford was suspended indefinitely by commissioner David Stern on Tuesday for his conduct toward Tim Duncan, who contends the official challenged him to a fight.
This isn’t your typical recess game, and these aren’t your typical players. In only its second year of existence, the extreme dodgeball intramural season is under way. Consisting of 54 teams this year, the league’s regular season has recently concluded and the players anxiously await next week’s release of the playoff bracket.
At Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., this past weekend, the IU figure skating team entered the National Collegiate Figure Skating competition with one goal in mind: to place better than its fourth-place finish last year.
The IU women’s rugby team is tough. Sophomore Aryaun Smith sat out a recent practice with an injury, but all she can think about is getting back on the field.
The wait is finally over for IU basketball fans. Junior forward D.J. White, who many Hoosier fans and scouts believed would jump to the NBA after this past season, announced Tuesday that he will be back with the squad for the 2007-08 campaign.
With the score tied in the bottom of the ninth, two outs and runners on first and third, the IU baseball team had its chance against Indiana State.