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Texans say it's their time
Houston owner sees his team off to best start and wants to finally win a game in Indy For the Houston Texans, there’s no time like the present to see how — if? — they measure up. They’re off to the best start in club history,...
Injuries begin to threaten Colts' hopes for Super Bowl
First, the good news: Nobody on the Indianapolis Colts’ active roster got injured Saturday. Although I’m hearing rumblings that public-relations man Craig Kelley may have aggravated his carpal tunnel while updating the team’s...
No. 7-ranked Boilers set sights on Final Four
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — They’ve won the Big Ten Tournament. They’ve been to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. They’ve been ranked in the top 10. Now, the Purdue Boilermakers are taking dead aim at the Final Four. With...
Special teams just that
The Indianapolis Colts’ kickoff and punt coverage units have been a model of consistency, and a noticeable improvement over the past, under first-year special teams coach Ray Rychleski . They’re top-10 in both areas: No. 5 against...
Mike Chappell's power rankings
1. Indianapolis Colts: A win over the Texans won’t clinch the AFC South, but they can start silk-screening the T-shirts. The Colts would lead by four games with eight to play. 2. New Orleans Saints: If Peyton Manning isn’t the...
Game notes
Coaches: Jim Caldwell (7-0 in first season with Colts). Gary Kubiak (27-29 in fourth season with Texans). Series: Colts lead 13-1. Last meeting: Colts won 33-27 on Nov. 16, 2008, in Indianapolis. Rankings: Colts — Offense 4th (30th rushing,...
Boilermakers end 43-year drought at the Big House
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — First there was Purdue’s victory over Ohio State, breaking a 19-game losing streak against ranked opponents. Now comes Saturday’s thrilling 38-36 win at Michigan for the Boilermakers, who experienced success in...
Postgame handshake brings bad tidings
Hope ‘thanks’ Rodriguez for perceived role in Reckman’s 1-game suspension by Big Ten ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Saturday’s postgame exchange between Purdue coach Danny Hope and Michigan’s Rich Rodriguez was anything but...
IU defense can't get stops
Badgers run for 294 yards, 3 TDs, then get key pass completion to clinch it BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — On a wall outside the weight room at Memorial Stadium is a list of Indiana’s three defensive goals for each game. The third one reads:...
Replogle puts his heft behind offensive role at key juncture
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana football coach Bill Lynch has described starting defensive tackle Adam Replogle as a player who would do anything asked of him on the football field. Saturday, Lynch asked Replogle to play fullback on three goal-line...
Irish stunned at home again by Midshipmen
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Navy did it to Notre Dame again — and this loss to the Midshipmen is even more costly. Craig Schaefer sacked Jimmy Clausen in the end zone with 60 seconds left Saturday and Navy held on for a 23-21 victory, its second...
Butler stays unbeaten with win at Dayton
Andrew Huck ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more in Butler’s 31-28 win over host Dayton on Saturday. Butler (9-0, 6-0 Pioneer Football League) snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Flyers (7-2, 5-1). The Bulldogs finished...
Duo to team up for Boilers
Purdue will get 1st look at a healthy Hummel and confident Johnson together WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For the past two seasons, Purdue has had Robbie Hummel and JaJuan Johnson. What the Boilermakers haven’t been able to put on the court at...
2009-10 Purdue schedule
November 3—vs. California (Penn.), W, 78-44, exhibition 9—vs. Kentucky Wesleyan, 7 p.m., exhibition 13—vs. Cal State Northridge, 7 p.m. 20—vs. South Dakota St. (at U.S. Virgin Islands), 8:30 p.m. 22—TBD (at U.S. Virgin...
Not pretty, but Bulldogs execute plan
Who could have imagined that Butler’s 11th-ranked basketball team would have to ramp it up just to keep up with its Bulldog brothers? On a Saturday in which Butler moved into first place in the Pioneer Football League and clinched a Horizon...
