Brand urges schools to consider minorities
INDIANAPOLIS -- NCAA president Myles Brand is urging athletic directors to take a closer look at minority coaching candidates this year.
INDIANAPOLIS -- NCAA president Myles Brand is urging athletic directors to take a closer look at minority coaching candidates this year.
It was an opportunity to put IU basketball back on the national map -- the North Carolina Tar Heels just wouldn't allow it.
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.
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.
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!"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
History and a homecoming surround tonight's battle of two legendary programs.
The Hoosier women's basketball squad is coming off a two-win weekend after claiming their home Hampton Inn Classic Tournament Title by defeating Belmont and Central Michigan. IU coach Kathi Bennett is hoping her Hoosiers can continue their winning ways as they travel to Arkansas Wednesday night against yet another tough non-conference foe.
Last season, then-freshman midfielder Josh Tudela waited until just the right moment for the first goal of his college career.
With IU's football team failing to reach a bowl game for the 10th consecutive year, the Bloomington football community focused its attention on the Mellencamp Pavilion and the RecSports flag football championship last week. After weather delays and scheduling conflicts, the flag football season crowned five division champions.
While most IU students were at home eating leftover turkey and watching football, the IU ice hockey team was preparing for a holiday weekend series with defending national club champion Oakland University.
IU Athletics Director Rick Greenspan announced Tuesday the hiring of a new associate athletic director for external operations to lead scheduling, marketing and media relations for IU athletics.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Police believe they know the identity of the man who threw a chair in a brawl between players and fans during the Nov. 19 Indiana-Detroit game.
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Colts offense has been playing at a record-setting pace. Not even a makeshift offensive line has been able to slow them down.
If Auburn can't get to the Orange Bowl with a 12-0 record, the Bowl Championship Series has no plans to pair the Tigers with Utah and create a second matchup of unbeaten teams. The Tigers are still stuck behind first-place Southern California and second-place Oklahoma in the BCS standings released Monday.
Five prospects have signed NCAA national letters of intent to wear the cream and crimson next season for the IU rowing team.