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Team ready for Big Ten foes

By Colin Nowling · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 3:06 a.m.

As the IU men's soccer team goes into this weekend's pair of conference games, they understand the importance of getting a couple of victories and sustaining their quest for the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.

On the sidelines

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 3:05 a.m.

Players to compete in elite field Rowing ready for Rock Regatta Columbus downs Chicago in opening game

Bloodthirsty Badgers burst into Bloomington

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 3:03 a.m.

Last year, the Hoosiers walked into Camp Randall Stadium and handed Wisconsin the beating of a lifetime. The Badgers allowed a school-record 63 points to IU, and surrendered 631 yards of total offense in the process. Certainly coach Barry Alvarez's team could not forget a loss like that. They would have to be coming into Memorial Stadium with a Sheboygan-sized chip on their shoulder, right?

Young team eager for new season debut

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 3:02 a.m.

When most people think of IU's Midnight Madness they think of the beginning of the season for men's basketball. But after last year's success, more people will be paying attention to the women's basketball team.

Let the madness begin

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 3:01 a.m.

Freshman guard Bracey Wright said he couldn't see the crowd at Midnight Madness last year, but he could feel it and he could hear it. As Wright made his way from the offices of Assembly Hall to the basketball court, all he could hear was the loudness of the crowd.

First glimpse

By Matt Pera · Friday, Oct. 11,2002 3 a.m.

Every year, mid-October offers a Saturday morning sporting event that is a little different from those of other autumn days. An average fall Saturday morning on the IU campus finds most students sleeping in, tailgating or attending the IU football game. College basketball, while on the minds of many sports fans, seems a ways off.

Rowing prepares for Rock Regatta

By Alyson Brodsy and Cory Steger · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 9:43 p.m.

The Hoosiers will be hitting the water Sunday with high expectations after finishing fourth overall in points last year at the Head of the Rock Regatta. Coach Mark Wilson has done some adjustments this week in practice to emphasize the power and strength of each stroke.

Former Tiger named Detroit's new manager

By Aaron Beard and Larry Lage · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 2:19 a.m.

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers know Alan Trammell was the popular choice to be their next manager. More importantly, they're also convinced he was the right choice. "People don't come to your games to see your manager," Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said Wednesday after signing the former star shortstop to a three-year contract with a club option for a fourth season. "But if your manager makes your team perform better and conduct itself better on and off the field, then people will show their support.

Team seeing double

Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 2:18 a.m.

The men's cross country team has been racking up honors the past weeks, adding Big Ten co-athlete of the week awards and running to first place finishes.

Senior ready to return to starting line-up after personal loss

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 2:17 a.m.

In the last couple of weeks a familiar name to IU men's golf has not been posted on the leader board. Coming back from a two week hiatus from team competition, senior Aldo Jordan said he is excited to get back on the five man team and finish the semester on a positive, if not winning, note. "I am excited, very excited in fact. This is the last tournament of the fall, and we are on the right track," Jordan said.

Founding player improves

By John Rodgers and John Rogers · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 2:16 a.m.

Sometimes things just turn out for the best. And senior field hockey player Erica Nilsson can certainly vouch for that as she is tied for the team lead with seven points on three goals and an assist this season. But Nilsson did not begin her Hoosier career playing for coach Amy Robertson's squad. When Nilsson was a freshman there was no squad, and she spent the year playing for the club field hockey team. Despite being recruited by many different schools coming out of high school, Nilsson chose IU because she says she loved the school, but she also knew there was a good chance IU would soon have a program.

Time to hit the dance floor

By Ira Klapper · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 2:14 a.m.

Nobody wants to be the one who is not able to go to the big dance. This can be any dance, whether it is 7th grade, the prom or a semi-formal. Being branded as the one person without a chance to participate can be hurtful. When it comes to the NCAA's "Big Dance," post-season play, there is no four-year player on the IU women's soccer team that has been able to dance there. This may be the first time in women's soccer history that happened. There are some determined people making sure this isn't the first senior class to graduate without a post-season appearance.

Double the pleasure, double the fun

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 2:10 a.m.

It was two hours before last year's IU-Wisconsin football game, and my co-beat writer and I were sitting in Madison traffic, waiting to get to Camp Randall Stadium. As we sat at a red light, a van pulled up to the right side of the University rental car and a man rolled down his window.

Young group works hard to improve

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 2:09 a.m.

