BLOOMINGTON - Indiana football coach Terry Hoeppner has returned home after surgery last week to remove a tumor from his right temple, the school said Monday.

Hoeppner began suffering headaches Dec. 24 while in Cleveland to watch Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, whom he coached at Miami of Ohio, play against the Browns, IU officials said. Hoeppner underwent tests Dec. 26 after returning to Bloomington and had surgery the next day to remove a tumor on his right temple.

"His physicians expect him to continue all of his responsibilities as head coach," Rink said. "It was hard to keep him in the hospital even a couple days after surgery."

"The prognosis for recovery is great, and I just want to thank my wife, Jane, my wonderful family, my incredible friends, the amazing doctors who treated me, and especially, the Good Lord," Hoeppner said.

NASCAR ace Ken Schrader will be in a bobsled to raise money for the Olympic-bound U.S. men's and women's teams. The 50-year-old driver from Missouri - with a well-known penchant for racing anything, anytime, anywhere on asphalt or dirt - will be at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Thursday to try his luck on a frozen track. Schrader is one of at least 10 current or former NASCAR drivers who have agreed to take part in the Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge, an effort to raise funds to keep the U.S. men's and women's bobsled teams. Current Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart also could be in the mix if he's able to find an opening in his hectic schedule. "I'm hoping I can because I'd really love to," the Indiana native said.

Aya Traore, whose 23 points helped No. 14 Purdue knock off then-No. 7 Ohio State on Sunday, has been named Big Ten player of the week. Traore matched her career high in scoring against the Buckeyes, capping a week in which she averaged 20.5 points, more than double her season average of 10.1 She shot 57 percent from the field and averaged six rebounds in two Purdue victories despite a weeklong battle with the stomach flu.

The Indianapolis Colts playoff tickets available to the general public were sold quickly Monday, leaving dozens of fans who camped out overnight empty-handed. The line of those wanting to buy tickets started about 6:30 p.m. Sunday across the street from the RCA Dome. About 10 minutes after the first tickets were purchased, the ticket office announced that only obstructed view tickets remained. Most tickets were bought earlier by season-ticket holders.

Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett turned himself in Monday night on charges of robbing two people with a gun in an alley behind a bar. His lawyer, Percy Squire, said Clarett would be jailed overnight and planned to plead not guilty today at a court appearance. Squire would not elaborate. Clarett was wanted on two counts of aggravated robbery since early Sunday, when police said he flashed a gun and demanded property from a man and a woman behind the Opium Lounge in downtown Columbus. Police said he fled with two men in a sport utility vehicle after he was identified by the bar owner, who happened to come out into the alley. No one was injured, and only a cell phone was taken from the alleged victims, police said.

Fort Wayne Komets defenseman Ryan Jorde was called up to Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League. He will be with the Griffins for at least three games, Komets general manager David Franke said. Jorde has one assist and 23 penalty minutes in 18 games with the Komets.

For the second straight year, Todd Pletcher, John Velazquez and Michael Gill lead the North American earnings list of the top 100 trainers, jockeys and owners. Pletcher set a North American single-season earnings record for trainers with more than $20.8 million, according to Equibase, the thoroughbred industry's database for racing information. Velazquez topped the jockey list with earnings of more than $20.7 million. Gill was first on the list of owners with earnings of nearly $6.4 million.

Once, it all seemed so routine to Martina Hingis. She would step on the court, and from up in the seats the shouts of encouragement would roll down, descending on her in waves. Hingis is playing on the tour again for the first time in three years, and on Monday the 25-year-old Swiss star made a confident return from retirement. She got past some early jitters, then beat Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the Australian women's hardcourt championship.

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