NFL shuts down European League
After 16 years in Europe, the NFL shut down its developmental league Friday.
After 16 years in Europe, the NFL shut down its developmental league Friday.
After another slow start, Serena Williams got her grass-court game back on track.
Aging NFL retirees told Congress Tuesday that playing professional football left them with broken bodies, brain damage and empty bank accounts. Lawmakers said they may get involved if a better pension and disability system isn’t created.
Two days before he and his family were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide, pro wrestler Chris Benoit told co-workers his wife and son had food poisoning and were throwing up, according to World Wrestling Entertainment.
Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird says he plans to improve the team and make the playoffs next year. He just isn’t sure how yet.
For IU football coach Terry Hoeppner, the time to shine was on Saturdays. So when planning his Celebration of Life, there was only one day his wife Jane said it should happen. It needed to be a Saturday. Coach Hoeppner Celebration of Life Photo gallery Video
Senior Nadina Kodba stood at the west side of Assembly Hall waiting for head football coach Terry Hoeppner’s last “Walk.”
Braves manager Bobby Cox wasn’t going to argue with plate umpire Chad Fairchild, and he ended up with a record-tying ejection anyway.
It was a red, white and blue night all around the NHL draft.
Four members of the IU women’s track and field team competed in USA Track and Field Championships over the weekend in Indianapolis. Senior Jessica Gall competed in the 10,000 meter run Thursday, finishing with a time of 35:26.91 to finish in 19th place. Also on Thursday, freshman Rachel Ehret ran unattached in the 3,000 meter event, finishing 10th in the junior race with a time of 10:23.00
Indiana All-Star Eric Gordon made quite an impression on Kentucky All-Star coach Ron Bevars.
The IU board of trustees reached an agreement Thursday to replace Assembly Hall when an appropriate time comes.
IU head football coach Terry Hoeppner died early Tuesday morning due to complications from a brain tumor, team physician Dr. Larry Rink said. He was 59. “Coach died due to complications from the brain tumor for which he had been treated surgically and therapeutically over the past 18 months, “ Rink said in a statement. “His family was at his side.” Hoeppner had been on an extended medical leave of absence extending through the 2007 season, and had been receiving chemotherapy and radiation. The IU Athletics Department held a press conference reinforcing their full confidence in Coach Hoeppner and named assistant head coach Bill Lynch head coach for the 2007 season in Hoeppner’s stead Friday, June 15. Greenspan said he had been in contact with Hoeppner over the last several weeks, and he said, as Hoeppner was fond of saying, that he didn’t lose, he just ran out of timeouts. “I’ve seen him several times in the last few days,” Greenspan said, “and had a chance to say a few things to him on Father’s Day on Sunday, and that was good for me. He’s certainly struggled with his health here. ... I think from the medical folks (standpoint) he was doing much better than he had done in several weeks, and obviously he took a rapid turn and he (just) ran out of timeouts.”
After IU football coach Terry Hoeppner became IU’s 26th football coach in December of 2004, Dean of Students Dick McKaig remembers a session the following spring at Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union in which Hoeppner openly talked to students about the football program and its future.
College athletics was rocked Tuesday morning by the passing of IU football coach Terry Hoeppner. Hoeppner had only been IU’s head coach for two years, but he left a lasting impression on those who coached against him in the Big Ten.
• The Walk Hoeppner started a pregame tradition where the team took a bus to the Woodlawn Fields across from Memorial Stadium.
Evan Bayh, Baron Hill, other coaches and former players share their memories of Terry Hoeppner
Stephen Jackson pleaded guilty Wednesday to criminal recklessness for firing a gun outside a strip club and was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service.
Coming to a large campus such as IU can be intimidating, especially when your first experiences include intensive summer classes. The members of the Groups program can verify that. In an attempt to ease the transition into college life, the intramurals programs has teamed up with Groups leaders for the fifth straight year to offer teams to these future IU grads.
Summer is usually reserved for relaxing, hanging out at the pool and vacationing, but here at IU, more than 2,000 kids ages 9-18 and about 120 high school basketball teams will be participating in IU basketball coach Kelvin Sampson’s summer basketball camps at Indiana University.