Competition is what drives athletes. Such is the case for junior Glenn Johnson and sophomore Courtney Roby. The two admit to competing during practice. The competitions may be the reason that the two wide receivers are quickly becoming one of the best receiving duos in the Big Ten. "Based on how each of us performs, we try to feed off of each other's performance," Johnson said. "If he is performing at a high level, then I upgrade my performance and vice versa. It's always positive, never negative."

Hoosiers take third at shootout

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt Glenesk · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:42 p.m.

The IU women's golf team traveled just up the road to Franklin, Ind., to take part in the fifth annual Shootout at the Legends Tuesday and returned to campus with a third place finish. The third place finish is the highest the Hoosiers have finished in the event. In the previous four years the team has not finished above fourth place. While the squad did not walk away with the team championship trophy, junior Karen Dennison captured her second individual title of the year by shooting a 212 and finishing 4-under par for the tournament. Dennison finished four shots ahead of her closest competitor, junior Malinda Johnson from Wisconsin.

Player comes back to game

By Alyson Brodsy and Dan Gelston · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:43 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Oliver Miller's travels to return to the NBA have been as wide as his portly 325-pound frame. Miller, a first-round pick in 1992 who helped Phoenix reach the NBA Finals as a rookie, is trying to win a roster spot in training camp with the Indiana Pacers. Miller, though, doesn't look at this as a last chance to revive a stagnant NBA career. Instead, he says he is hungry again. The 32-year-old, 6-foot-9 center has rediscovered his love for the game and says he can become a productive player again. "I'll never cut it out unless I'm in a wheelchair, a walker, or you see me somewhere on Jerry Springer stuck in a bed and I can't get out," Miller said. What Miller was stuck in was career limbo, wondering whether he would ever get the chance to play again in the NBA. Now, he's asking the Pacers for a fair shot at making the roster and not use his fluctuating weight as an excuse. "It's always about my weight, my weight," Miller said. "Even when I was in the CBA, it was we wanted you but we heard you couldn't run up and down the floor. We heard you were 500 pounds. Don't believe everything you hear. Put me out in the floor and then make a judgment."

Baseball managers and coaches fail to motivate

By Alyson Brodsy and Benjy Ekhaus · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:36 a.m.

In the closing weeks of the season and with his team out of contention, Chicago Cubs manager Don Baylor downplayed the importance of motivating players. "I get sick and tired of people saying you have to motivate," Baylor told the Houston Chronicle. "Motivation, everyone talks about it, but that's a bunch of (bull) if I ever heard it. Sometimes people get carried away with that term. I don't think I ever had to be motivated by a manager." Days later, Baylor was fired. Now, he has company. Man, does he have company. Since the start of the regular season in April, twelve out of thirty teams have parted ways with their managers. Head coaches are falling left and right, and many of them come from teams that were supposed to contend.

Baseball playoffs up to bat

By -Val Tsoutsouris and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:34 a.m.

As a Cubs fan, telling the differences between the regular season and postseason approximates the differences between my everyday life and Michael Jackson's life. I have trouble comprehending. My life is ordinary. Jacko the Germ Fighter's life isn't. Nothing is more exciting than a tense, well-played baseball game except perhaps a tense, poorly played baseball game. Even Twins manager Ron Gardenhire found it comical when four Twins let Scott Hatteberg's routine pop-up fall between them for an RBI single. TV cameras caught Gardenhire laughing in the dugout. That's a good thing as the Twins settled down to win both the game and eventually the series.

Runner surprises coach, surpasses own expectations

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Hinson · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:32 a.m.

When men's cross country coach Robert Chapman designed his plan to rebuild his team, he wanted to use a base of Indiana high school stars and eventually land some high school All Americans. Last year, Chapman was able to take a step towards those national stars by bringing in three Foot Locker All-Americans in Stephen Haas from North Carolina and twins John and Sean Jefferson from Florida. He also brought in Eric Redman from Indianapolis, a signing that slipped under the spotlight. After redshirting his freshman cross country season, Redman has been the team's biggest surprise this year.

Team hopes to step up performance

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Rosen · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:29 a.m.

For many teams, there comes a point during a season when they either step up or stay at their current pace. Following their fifth place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, coach Judy Wilson said it is definitely time for the women's cross country team to step it up. "Our top three or four runners need to step it up," Wilson said. "The good thing is that we were in the top five (at the Notre Dame Invitational), but it wasn't a stellar performance. The exciting part is that we're capable of a lot more when we have everyone on all cylinders."

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