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Late-game rally not enough for IU to beat Buckeyes on the road

By Lee Hurwitz · Thursday, Jan. 25,2007 11:48 p.m.

Despite nearly coming back from 15 points in the second half at No. 5 Ohio State, the IU women's basketball team lost to the Buckeyes (18-1, 7-0) 72-62 Thursday night.

Can the Hoosiers rebound?

By Matt Mattucci · Thursday, Jan. 25,2007 11:45 p.m.

The IU men's basketball team hopes to rebound Saturday afternoon against the Michigan Wolverines, and in more ways than one. Besides chasing down missed shots and crashing the offensive glass, the Hoosiers will also look to rebound from their recent loss to Illinois. The Hoosiers lost 51-43 to the Fighting Illini on Tuesday night in Champaign, Ill., which ended IU's five-game winning streak. IU coach Kelvin Sampson has stressed all year the importance of his players being able to hang their hats on something. That something, he hoped, would be the Hoosiers' defense and rebounding.

UPDATE: Bailey, 2 others depart football team

By IDS staff · Thursday, Jan. 25,2007 8:37 p.m.

Three IU football players have left the team, an IU Athletics Department spokesman said Thursday night. Starting linebacker freshman Josh Bailey left the Hoosiers this week and plans to transfer to Western Kentucky.

Hoosiers hope to get back on track against Ohio State

By John Wustrow · Wednesday, Jan. 24,2007 7:30 p.m.

First-year IU women's basketball coach Felisha Legette-Jack's welcome into the Big Ten has not exactly been easy. So far, in the first seven games of conference play, Legette-Jack has seen two teams -- No. 23 Michigan State and No. 12 Purdue -- that are among the elite in not only the conference, but the nation. And she's had to see them both twice.

Basketball recruit grazed by bullet

Wednesday, Jan. 24,2007 6:09 p.m.

A member of the 2007 IU basketball recruiting class received a minor wound from a bullet in his upper back Saturday outside a hotel in California, according to a report by the Contra Costa Times.

Shooting struggles, rowdy atmosphere lead to IU road loss

By Matt Mattucci · Wednesday, Jan. 24,2007 12:38 a.m.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Assembly Hall got the best of the IU men's basketball team yet again. For the sixth straight time, the No. 23 Hoosiers lost on the Illinois Fighting Illini's home court, suffering a 51-43 defeat Tuesday night that snapped IU's five-game win streak. The loss dropped the Hoosiers to 14-5 overall and 4-2 in the Big Ten. IU coach Kelvin Sampson said after the game that the Hoosiers' problem Tuesday night was nothing that could be found on a stat sheet.

Bears' Johnson OK'd to travel

By Carla K. Johnson · Tuesday, Jan. 23,2007 11:53 p.m.

SKOKIE, Ill. -- Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson will play in the Super Bowl -- with court approval and a warning from a judge to stay out of trouble.

Offensive woes down IU

By Eamonn Brennan · Tuesday, Jan. 23,2007 11:49 p.m.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With just over five minutes left in the first half Tuesday night, IU guard Rod Wilmont stepped up to the free-throw line ready to shoot the second of the his two foul shots. Wilmont splashed the 15-footer and retreated comfortably down the court, having put his team up 21-14. It was the last time IU would expand a lead.

IU ready for hostile crowd

By Eamonn Brennan · Tuesday, Jan. 23,2007 12:18 a.m.

After the Hoosiers finished a thrilling nonconference road win Saturday at Connecticut, IU junior forward D.J. White was asked to sum up the 77-73 victory's effect on his team. "Confidence," White said. "One word -- confidence."

Parcells retires from Dallas after 4 years

By Aaron Beard and Jaime Aron · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 10:43 p.m.

IRVING, Texas -- Bill Parcells retired from coaching Monday, leaving the Dallas Cowboys after four years without a playoff win and just two weeks after a stinging wild-card loss to Seattle. During a 19-year career that also included coaching the New York Giants, New England Patriots and New York Jets, Parcells made it to three Super Bowls, winning twice with the Giants.

