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Brady will get another chance at legacy
(02/06/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Tom Brady was one of the last ones out of the shower, perhaps hoping some extra hot water would help take the sting out of a crushing Super Bowl loss. In a nearly deserted New England Patriots locker room, he sat wearily pulling on his boots, the pained look on his face never changing...
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The 'new' Belichick lasts less than a week
(02/06/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Turns out the "new" Bill Belichick looks and sounds an awful lot like the "old" one. Especially when he gets beat. During the week leading up to the Super Bowl, there was plenty of buzz about how the dour Patriots coach was a changed man. ... 
A writer's perspective of Super Bowl XLVI Sunday
(02/06/12)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Signs, signs -- everywhere signs. That's the name of the game when you're going to a Super Bowl it seems. If you don't like signs, then keep clear of the Super Bowl. Every person you talk to says, "follow the signs" or "look for the signs" or my favorite, "Did you read the signs?" The good news is it's easy to find your away around... 
Knights hold off late Quaker charge
(02/05/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Slightly more than two weeks remain in the boys' basketball regular season and the Northview Knights may have found the key to future success on Saturday night. The Knights typically are successful when they are hitting at a high rate from beyond the 3-point arc, but struggle when their marksmanship does the same... 
Knights continue marching to Evansville Semi-state
(02/05/12)
BY STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times BLOOMINGTON -- Stand in front of a mirror. Every move you make reflects right back at you. Through nearly 10 minutes of wrestling Saturday afternoon, Northview's Caleb Nicosin and Bloomington South's Griffin Schermer were a reflection of each other...
Saturday's high school basketball scores
(02/04/12)
The Associated Press BOYS' BASKETBALL Andrean 75, Penn 45 Bellmont 64, E. Noble 53 Bluffton 52, Heritage 49 Borden 79, Rock Creek Academy 71 Brownsburg 76, Crawfordsville 49 Brownstown 75, Paoli 48 Cambridge City 81, Shenandoah 51 Carmel 39, Zionsville 36...
Howard scores 27 as Magic top Pacers
(02/04/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Dwight Howard had 27 points and eight rebounds to lead the Orlando Magic to an 85-81 win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Danny Granger had 19 points and seven rebounds and Tyler Hansbrough had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers, who have lost two of three to the Magic in less than two weeks...
Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers wins MVP award
(02/04/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers has won the 2011 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award in a landslide. Rodgers earned 48 votes to two for New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees in balloting by a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. The Packers star is the first Green Bay player honored since Brett Favre concluded a run of three straight seasons as MVP in 1997...
Pacers tops Mavs for 1st win in Dallas in 8 years
(02/03/12)
DALLAS (AP) -- Paul George hit seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 30 points, and the Indiana Pacers won in Dallas for the first time in eight years, beating the Mavericks 98-87 Friday night. The Pacers took the lead for good with seven consecutive points in the first 2 minutes of the second half. George made a go-ahead running layup then had a steal that he turned into a dunk and a free throw...
Irsay insists, again, that he and Manning are fine
(02/03/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Maybe, just maybe, the Colts and Peyton Manning are done stealing headlines during Super Bowl week. They might save the real news for later. The simmering spat between Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay bubbled up Thursday night, when Manning's surgeon sent out a statement saying the star quarterback had been cleared to play...
Defense will carry Giants over Patriots again
(02/03/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- In this new NFL age of throw first and throw again, it's easy to forget to first rule of football: Defense wins championships. Sorry Eli. Sorry Tom. There's no doubt you're both among the league's elite quarterbacks. The Super Bowl, however, is going to be decided by defense, and the Giants are better than the Patriots right now. The proof is in the performance...
Friday night basketball scores
(02/03/12)
BOYS' BASKETBALL Adams Central 55, Ft. Wayne Blackhawk 51 Avon 71, Lafayette Jeff 60 Baptist Academy 79, Liberty Christian 71 Barr-Reeve 65, Springs Valley 43 Batesville 66, S. Dearborn 49 Bedford N. Lawrence 52, Floyd Central 44 Benton Central 51, N. Montgomery 42... 
Knights ready for regional battles
(02/03/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Saturday's Bloomington South Regional for wrestlers that qualified through the Northview and Jennings County Sectionals is all about retribution for several Knights and ultimately about reaching next week's Evansville Semi-state... 