Jaguars cruise against Pumas
Forward Robert Glenn and guard Alex Young each scored 19 points as IUPUI defeated visiting St. Joseph’s (Ind.) 86-62 in an exhibition basketball game Saturday afternoon. Five Jaguars scored in double figures as guard Leroy Nobles added 16...
Teammates happy Hansbrough is playing
Top draft pick is a tough frontcourt presence who has been knocking them around in practice Tyler Hansbrough’s teammates couldn’t wait for him to play his first game. They wanted to see Hansbrough, the Indiana Pacers’ first-round...
Carl Edwards winless in '09
Frustrating season after 9 wins in 2008 has the Ford driver fired up to build momentum for 2010 Carl Edwards has found a way to try to mask the frustration of his winless NASCAR Sprint Cup season. “I’ve kind of tried to think of it...
Center Grove falls in semis
YORKTOWN, Ind. — Center Grove coach Deb McClurg worried the Trojans’ penchant for slow starts eventually would burn them, especially as they faced better teams in the state tournament. It did just that during the afternoon match at the...
Emotional state title for Brebeuf
Braves (34-1) avenge lone loss of season with victory over Yorktown in the final MUNCIE, Ind. — When the match was over, the Brebeuf Jesuit volleyball players collapsed in the middle of the court. They were unable to hold their bodies up . . ....
Muncie Burris finishes 40-0
Coach Shondell says it is one of school’s best teams ever MUNCIE, Ind. — Moments after leading Muncie Burris to its 13th consecutive Class 2A volleyball title, coach Steve Shondell was asked where this one ranks. All he knows is,...
Losing in semis hurts, but Lutheran encouraged
Saints play with more confidence in their 2nd straight appearance in the state finals MUNCIE, Ind. — It was a small progression, but a progression nonetheless. Lutheran fell in the Class A state volleyball semifinals for the second consecutive...
Colts fans deserve an F
** The embarrassing booing by a large number of Colts fans when San Francisco’s Parys Haralson appeared to be injured gives Indianapolis a black eye. True, Haralson just may have been pulling a Willie McGinest, but who can know that? Shame on...
Chesang wins Monumental
Mathew Chesang , a former Kansas State runner from Kenya, won the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon on Saturday. Chesang, 28, who lives in Eau Claire, Wis., ran the 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 21 minutes. The course ran through Downtown and the Near...
Ice look to extend win streak
The Indiana Ice (6-2-1) looked to extend their four-game U.S. Hockey League winning streak Saturday night against the host Sioux Falls Stampede (6-1-2). Go to IndyStar.com for the result. Indiana is coming off a 4-2 road win over the Sioux City...
Navy upsets Notre Dame 23-21
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Navy did it to Notre Dame again — and this loss to the Midshipmen is even more costly. Craig Schaefer sacked Jimmy Clausen in the end zone with 60 seconds left Saturday and Navy held on for a 23-21 victory, its second straight at...
Wisconsin holds off Indiana rally 31-28
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — No. 24 Wisconsin followed the same old script to grind down Indiana. John Clay ran for 134 yards and a touchdown, Montee Ball scored two TDs and the Badgers held off the Hoosiers’ fourth-quarter rally for a 31-28 victory...
Purdue wins at Michigan, 1st time since '66
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Joey Elliott threw for a career-high 367 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another to help Purdue rally past Michigan 38-36 Saturday, dealing a serious blow to the Wolverines’ bowl hopes. The Boilermakers (4-6, 3-3 Big...
Knight recalled fondly at Hall of Fame induction
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — There were no surprises at the Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday night at Assembly Hall. Though many in the crowd of more than 800 attending the event buzzed in the lobby beforehand that...
Colts' secondary absorbs more hits
Sanders’ (torn biceps) season over; Hayden (knee) might miss 4 weeks Two years ago, it appeared the Indianapolis Colts had the makings of one of the NFL’s outstanding secondaries. Two weeks ago, it appeared it was all about to come...
