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Opener chance to start on right foot

By John Rodgers · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 11:44 a.m.

One year and two days after the beginning of the worst IU men's basketball season since 1970, the Hoosiers hit the court Tuesday night at Assembly Hall hoping to return the program to its historically winning ways.

California Dreamin'

By Steve Slivka · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 1:43 a.m.

One win stands between the No. 2-seed IU men's soccer team and its seventh trip to the College Cup in the past eight seasons. IU hopes to calm the storm that the unseeded Tulsa Golden Hurricane brings to this year's NCAA tournament.

Running the Gauntlet

By John Rodgers · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 1:41 a.m.

When the goin' gets tough, the tough get goin'. The IU basketball team hopes to adopt this saying and take it into Saturday's match-up with defending national champion University of Connecticut. And believe it or not, after losing to run-and-gun No. 9 North Carolina Wednesday, things do get tougher for the Hoosiers.

DiNardo firing causes joy, disbelief with students

By Andrew Shaffer · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 1:31 a.m.

IU Athletics Director Rick Greenspan announced Wednesday Gerry DiNardo had been relieved of his duties as IU football coach. An attendance level reaching an average crowd of 28,4000 per game in a stadium that seats 52,000 marred a tenure spanning eight wins in three seasons.

Single play might have turned season for Colts, Tennessee

By Alyson Brodsy and Jon Krawczynski · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 1:21 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Colts are in the middle of another promising season, while the Tennessee Titans are falling apart.

Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 1:02 a.m.

Women's swim and dive ready for Illini The No. 25-ranked IU women's swimming and diving team heads to Champaign, Ill., to face Big Ten rival Illinois in a dual match Saturday. The Hoosiers enter the meet 3-2, 0-1 in Big Ten competition with wins against the University of Evansville, Kentucky and Southwest Missouri State University.

NHL, union to resume negotiations for first time since September

By Alyson Brodsy and Ira Podell · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 1 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The NHL and the players' association will resume talks next week in an effort to end the 78-day lockout and save the season.

Bears hanging with Hutchinson

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Gano · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 1 a.m.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bears are turning to a surfer dude to perk up their listless offense, prompting the Minnesota Vikings to search the videotape archives and check out his moves.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 12:56 a.m.

Report: Notre Dame to meet with Utah's Urban Meyer NEW YORK -- Notre Dame has contacted University of Utah coach Urban Meyer about its coaching vacancy, and was to meet with him Thursday, The New York Times reported.

Yankees, league respond to Giambi

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronald Blum · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 12:53 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Jason Giambi's reported testimony that he used steroids might jeopardize his $120 million contract with the New York Yankees and allow baseball commissioner Bud Selig to discipline him.

Brand urges schools to consider minorities

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Marot · Friday, Dec. 3,2004 12:51 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- NCAA president Myles Brand is urging athletic directors to take a closer look at minority coaching candidates this year.

Hoosiers come up short against UNC

By John Rodgers · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 1:37 a.m.

It was an opportunity to put IU basketball back on the national map -- the North Carolina Tar Heels just wouldn't allow it.

DiNardo let go following 3 losing seasons

By Dan Click · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 1:37 a.m.

After a 3-8 season, speculation swirled Tuesday night that IU football coach Gerry DiNardo would be fired. At a press conference Wednesday, the three-year head coach was officially fired when IU athletics director Rick Greenspan confirmed DiNardo had been relieved of his duties as IU's head football coach.

Hoosier players react to unexpected coaching change

By Dan Patrick · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 1:37 a.m.

While there are typically five stages of grief, there only seems to be two in the Hoosier locker room after the Gerry DiNardo coaching era passed Monday night -- disbelief and acceptance.

No. 5 Illinois handles No. 1 Wake Forest by 18 points

By Alyson Brodsy and Nancy Armour · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 1:03 a.m.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With about 2 1/2 minutes still left in the game, Illinois' rabid "Orange Krush" student section started chanting "WE'RE No. 1! WE'RE No. 1!"

Two men banned from Detroit home games

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 1:02 a.m.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Two men were banned from events at The Palace for what the Detroit Pistons say is their involvement in last month's brawl during an NBA game.

IU loses heartbreaker in Arkansas

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 1:01 a.m.

The IU women's basketball squad took a two-game winning streak Wednesday night into Arkansas, but fell short of its third straight victory, losing to the Lady Backs 53-50 in a heartbreaking loss.

Junior sets future goals in and out of pool

By Ricardo Hernandez · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 1 a.m.

Most would consider Kevin Swander a laid-back type of guy, but there seems to be nothing laid back about him. When it comes to his swimming stats, this 6-foot-1 junior from Greenwood, Ind., controls them all.

DiNardo fired

By Dan Click and Aaron Beard · Thursday, Dec. 2,2004 12:34 a.m.

IU football coach Gerry DiNardo was fired Tuesday night. A press conference has been set for 2:30 p.m. at Assembly Hall in the basketball media room. It didn't take new athletics director Rick Greenspan long to make his first major decision in his new post. In addition to DiNardo, Greenspan fired the entire IU football staff. DiNardo, just finished his third season at IU with a record of 3-8. His overall record with the Hoosiers was 8-27.

MADNESS MEMORIES

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 1:32 a.m.

At 6:30 p.m., March 22, 1984, former IU men's basketball player Dan Dakich got the assignment of a lifetime -- guard Michael Jordan. "I opened up my door in the hotel and threw up right outside my door," Dakich said. "But it was actually because I was sick."

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