Two riders inducted into Hall
Seniors Hans Arnesen and Jess Sapp were inducted into the Little 500 Hall of Fame last night at the Rider's Victory Banquet.
Seniors Hans Arnesen and Jess Sapp were inducted into the Little 500 Hall of Fame last night at the Rider's Victory Banquet.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN-- Members of the IU softball team gather together to boost morale between innings during a home game against Western Kentucky March 24. The Hoosiers will travel to Minnesota to face the Golden Gophers Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday at Noon.
NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds will have to wait until he passes Hank Aaron before baseball throws a party for him. Major League Baseball is not planning any celebration for Bonds if and when he tops Babe Ruth's mark of 714 home runs, commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday.
After a week-long hiatus, the men's track team returns to action this weekend at the Penn Relays. In its 112th consecutive year, the event boasts competitors from across the nation, including Louisiana State University, the University of Michigan and Cornell University. More than 425 races will be run during approximately 33 hours of competition beginning on Thursday and culminating on Saturday. Thus far, six athletes and the 4x400 meter relay team have met NCAA regional-qualifying marks in their respective fields. The list includes freshman Jeff Coover in the pole vault, junior David Neville in both the 200 and 400-meter runs, junior Stephanos Ioannou in the 100-meter hurdles and sophomore Ryan Smith in the 400-meter hurdles.
REUNION, Fla. - Dakoda Dowd watched her golf ball take flight, then walked toward her terminally ill mother. The 13-year-old gave her a hug and said simply, "Mom, don't cry."
After finishing second in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Western Division tournament last weekend, the No. 16 IU water polo team will attempt to earn a bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament at the CWPA Eastern Championship at Princeton University this weekend.
The IU baseball team will play a road game for the first time in two weeks and try to move closer to making the Big Ten Tournament this weekend. The Hoosiers are set for a four-game series against the Penn State Nittany Lions in University Park, Pa.
Friday will mark a bit of history for the IU women's golf team. For the first time since 1996, the Big Ten Women's Golf Championships will find their way to the IU Golf Course.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Jermaine O'Neal finally stayed out of foul trouble, and that was bad news for the New Jersey Nets. O'Neal tied a career playoff high with 37 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, and the Indiana Pacers beat the Nets 107-95 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.
There's blood in the water. Maybe not literally, but the IU rowing team is looking to avenge losses and prove they are capable of hanging with the best of the Big Ten. This Saturday, the crew travels to Minneapolis to kick off the Big Ten Championships, where they plan to settle old scores with the likes of Purdue, Ohio State, Michigan State and Wisconsin.
Following what was deemed a disappointing fall, the IU men's golf team has been on a tear this spring. With five top-three finishes in six events -- including two victories -- IU has put itself in tournament contention. This weekend's Big Ten Championship will be more than a final conference showdown; the winner takes a guaranteed spot in the NCAA tournament. IU's victory this past weekend at the Fossum/Spartan Invitational marked only the third win for the program in the tournament's 39-year history. Neither of these two previous winning teams, however, finished its Big Ten schedule with a win at the conference championship.
The No. 59 IU men's tennis team will make their trek to Minnesota this weekend to face a familiar foe. The Hoosiers will compete against No. 38 Michigan at the Big Ten Championships, the teams' second matchup in as many weeks. Michigan pulled out a close 4-3 victory with a win at the No. 6 singles position in a match that lasted four hours and 45 minutes.
The IU's women's tennis team will take on No. 47 Purdue in the opening round of the Big Ten Championships at 10 a.m. today at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill.
Twenty-two strikeouts. Eleven innings. One run. After the IU softball team's game against instate rival Indiana State last night, these were all the numbers you needed to know. Thankfully for the Hoosiers, the one run belonged to them as they scored in the top of the eleventh inning to take the 1-0 victory. With the win, the Hoosiers move to 26-22-1 on the season.
As they have for most of the season, the IU women's track and field team will participate in a meet this weekend. There is just one difference: this weekend's meet will be nationally televised on NBC.
IU women's tennis team captain Sarah Batty has always been ahead of the game -- both in sports and her personal life. After moving from England to Florida to attend prep school at age 14, Batty graduated high school in two years and began her college tennis career at IU at just 17. Now at 20, the senior is facing what could possibly be her final weekend of collegiate tennis when the Hoosiers travel to Champaign, Ill., for the Big Ten Championships Friday. Batty is a senior leader on the team, anchored IU at the No. 1 singles spot all season and has been named to two All-Big Ten teams in her career.
HOUSTON -- Sorry, Vince, but you won't be playing for your hometown team. The Houston Texans will take Southern Cal running back Reggie Bush or North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams with the first pick in Saturday's draft, general manager Charley Casserly said Wednesday. The Texans dashed the hopes of fans who have been clamoring for the team to pick Vince Young, a Houston native who led the Longhorns to a Rose Bowl win and the national championship over Bush and USC.
INDIANAPOLIS -- Any hopes the Indiana Pacers had of getting through the playoffs relatively healthy vanished by the end of their Game 2 loss at New Jersey. The Pacers enter Game 3 today with starters Peja Stojakovic and Stephen Jackson and reserve Jamaal Tinsley nursing injuries. The situation is all too familiar for a team that has used 32 different starting lineups this season while player after player has gone down.
Twenty-two strikeouts. Eleven innings. One run. After the IU softball team's game against instate rival Indiana State last night, these were all the numbers you needed to know. Thankfully for the Hoosiers, the one run belonged to them as they scored in the top of the eleventh inning to take the 1-0 victory. With the win, the Hoosiers move to 26-22-1 on the season. The 22 strikeouts were from senior Mariangee Bogado, who was one strikeout shy of tying the team record she set earlier this season on Feb. 24. Bogando also one-hit the Sycamores. "I was just going out there trying to get outs to continue to keep my team in the game," Bogado said. "I wasn't thinking about the strikeouts at all."
As they have for most of the season, the IU women's track and field team will participate in a meet this weekend. There is just one difference: this weekend's meet will be nationally televised on NBC. The Hoosiers will compete in the 112th annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia, which starts today and goes through Saturday. The nationally televised meet has IU pumped to compete this weekend. "The best teams in the nation compete every year at this meet, including North Carolina, Duke, Arkansas and Tennessee," said senior distance runner Larra Overton.