Factors converged in crash that killed Dan Wheldon
October 17, 2011The perfect storm: A high-banked oval crowded with the largest field of the season. Inexperienced or impatient drivers racing at more than 220 mph. Absolutely no room for error.
The perfect storm: A high-banked oval crowded with the largest field of the season. Inexperienced or impatient drivers racing at more than 220 mph. Absolutely no room for error.
INDIANAPOLIS — Workers have begun preparing to move the wreckage of a stage that collapsed and killed seven people at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
LAS VEGAS — Race car drivers always know the worst can happen whenever they get behind the wheel.
As it arrived in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., for a Mid-American Conference showdown with Central Michigan, Ball State envisioned crashing the home teams' Senior Day.
As Ball State's offense constantly pressured the attacking third in Sunday's game, Kent State preferred a more conservative approach.
NEW YORK — The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. It stared down city officials to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle Saturday with a big Times Square demonstration and found legions of activists demonstrating in solidarity across the country and around the world.
ATHENS, Ohio – Having escaped the shadow of its own goalposts, Ohio was driving past midfield. Down three points late in the fourth quarter, the Bobcats were moving the ball well and were fast approaching field goal range. Running back Donte Harden had just squirted past the first down marker when defensive end Ryan Hartke caught up with him.
ATHENS, Ohio – Steven Schott kicked a 27-yard field goal 25 seconds into the fourth quarter to give Ball State a 23-20 lead against Ohio, and the defense made it stand up for the Cardinals fourth victory of the season.
ATHENS, Ohio – After scoring just six points in its last two games, Ball State's offense finally came back to life in its 23-20 victory over Ohio (4-3, 1-2) on Saturday.
Ball State continued its trend of avoided letdown matches this season on Saturday, sweeping Kent State on the road 3-0 (25-15, 25-8, 25-15).
SANAA, Yemen — American drone strikes in southern Yemen have killed nine al-Qaida-linked militants, including the media chief for the group's Yemeni branch and the son of a prominent U.S.-born cleric slain in a similar attack last month, government officials and tribal elders said Saturday.
Ball State and Ohio are tied at zero after 15 minutes of play.
ATHENS, Ohio – After a first quarter dominated by defense, Ball State's offense found its legs in the second quarter and holds a 13-7 lead at halftime.
The Bobcats scored 13 points in the third quarter and the game is tied at 20 entering the fourth quarter.
NEW YORK — Apple stores got the longest lines as the new iPhone model launched Friday, but there were lines at Sprint stores too, as the carrier got a chance to sell the phone more than four years after the first model was launched.
The Ball State women's tennis team had a rough first day of action at the Ohio Valley Regionals Friday, going 0-4 overall.
Going in to Friday's game, Ball State knew Buffalo wasn't a team that would overextend its defense.
