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Indianapolis to continue seeking major sports event

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 5,2006 12:42 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The city still wants to host a U.S. team trials before the 2008 Olympics, even though the RCA Dome will have been torn down, Conseco Fieldhouse might have a scheduling conflict with the Indiana Pacers and the new Lucas Oil Stadium will still be under construction.

Fireman to run in mini-marathon in full gear

Friday, May 5,2006 12:40 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A Bloomington fireman plans to briskly walk the 500 Festival Mini-Marathon on Saturday in full firefighting gear, including helmet, jacket, pants, oxygen tank and breathing mask.

Indianapolis chosen for 2009 baseball winter meetings

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 5,2006 12:38 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Baseball's 2009 winter meetings will be in Indianapolis, the northernmost venue in more than 40 years for the annual gathering of major and minor league executives.

Trainer of top Derby contender Lawyer Ron handles it all

By Alyson Brodsy and Richard Rosenblatt · Friday, May 5,2006 12:33 a.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Lawyer Ron was getting a sponge bath, the early morning sunlight glistening off his wet, chestnut coat. On the other side of the barn, the man he is named after was closing a deal to sell the colt, one of the Kentucky Derby favorites. Business as usual for the four-legged Lawyer Ron.

Former IU linebackers net NFL contracts

By Ryan Corazza · Friday, May 5,2006 12:30 a.m.

After former IU middle linebacker John Pannozzo suffered a season-ending hand injury against Michigan State Oct. 29 in East Lansing, IU coach Terry Hoeppner looked to outside linebacker Kyle Killion to fill the void.

Former Major Taylor director filed suit

By Chris Engel · Friday, May 5,2006 12:21 a.m.

Former Team Major Taylor director Courtney Bishop filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to allow him to coach and serve as a consultant for TMT April 21, one day before the Little 500.

ONLINE ONLY: Today I consider myself…

By Ryan Phillips · Tuesday, May 2,2006 3:52 p.m.

For the past eight months my assignment has been to write columns about Indiana University's basketball team, and let me tell you, it wasn't the cake-walk you all assume it was. I was forced to sit courtside for every home game, eat free food in Assembly Hall's press room, deal with the terminally miss-informed Andy Katz and then spew my opinions onto the pages of America's best college newspaper. Seriously folks, I had it rough.

Hoosiers fall in weekend championship to Bucknell

By Lee Hurwitz · Monday, May 1,2006 1:22 a.m.

Sometimes, storybook endings aren't always meant to happen. For the No. 18 IU water polo team, that was the case as it dropped its first game of the Collegiate Water Polo Association Eastern Championship on Saturday to Bucknell University in the second overtime, 6-5, as the Hoosiers finished fifth in the tournament.

Hoosiers notch many bests at Penn Relays

By Rick Harker · Monday, May 1,2006 1:21 a.m.

The IU women's track and field squad accomplished four personal bests, two NCAA provisional-qualifying marks and one NCAA regional-qualifying mark at the 112th Penn Relays this weekend in Philadelphia.

Boilermakers surprise IU 4-3 in tourney

By Jonathan Hines · Monday, May 1,2006 1:18 a.m.

The No. 4-seeded IU women's tennis team entered its quarterfinal Big Ten Championships match in Champaign, Ill., against No. 5-seed Purdue, the same Purdue team it had defeated at home 5-2 March 24. At the Illini Grove Tennis Courts, however, something different happened.

Hoosiers fall to Michigan for 2nd time in as many weeks

By Evan Harris · Monday, May 1,2006 1:17 a.m.

Revenge just wasn't enough to drive the No. 5-seed IU men's tennis team past the No. 4-seed Michigan Wolverines in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Championships. For the second time in as many weeks, the Hoosiers succumbed to the Wolverines 4-2.

First novice 8 boat wins silver medals

By Jackie Faine and Jacqueline Faine · Monday, May 1,2006 1:16 a.m.

Age is no barrier for setting school records. And that's precisely what IU's first novice 8 boat proved this weekend at the Big Ten Championships in St. Paul, Minn. At the conclusion of its heat, the nine-member crew successfully earned silver medal honors and eclipsed IU's highest previous ranking of fourth in 2004.

IU splits series at Penn State

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Monday, May 1,2006 1:16 a.m.

The IU baseball team split its first road conference series since 2004 this weekend at Penn State, moving its record to 7-13 in Big Ten play and 17-25 overall.

Hoosiers win qualifying spots at relays

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 1,2006 1:15 a.m.

The IU men's track and field team wrapped up competition at the Penn Relays Sunday after posting three top-10 finishes Saturday. Highlighted by sophomore Kyle Jenkins' first-place finish in the triple jump, the Hoosiers finish saw the team obtain regional qualifying marks in every event they competed in on the meet's final day.

Weather troubles IU in last round

By Kevin Kane · Monday, May 1,2006 1:14 a.m.

After bolting to the top of the leaderboard at the end of the third round, the Hoosiers, with help from the inclement playing conditions, slipped down to a sixth-place finish in the Big Ten Championship.

Hoosiers splash home 6th in Big Ten Tournament

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 1,2006 1:13 a.m.

The IU women's golf team rode a pair of top-10 finishes, which made for a solid weekend for the Hoosiers, who finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships. The championships were held in Bloomington for the first time since 1966.

Swimming & diving

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 1,2006 1:07 a.m.

IU coach ray looze was pegged for double duty this year. The men's swimming and diving coach took over the women's team and both programs excelled in his first year at the dual helm.

Women's basketball

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 1,2006 1:06 a.m.

In its first postseason tournament, since the 2000-01 season, the IU women's basketball team refused to go quietly in its second-round WNIT game against Indiana State in Terre Haute. With IU down 59-58 to the Sycamores in the closing minutes, senior guard Cyndi Valentin -- in her only postseason as a Hoosier -- took over, scoring IU's last 10 points of the game. Valentin's scoring barrage included a 3-pointer, one three-point play and four-consecutive free throws down the stretch that iced the 68-62 IU victory.

Wrestling

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 1,2006 1:04 a.m.

Joe dubuque finished his senior season just as he had started it -- a national champion. Dubuque defeated Troy Nickerson, a true freshman out of Cornell, March 18 to become the first Hoosier to win back-to-back NCAA wrestling championships. Dubuque finished the season 28-1, with his only loss coming to Kyle Ott of Illinois in the Big Ten semifinals. The loss to Ott snapped a 28-match win streak for Dubuque dating back to the 2005 Big Ten semifinals.

Hoosiers tapped in draft

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 1,2006 1:03 a.m.

Former IU football players Victor Adeyanju and Isaac Sowells were picked back-to-back in the fourth round of the NFL Draft Sunday. The 6-foot-3, 324-pound Sowells went to the Cleveland Browns with the 112th pick overall, while the St. Louis Rams nabbed the speedy defensive end Adeyanju with the very next pick.

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