Sweet SWIAC victory for Eels
(02/03/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor CLAY CITY -- As far as local hardwood rivalries go, there aren't many better than when Clay City and Shakamak match up on the basketball court. On Friday night, the Eels used a second half surge to hand the Class A No. 11 Lakers their first Southwestern Indiana Conference loss in seven games, 52-41... 
Knights ready for regional battles
(02/03/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor Saturday's Bloomington South Regional for wrestlers that qualified through the Northview and Jennings County Sectionals is all about retribution for several Knights and ultimately about reaching next week's Evansville Semi-state... 
Knights pick up a victory
(02/02/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The thrill of victory has been absent much too long in the Northview girl's basketball locker room, but on Thursday night it returned 10-fold as the Knights earned their first win of the season, 49-47 over Bloomfield... 
First quarter salvo leads Eels to win over Eagles
(01/31/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor GREENCASTLE -- The Clay City Eels were nearly perfect in the first and fourth quarters and that was enough to hold off a talented and athletic South Putnam Eagles team on Tuesday night for a 62-48 girls' basketball victory...
Peyton Manning says he has no plans to retire
(01/31/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- For all the things that are still up in the air, Peyton Manning is certain about this much: He isn't ready to retire yet. "I have no plans on doing that," he said Tuesday. Manning finds himself in a kind of limbo. The Super Bowl is being played in his town at the end of a season in which he didn't play even one minute. ...
Giants' have big advantage with breakout receivers
(01/31/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Eli Manning has a 1-2-3 punch at receiver that's not only dynamic, but highly entertaining. Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham give the Giants a pass-catching trio rivaling any in the NFL, and it could be New York's biggest advantage on offense against the New England Patriots in Sunday's Super Bowl...
No 2 Irish women win 19th straight, beat Rutgers
(01/31/12)
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -- Skylar Diggins scored 18 points and Natalie Achonwa added 15 to help No. 2 Notre Dame beat 13th-ranked Rutgers 71-41 on Tuesday night for the Irish's 19th straight victory. It's the third longest winning streak in school history for the Irish. The 2000-01 team that won the school's lone national championship and shared the Big East title had 23 consecutive victories. The Irish won 20 in a row the year before...
George leads Pacers past Nets 106-99
(01/31/12)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Paul George scored a career-high 24 points to lead the Indiana Pacers in a 106-99 win over the New Jersey Nets on Tuesday night. Danny Granger had 21 points and seven rebounds and Roy Hibbert had 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Pacers, who went on a 12-0 run midway through the third quarter and eventually led by as much as 18 in the fourth... 
Eels bounce back to tame Wolverines
(01/29/12)
BY STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times CLAY CITY -- The Clay City Eels took care of the basketball and hit free throws in the fourth quarter Saturday night to win their homecoming game 40-33 over the visiting White River Valley Wolverines. With homecoming queen Brielle Drelick watching from the stage, the Eels hit 12-of-19 free throws in the fourth quarter, including 6-11 in the final 1:11 of the game, to improve their record to 10-6 overall and 3-2 in the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference.. ... 
Knights place third in wrestling sectional; seven move on to regional
(01/29/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor The Northview wrestling team has come a long way this season, starting the year with one of the youngest teams in the area. On Saturday, the Knights continued their postseason run by advancing seven wrestlers to this weekend's Bloomington South Regional. The Knights also claimed a pair of championships as Aaron See (220 lbs.) and Justin Sampson (285 lbs.) wrapped up the day on top of the podium for Northview... 
Arrows pick up WIC wins over Knights
(01/27/12)
By CAREY FOX Times Sports Editor SULLIVAN -- The Class 2A ninth-ranked Sullivan Golden Arrows remained in the Western Indiana Conference drivers' seat in both the boys and girls' races with victories over the Northview Knights on Friday evening. The boys captured a 74-51 victory to improve to 3-0 in the WIC and 15-2 overall and the Lady Arrows won a 43-26 decision to boost their WIC mark to 5-0... 
Clay City lets one get away vs. Cougars
(01/27/12)
BY STEVE FIELDS For the Brazil Times CLAY CITY -- The Clay City Eels may look back on their loss to the Class A No. 8-ranked North Daviess Cougars as the big one that got away. The unranked Eels played like they should be while losing a 38-37 nail biter to the Cougars with 2.6 seconds left on the game... |
