On the evening of Sept. 9, the Jags opened their home season under the ideal weather conditions for soccer. The sun shone down on the pitch while a gentle breeze swept across the field. Though the team lost 2-1 in a hard-fought match, chatter and laughter could be heard from the stands as fans enjoyed both the competitive game and the beautiful evening.
The IU Indy volleyball team played its first home volleyball match of the season Sept. 11 against Bellarmine in the opening match of the Hampton Inn Invitational.
This past month, the city of Indianapolis hosted the 2025 WNBA All-Star Weekend. This comes a year after the city hosted the NBA All-Star game and just over a month after hosting three games during the NBA Finals. While hosting WNBA All-Star Weekend marks the end of an exciting summer of sports in the city, it also provides the opportunity to reflect on the growth of women’s basketball in the state.
In the recent 2025 National Basketball Association (NBA) tournament, the Indiana Pacers played against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder won the series 4-3, resulting in a devastating loss for Hoosiers across the state and Pacers fans across the country alike.
As the chill of winter fades and the first whispers of spring brush through the campus, the IU Indianapolis men’s soccer team is playing a series of exhibition games that will help shape their path to the fall season.
IU Indianapolis graduate students Chris Schumerth and Cort Street were in New Orleans to cover the 2025 Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame and the University of Georgia for the IU Indianapolis Sports Capital Journalism Program on January 1. In the early morning hours on the scheduled day of the game, a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 14. The driver had an ISIS flag on his truck, police reported.
On Feb. 19, at the Herron School of Art and Design, IU Indianapolis students, alumni, members of the athletic department, board members and government officials gathered together to celebrate the groundbreaking of the James T. Morris Arena.
IU Indianapolis is breaking ground with a cutting-edge $110 million Athletics Center, a pivotal addition to the downtown campus, which is expected to be a game-changer for the community and foster school spirit.
After more than two decades on the sidelines, head coach of IU Indianapolis women’s soccer, Chris Johnson, is retiring. Johnson is the program’s all-time leader in wins after this final season. He tallied 160 wins in his 22-year career. Johnson had an incredible resume in his time with the Jaguars.
The Indiana Fever have hired Indiana native, Stephanie White as their new head coach. White has spent the past two seasons with the Connecticut Sun. White went 55-25 with consecutive semifinals appearances with the Sun and won WNBA Coach of the Year in 2023. White is not new to the Indiana culture ...
After a two-year tenure as head coach, the Indiana Fever has fired their head coach, Christie Sides.Under Sides, the Fever had a record of 33-47. In 2023 they had a 13-27 record, and in 2024 they went 20-20. Sides brought the Fever to their first playoffs since 2016.Under her leadership, the team also ...
From Greenwood, Indiana to Akron, Ohio, all the way to Paris, Grace Nuhfer proves the sky's the limit, or in her case, the four walls of a Paralympic-sized swimming pool. Nuhfer swam and won silver in the 100m Butterfly this past August in the Paris Paralympics under the S13 category, which falls under the 14 different paraswim categories. Three of these categories concern visual impairments. Nuhfer’s specific grouping represents the athletes with the most visibility.
There was no question who should win WNBA Rookie of the Year when records were broken and history was made by one of the nation’s most popular athletes. Clark received 66 out of 67 votes for this award. Clark finished the season with the most points, assists, and 3-point field goals made by a rookie ...
After a rainy start to the six-hour Battle on the Bricks of the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship, drivers Jesse Krohn and Phillip Eng led the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 to victory with their sister car in second, the No. 25 BMW driven by Connor de Phillippi and Nick Yelloly. The 2024 IMSA Battle on the Bricks, held on Sept. 22, was the second time the Weathertech Sportscar Championship raced at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) since the championship’s inception in 2014. Still, this year’s race will be remembered for BMW’s first 1-2 finish in the GTP class since their debut in the 2023 season.
For the first time in eight years, the Indiana Fever have made the WNBA playoffs, snapping the longest playoff drought by any team in league history. Indiana’s starters, who include Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell, Lexie Hull, NaLyssa Smith and Aliyah Boston were all drafted by the Fever after their ...
Colts-Texans RecapThe Indianapolis Colts played the Houston Texans week one on Sunday, Sep. 8 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to begin their 2024-2025 NFL season. The streak is now 11-straight seasons that the Colts have failed to win their season-opening game. This year, their first loss was to ...
IU Indianapolis has hired former University of Indianapolis head coach Paul Corsaro to be the new Men’s Basketball Head Coach.
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