Coach guiding force in IU's tradition
IU's women's golf team has ascended to one of the elite programs in Big Ten history, and the Hoosier program has known only one coach in its 22 year existence.
IU's women's golf team has ascended to one of the elite programs in Big Ten history, and the Hoosier program has known only one coach in its 22 year existence.
Going into the Collegiate Water Polo Association's Eastern Division Championships, the Hoosier water polo team does not need much motivation, as it will get another and perhaps last chance of the season to beat rival Michigan.
For years, watching "Breaking Away" was the only way, short of attending the Little 500, to enjoy its true sights and sounds. Now there's another option.
The baseball team rallied from an 8-1 deficit Tuesday night to escape from Dayton, Ohio with a non-conference victory over Wright State. The win avenges IU's March 26 loss to the Raiders that denied coach Bob Morgan his 1,000th career victory at home.
WASHINGTON -- Michael Jordan surely expected a different ending, not a finale amid the turmoil of his self-assembled, crumbling team. Jordan finishes his NBA playing career -- part three -- in Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
The Hoosiers will attempt to accomplish what the men's basketball team could not do earlier this year as they step out of Big Ten play and try to beat border rival Kentucky in a doubleheader at 3 p.m. today at the IU Softball Field.
When sophomore pole vaulter Emily Tharpe cleared the bar for the first time in high school, she was hooked. "Once you go over the bar once you just want to go higher," she said.
Chapel Hill, N.C. -- Roy Williams returned home to North Carolina, hoping to win the national championship that eluded him for 15 seasons at Kansas.
WASHINGTON -- Michael Jordan received a U.S. flag from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, beginning a night of honors for Jordan during his final home appearance as an NBA player.
Dating back to the 2001 season, the IU softball team has lost 30 consecutive Big Ten games and are now 0-10 in league play this season. But why is no one concerned?
The score was tied at four apiece in the seventh inning. Freshman pitcher Chris Hynes squinted into the late afternoon sun for the sign from senior Kevin O'Brien. Hynes wound up and threw a pitch in the dirt, and O'Brien slid to block with ease.
The stage was set. Coach Bob Morgan stuck one win away from 1,000 with only the Wright State Raiders standing in the way. But on that March 26 afternoon, Wright State surprised the Hoosiers, capitalizing on IU's pitching and defensive mistakes to up-end IU 7-6. Today at 6:30 p.m. in Dayton, Ohio, IU (22-9, 7-5 Big Ten) will seek revenge over the Raiders (10-20) for costing Morgan his thousandth and for beating the Hoosiers on their home field.
Malone, Bibby added to US team Colorado Springs, Colo. -- Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz and Mike Bibby of the Sacramento Kings were added Monday to the national team that will compete in the Olympic qualifying tournament in August.
Imagine a four person relay team that appeared to only use two runners. Also think that with those two runners, the relay team was preparing to lap its opposition. The men's track and field team is led in the running events this season by two sets of identical twins, John and Sean Jefferson and Rodney and Russell Hollis.
Although the No. 15 Hoosiers water polo team failed to notch a victory over top seed and rival No. 10 Michigan Saturday, the weekend was a success. In the championship game of the Collegiate Water Polo Associations' Southern Division the Hoosiers faced off against a familiar and unfriendly foe -- the Wolverines. IU found itself down 4-0 at halftime against Michigan and never recovered.
The Hoosier baseball team entered this weekend's four-game set with one goal in mind. They wanted to take at least three of four games from Michigan State and gain some ground in the Big Ten standings. Instead, IU split the home series with the Big Ten bottom-dwelling Spartans and are now tied with Ohio State for second in the conference with Illinois and Purdue looming just one game back. The Hoosiers now stand at 22-9 overall and 7-5 in the Big Ten, four games back of Big Ten leader Minnesota, which still owns an unblemished conference mark of 10-0.
Students gathered together early Saturday morning at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation to compete in a 20-year tradition.
Still winless in the Big Ten after six conference tries, with four of those losses coming by two runs or less, the Hoosiers were desperate to finally get a conference win after nearly two years of trying.
Still winless in the Big Ten after six conference tries, with four of those losses coming by two runs or less, the Hoosiers were desperate to finally get a conference win after nearly two years of trying.
It was another weekend and another setback for the IU men's tennis team, which has now fallen to 3-5 in the Big Ten.