Today is St. Patrick's Day. Most of us probably associate it with green beer, leprechauns and "Kiss Me, I'm Irish!" shirts. How many of us know the actual story of St. Patrick? He was born in Wales and captured as a teenager by Irish raiders. He was taken to Ireland and enslaved until he escaped several years later and returned to his family.
CLEVELAND - Dance the night away. That's exactly what the Ball State University women's basketball team did Sunday night, as the Cardinals defeated Bowling Green State University 55-51 to win the program's first-Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship and advanced to its first NCAA Tournament, known by many as the "big dance.
CLEVELAND - He hunched over at the free-throw line, hands on his knees and exasperated from several straight back-and-forth possessions of turnovers, steals, rebounds, picks and little shoves. The sweat made its journey from the top of his head, down his eyebrow and to the Quicken Loans Arena court.
The Ball State University women's golf team got off to a rough start this Spring Break. Coming off of a 33rd place finish at the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate, the Cardinals looked to post better scores and have a good placing at the Rio Verde Invitational in Rio Verde, Ariz.
The Ball State University women's basketball team earned a No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play Tennessee in the first round, the NCAA announced today.
The Mid-American Conference named the current Ohio Valley Conference commissioner as its new commissioner today. Jon A. Steinbrecher, who served six years as the OVC commissioner, will replace current MAC commissioner Rick Chryst. In January Chryst announced he will retire from the conference he led for 10 years once his contract ends June 30.
The luck of the Irish takes the Ball State University baseball team to South Bend on St. Patrick's Day to play the University of Notre Dame. The Cardinals will hope to overcome any good bounces that come the way of the Fighting Irish on the day celebrating the patron saint of Ireland.
Bill Nichols, managing editor of Politico.com, and Tony Fargo, an assistant professor of journalism at Indiana University, will speak in the David Letterman Communications and Media Building on Monday. According to Politico.com, Nichols worked for USA Today for more than 20 years prior to joining the Politico team.
CLEVELAND - Kelly Packard stood before the media following her team's 55-51 Mid-American Conference Championship-winning game against Bowling Green State University and could've taken all the credit. After all, it was under her leadership that the Ball State University women's basketball team advanced to its first NCAA Tournament, won its first-ever MAC Championship and won a school-record 25 games with the postseason yet to be played.
Ball State University fifth-year senior Amber Williams finished the 2009 NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships 60-meter hurdle race in 12th place this past weekend. Williams competed against 18 of the nation's best to represent the Ball State track and field team in the NCAA Championships.
The 2009 Ball State University women's basketball team danced its way into history Sunday as it won the program's first-ever Mid-American Conference Championship and admission into the NCAA Tournament. As the women celebrated, administrators began organizing a viewing party at Damon's Grill where fans, friends and family can support the team as it finds out where it will play next.
A 3-0 loss to Chicago State University on Sunday sends the Ball State University baseball team back to where it started Spring Break, two games above .500. The Cardinals went 5-5 during three series and improved their record to 9-7. Sunday's loss prevented the Cardinals from sweeping their home-opening series, after splitting two games at Southern Illinois University and dropping three of four at the University of Missouri.
The Ball State University gymnastic team's regular season concluded Friday as the Cardinals finished in fourth place out of four teams in a tournament that included California State University, Fullerton, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and host Arizona State University.
With more than 32 years of service on her résumé, Marilyn Weaver has won the Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Administrator of the Year Award. The award is given in collaboration with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
CLEVELAND - The Ball State University women's basketball team is now one win away from the program's first-ever MAC Championship title and NCAA Tournament birth.
Click on this story to get Saturday's news and notes from the men's basketball and women's basketball MAC Tournament.
