Hoosiers earn Big Ten road win against Illini
Coming off a near-upset-turned-loss against No. 19 Michigan State Thursday, the IU women's basketball team took care of business on the road against Illinois on Sunday night.
Coming off a near-upset-turned-loss against No. 19 Michigan State Thursday, the IU women's basketball team took care of business on the road against Illinois on Sunday night.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Thomas Jones remembers walking off Soldier Field nearly a year ago, a cold reality slapping the Chicago Bears' top running back in the face.
IU must tear down to build up. First to go are Memorial Stadium's north end-zone bleachers, a demolition that began last week. Fifty-five million dollars later, new weight-training and basketball-practice facilities and softball and baseball complexes will adorn the IU campus.
On a day when most IU students funneled back on campus for the start of a new semester, the IU men's basketball team had its own homecoming. The Hoosiers returned from a 74-67 loss at Ohio State on Tuesday for their Big Ten home opener Sunday at Assembly Hall. With a rowdy home crowd behind them, the Hoosiers rolled to a decisive 73-51 win against Michigan State, moving their Big Ten record to 1-1. Sunday's victory is the ninth consecutive win for the Hoosiers when opening Big Ten play at Assembly Hall.
For the third time in its last four dual meets, the IU men's swimming and diving team was victorious, this time knocking off the No. 14 Ohio State Buckeyes.
With a season that will see them travel to places as far as Palo Alto, Calif., and Auburn, Ala., the IU men's and women's track-and-field team kicked off the 2007 season with some old-fashioned home cooking.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A new era of college football begins tonight with No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Florida playing a game that's grown too big to be called a bowl.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning knows all about falling apart in the playoffs. Though he struggled early Saturday, the Indianapolis Colts' stingy defense came to the rescue.
LOS ANGELES -- Foul play probably was not a factor in the death of Southern California kicker Mario Danelo, whose body was found about 120 feet down a rocky cliff, police said Sunday.
Jilted former IU men's basketball coach Bob Knight won his historic 880th game Monday, but he remains an outsider at the IU Athletics Hall of Fame. The University's hall includes some of the country's best former college basketball players like Kent Benson and Calbert Cheaney and IU's original championship-winning coach Branch McCracken, among many others.
It wasn't a blowout, but for the second time in less than two weeks Michigan State defeated the IU women's basketball team, this time in Bloomington. The Hoosiers blew a three-point lead late in regulation and lost 64-56 in overtime against the No. 19 Spartans.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Herm Edwards would never let work come between him and Tony Dungy. Not last season, when the weary Jets coach put football on hold temporarily to attend the funeral of his best friend's son in Tampa, Fla., and certainly not this week when the two coaches meet again in a wild-card game.
For the first time in 14 seasons, the IU volleyball program has a new leader. The IU Athletics Department announced Dec. 17 that former College of Charleston coach Sherry Dunbar will lead IU volleyball, after Katie Weismiller decided not to pursue a contract renewal in late November.
NEW YORK -- Spell this year's NFL MVP: L.T. Record-setting LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers ran away with The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award Thursday, just as he eluded defenders in leading his team to the AFC's best record (14-2) and a favorite's role for the Super Bowl.
PITTSBURGH -- Bill Cowher is returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers -- to say goodbye.
Dec. 17: Assembly Hall IU 57, Southern Illinois 47 IU coach Kelvin Sampson continually referred to Southern Illinois as the best team the Hoosiers had played this season up until their match in Assembly Hall. He may have very well been right. SIU took a one-point lead into halftime (23-22), but IU gained the lead for good during a furious 14-1 run in the second half. Junior guard A.J. Ratliff had a team-high 14 points off the bench for the Hoosiers.
All season long, IU coach Felisha Legette-Jack has preached to her team about playing Indiana basketball. That ideology has led her Hoosiers to a 12-3 record overall and a 1-2 record in the competitive Big Ten Conference.
While most students were still reclining on couches at home over winter break, the IU wrestling team was on the road against challenging tough competition. The Hoosiers traveled to Illinois to compete in two separate meets.
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- There the Hoosiers were, at it again. Down five points with 2:01 to play, freshman Joey Shaw stripped the ball from the University of Kentucky's Ramel Bradley near IU's basket. Shaw hit a layup. The Hoosiers were now down three.
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The number 50 wasn't too friendly to the Hoosiers against the University of Kentucky.