IN BRIEF
SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University is the winner of the PSAC Dixon Trophy, which is given annually to the league's most successful all-around sports program, for the 2007-08 academic year.
This marks the first time in the award's 13-year history that SRU has claimed the prize. Each team's point total is calculated by adding its top six men's places and top six women's finishes in 21 conference sports
SRU placed first with 132.5 points, followed by West Chester (130.5), California (Pa.) (125.5), Kutztown (125), Indiana (Pa.) (123.5), Shippensburg (122), Bloomsburg (120), Lock Haven (119), Edinboro (113.5), East Stroudsburg (112.5), Millersville (101), Clarion (97), Mansfield (44.5) and Cheyney (42).
Leading the way, Slippery Rock placed first in the men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field seasons, as well as runner-up in men's cross country, women's soccer and women's tennis.
ATLANTA — Indianapolis was awarded the 2012 Super Bowl on Tuesday, the fourth time a cold-weather city will host the NFL's championship game.The new retractable-roof Lucas Oil Stadium was runner-up to Dallas last year. This time, Indianapolis beat out Houston and Arizona for the game, which will be played Feb. 5, 2012, for the title of the 2011 season. Part of the bid includes a pledge by the city to build a practice facility downtown that will be left in place.Of the 42 Super Bowls, the three played indoors in cold-weather cities were in Detroit in 1982 and 2006 and in Minneapolis 1992.
