Hoosiers hope to 'Forget It and Drive On'
Fido isn't just a generic dog's name. It's an IU football mantra.
Fido isn't just a generic dog's name. It's an IU football mantra.
As coach Amy Robertson and the No. 9 IU field hockey team prepare for the final two home games of the season, they find themselves in a position they have never been in before -- entering the final weekend of the season with a chance to win a Big Ten title.
The Hoosiers hope to begin another successful year of rowing Sunday at their only contest of the fall season, the Head of the Elk, a 5K race against the clock on the St. Joseph River in Elkhart, Ind. IU coach Steve Peterson said he doesn't place a lot of value on the results of fall races, but believes the event will allow him to assess the team against stiff competition, including Big Ten rivals. He also thinks a well-rowed race could have a huge impact on the sprint season.
If a tie is like kissing your sister, then Thursday's game must have felt like a full-out make out session. After 110 minutes of soccer, the IU women's soccer team tied arch rival Purdue 1-1 in a game that featured many scoring chances. It wasn't all negative for the Hoosiers, who with the tie officially qualified for the Big Ten tournament. So maybe it's more like a peck on the cheek.
The IU men's soccer team begins its final week before the postseason in an unfamiliar position -- the underdog. The No. 5 Hoosiers travel to College Park, Md., to face No. 3 University of Maryland Saturday night, and welcome No. 1 University of Akron Thursday to wrap up the regular season and prepare for the defense of their national championship.
A year ago, senior John Pannozzo was catching passes out of the backfield and blocking for Hoosier running backs. Junior Troy Grosfield practiced with the special teams unit as a kicker and ran plays with the practice squad. But when IU coach Terry Hoeppner and his staff took over, all of that immediately changed.
NEW YORK -- Coach K's first day on his new job wasn't just about Xs and Os. It was filled with questions about NBA players representing USA Basketball minding their Ps and Qs. Two weeks after it was widely reported, the sport's national governing body Wednesday made Mike Krzyzewski the first coach of the first men's senior national team.
SOUTH BEND -- Four days ago, Mike Freitag said he witnessed the worst IU men's soccer game he's ever seen as his squad tied Ohio State, 2-2. Last night, the second-year coach said the cream and crimson played their best match all season. IU defeated Notre Dame 3-0 in front of 2,418 fans at Alumni Field at Notre Dame on a night when the temperature dropped to 40 degrees.
DENVER -- Air Force Academy officials reprimanded coach Fisher DeBerry on Wednesday for what it called "seriously inappropriate" comments about black athletes but stopped short of firing him for his second public firestorm in as many years.
The IU women's soccer team is looking for a win to guarantee a spot in the Big Ten tournament tonight. However, its game is about more than getting into the tournament. It's also about a boot.
HOUSTON -- The Chicago White Sox are World Series champions again at last, and yet another epic streak of futility is not just wiped away but swept away. After seven scoreless innings, Jermaine Dye singled home the only run in the eighth, and the White Sox beat the Houston Astros 1-0 Wednesday night to win their first title in 88 years. Just a year ago, the same story line captivated baseball when the long-suffering Boston Red Sox swept St. Louis to capture their first title in 86 years.
NEW YORK -- Every NFL fan owes a huge debt to Wellington Mara, who died Tuesday at 89. So does every owner, executive and player
Twenty-one goals in three games can certainly build confidence for a hockey team, but that confidence might have gotten the best of the Hoosiers last Saturday when they dropped their final match to Western Michigan University in a weekend split.
The IU men's soccer team begins a two-game road trip tonight when it travels to South Bend to face in-state rival Notre Dame. The No. 5 Hoosiers understand the importance of a win over the Irish and are not looking past Notre Dame with games against No. 3 University of Maryland and No. 1 University of Akron on the horizon.
The IU women's tennis team had a solid showing at the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional, led by senior captain Sarah Batty who advanced to the final 16. Despite the individual accomplishments, IU head coach Lin Loring said it was hard to evaluate her team's play.
With his high school football career now in the books, Bloomington High School South quarterback Ben Chappell won't have to travel far to start his college football career next fall. In fact, a seven-minute car ride will be all he needs to go from a high school star to a Big Ten quarterback.
The Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Championships provided few bright spots for the IU men's tennis team. One of those bright spots was the stellar play by the team's top doubles pair of seniors Neil Kenner and Dmytro Ishtuganov. Seeded No. 12 in the doubles draw, the duo reached the quarterfinals but lost a tight 9-8 (5) set to the top-seeded, No. 19 ranked team of Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafssen from Louisville.
Sophomore guard A.J. Ratliff is out for an undetermined amount of time with an injury to his right thumb, which occurred during Monday afternoon's practice.
Current radio broadcaster for IU football and basketball Don Fischer called Friday evening's Hall of Fame banquet "the best night Indiana University puts on athletically." The IU Varsity Club sponsored the IU Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame banquet Friday night as seven former standout athletes and coaches were recognized for their achievements in athletics. The seven 2005 inductees make it the second largest class of inductees since the Hall of Fame's establishment in 1982. Softball coach Gayle Blevins, football standout Gene "Pat" Gedman, tennis player Deborah Edelman Kane, former men's tennis coach Dale Lewis, former men's golfer Shaun Micheel, men's swimmer Fred Schmidt and former soccer player and football kicker Pete Stoyanovich will now have their pictures hanging on a wall next to other former IU legends such as Branch McCracken, Mark Spitz and Isaiah Thomas.
IU field hockey goalkeeper Haley Exner's numbers speak for themselves. She's recorded 88 saves this season, leads Big Ten goalies with a 1.60 goals against average, boasts a .823 save percentage and has won a handful of awards, including three Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week awards -- a Hoosier record. But the most important record the San Diego native has set this season is the 13 wins she's notched in her first year as a starter for the No. 8 Hoosiers.