UPDATE: Indiana joins Top 25 for first time this season

By Jim O’Connell · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 3:01 p.m.

Kelvin Sampson's first Indiana team is where most of his Oklahoma squads spent quite a bit of time. The Hoosiers moved into The Associated Press' Top 25 for the first time this season Monday, riding a five-game winning streak to No. 23 in the poll. "It does and it doesn't," Sampson said when asked if being ranked really matters. "I might be wrong, but it seemed we were ranked every week for the past five or six years at Oklahoma, and when you are good you take it for granted. With this team it does matter. It gives our kids confidence."

IU students 'Bear down' at sports bars

By John Wustrow · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 2:57 p.m.

From the northwest suburbs of Chicago, junior Jon Beck has been a lifelong fan of the Chicago Bears. But he's too young to remember his beloved team defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX.

Hoosiers still unbeaten after trip to Kansas

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 1:53 a.m.

Going on the road for the first time in its dual-match season, IU had more to worry about than just its pair of opponents. But neither the Drake Bulldogs nor the nationally ranked Kansas Jayhawks were able to hand the Hoosiers their first loss.

FINALLY!

Monday, Jan. 22,2007 12:46 a.m.

Down 21-3 in the second quarter of the Indianapolis Colts-New England Patriots AFC Championship game, it looked to many throughout the state of Indiana that it would be another "next year" type of season for Peyton Manning and the gang. "This could be the best moment of my life, or it could be the worst" said IU sophomore Mike Rowe, an Indianapolis native who was rooting for the Colts to advance to the Super Bowl. But late-game heroics from Manning and a late interception by Indianapolis cornerback Marlon Jackson sealed a 38-34 Indianapolis victory and a trip to Miami for Super Bowl XLI.

Chicago rolls past Saints, advances to Super Bowl

By Barry Wilner · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 12:11 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Relax, Chicago. Rex Grossman and Da Bears are indeed good enough for this Super Bowl, and they've already made it a historic one.

A MIDWESTERN MATCHUP

By Cordell Eddings and Cordell M. Eddings · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 12:11 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning's head was down, but he had to sneak a peak. With less than 30 seconds left, the Colts holding on to a four-point lead and the ball in notorious comeback kid Tom Brady's hands, Manning looked up -- just in time to see Colts cornerback Marlon Jackson intercept Brady and send the Indianapolis Colts to the Super Bowl, sealing the biggest comeback in AFC Championship history. Manning and the Colts defeated the New England Patriots 38-34 after waiting years to get a shot at the Patriots at home in the RCA Dome, but it wasn't easy. "Our team went the hard way the whole year, but they hung tough," head coach Tony Dungy said.

Wilmont, White lead Hoosiers to victory

By Matt Mattucci · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 12:08 a.m.

Confidence is something D.J. White and the Hoosiers have been striving for all season long. Saturday afternoon in Hartford, Conn., confidence is what White and his teammates found.

Boilermakers upend Hoosiers for second straight game

By Lee Hurwitz · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 12:03 a.m.

Sharon Versyp's homecoming to IU didn't come with hugs and smiles. Instead, the former IU women's basketball coach stuck it to the Hoosiers as Versyp's No. 12 Purdue Boilermakers defeated the Hoosiers 81-58 in business-like fashion. The loss for IU came in the final regular-season matchup between the two teams this season, following a 73-51 loss at Purdue Jan. 14.

Both swim teams honor seniors with wins

By Brian Buckey · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 12:02 a.m.

As the IU men's swimming and diving team honored its seniors on Senior Day, it was the underclassmen who stole the show. The Hoosiers topped Missouri 153-146 at Councilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center Saturday.

IU cruises past Toledo, Murray State

By Jordan Cohen · Monday, Jan. 22,2007 12:01 a.m.

The men's tennis team improved to 4-0 with a pair of victories Saturday, beginning the day with a hard-fought 6-1 win against the Toledo Rockets and then following up with a 7-0 win against the Murray State Racers.

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