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Squad travels to Michigan to face conference foes, won’t race Ohio State

By Whitney Mitchell · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

The IU rowing team will get its first taste of Big Ten competition in East Lansing, Mich., this weekend. IU’s varsity and novice crews will face Michigan State, Ohio State and Michigan in an all-day double-duel race.

Hoosiers travel to West Lafayette for 4-game series

By Lee Hurwitz · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

When it comes to hitting, IU coach Tracy Smith knows his team can do better. “It better,” Smith said in regards to his team’s need to pick up its offensive play. “The guys know they’re better than what they’re performing. It’s just a matter going out and taking a deep breath, go out and do what you do.”

CBS fires radio personality Don Imus over racial comments about Rutgers

By Aaron Beard and David Bauder · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – CBS fired Don Imus from his radio program Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation’s most prominent broadcasters.

Hoosiers face No. 9 Illinois, rival Purdue in final home set

By Jordan Cohen · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

The fun and games are over for the No. 66 IU men’s tennis team. Coming off an exciting, come-from-behind win at then-No. 57 Northwestern, the Hoosiers (13-8, 3-3) face a pair of tough matches this weekend at home against No. 9 Illinois (13-6, 5-1) and rival Purdue (8-9, 1-5).

IU seeks more students in stands

By John Wustrow · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

During Saturday’s Cream and Crimson football game, action will not be limited to the turf of Memorial Stadium. The IU Athletics Department plans to set up ticket booths in hopes of raising season ticket sales.

Team travels to Missouri for meet

By Ryan Gregg · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

Despite unfavorable weather for meets, the men’s and women’s track and field teams will continue to clear hurdles this season. After canceling last weekend’s Indiana Relays, the teams will be taking their top athletes to Columbia, Mo., this weekend to compete in the Tom Botts Invitational held by the University of Missouri.

Hoosiers face pair of rivals this weekend

By Kevin Kane · Friday, April 13,2007 12 a.m.

The toughest weekend of the season has passed, but the IU women’s tennis team can’t fall asleep on this weekend’s opponents. The No. 33 Hoosiers lost to No. 2 Notre Dame and now-No. 9 Northwestern last weekend in what was the team’s most difficult pair of matches this season. IU’s schedule eases up this weekend, but only by comparison.

Treading through adversity

By Tom Kir · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

For most IU seniors, their life perspectives change after graduation. For one IU women’s water polo player, it changed before her senior year even started. In August 2005, Emily Schmitt was preparing for her senior year of college, just a few months before the start of her last water polo season. She set out for a bike ride in an attempt to make the most of one of the last remaining days of summer. While traveling down an unfamiliar road, she was hit by a van and blacked out. “I don’t remember the few minutes before it happened,” Schmitt said. “I had no recollection of the impact or sound. The first real recollection of that night was being in the hospital.”

N.C. prosecutors drop charges in rape case against Duke lacrosse players

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Duke lacrosse rape case finally collapsed Wednesday, with North Carolina’s top prosecutor saying the three athletes were railroaded by a district attorney who ignored increasingly flimsy evidence in a “tragic rush to accuse.”

Colts get prime-time slots, slew of late games in ’07

By Aaron Beard and Michael Marot · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Colts will be working late next season. League officials made the Super Bowl champions their feature attraction in 2007, giving the Colts five prime-time games including a Thanksgiving night game at Atlanta and four late-afternoon Sunday contests on the 16-game schedule. It won’t bother coach Tony Dungy.

Cardinals knock off Pirates with late home run

By Aaron Beard and Alan Robinson · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

PITTSBURGH – So Taguchi couldn’t have had a much better day, going 3-for-3 with two doubles and reaching base four times. With the game on the line in the ninth inning, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa felt he had an even better option.

Sampson inks 6th recruit for next season

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team added another player to its already illustrious 2007 recruiting class. Chicago native DeAndre Thomas – a 6-foot-8, 295-pound forward from Chipola Junior College in Florida – signed his national letter of intent to play for the Hoosiers next season, IU coach Kelvin Sampson announced Wednesday afternoon.

MSNBC drops Imus simulcast for Rutgers team comments

By Aaron Beard and David Crary · Thursday, April 12,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the “Imus in the Morning” radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host’s racial slur against the Rutgers women’s basketball team.

Squad focuses on fitness in practice

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

Focusing on fitness, the IU club rugby team’s new coach looks to make his players keep up a stellar season on the pitch.

Sophomore pitcher Monica Wright fires against the ISU Sycamores on Tuesdayin Bloomington. Wright finished the evening with her record at 12-1, allowing only three runs on six hits and three walks in 7 innings.

Hoosiers earn comeback win against ISU

By DeAntae Prince · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

Sophomore shortstop Emily Bergeson was in the middle of a slump. Then she was thrown into the position every player dreams of: two outs and the bases loaded with the opportunity to give her team a chance to win.

Group dances on in 8th year as IU club

By Amanda Bridgman · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

Break dancing: a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground. The IU Break Dance Club has been active for almost eight years. It was founded by a student who was looking for a way to meet other break dancers on campus.

Hoosiers drop contest against Evansville

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

Playing its fifth game in three days and its first midweek nonconference contest since March 7, the IU baseball team fell 8-1 to the Evansville Purple Aces at Sembower Field on Monday. The loss snapped a quick two-game winning streak for the Hoosiers and dropped them to 13-14.

Figure-skating club heads to nationals this weekend

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

Sophomore Hilary Sinker didn’t think she would be skating in college. She arrived without skates, only to call her mom telling her she’d have to send them.

UPDATE 5:58 p.m.: Sampson inks 6th recruit for next season

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team added yet another player to its already-illustrious 2007 recruiting class. Chicago native DeAndre Thomas – a 6-foot-8, 295-pound forward from Chipola College Junior College in Florida – signed his national letter of intent to play for the Hoosiers next season, IU coach Kelvin Sampson announced Wednesday afternoon.

IU places 9th in tourney

By Ari Shifron · Wednesday, April 11,2007 12 a.m.

Despite being almost done with the season, the IU women’s golf team still has a few things to improve on after its finish at the Indiana Invitational at Crooked Stick Golf Course in Carmel, Ind. After two straight tournament finishes in the top four, the Hoosiers fell to finish ninth in the 17-team field.

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