Certain corners of the IndyCar world have long been concerned that the open-wheelers have the potential to take flight during
a wreck. The lap 199 crash sending Mike Conway airborn and debris into the Speedway stands re-ignites those worries.
Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan and Simona De Silvestra have successful day. Danica Patrick, despite solid finish, doesn't
get much exposure for her sponsors. Sarah Fisher must do better to retain her sponsors long-term.
IndyCar Series boss Randy Bernard and Speedway CEO Jeff Belskus predict the 15-year-old open-wheel series will be financially
self-sustaining by 2011, and churning out growing profits after that.
IU Coach Tom Crean may not have the flash, or winning record, of Kentucky's John Calipari. But at least you can believe what he says and know that he's devoted to his school for the long haul.
Bowen Technovation has assembled an eclectic group of electrical engineers, journeyman machinists and artists to design exhibits
for museums, science centers and planetariums. Computer systems analysts and audio and lighting experts are also part of the
mix.
An overhaul of the Indianapolis 500 and Indy Racing League, possibly as soon as 2012, could take the legendary race back to
its roots as a bellwether of automotive innovation. Engine and chassis rules for the 500 might be greatly loosened, encouraging
the kind of technological innovation that made the race famous.
By moving its start time to 11 a.m., does the Indianapolis 500 play second fiddle to NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600? Is that the
future of The Greatest Spectacle in Racing?
With Eddie White dispatched from WFNI-AM 1070's afternoon show, Emmis is poised to hire former WNDE-AM 1260 host, JMV.
Now, the student and his former master are poised to face-off.
Seven months before the $275 million expansion of the Indiana Convention Center is complete, convention planners and local
convention and tourism officials are calling for an upgrade to the existing Convention Center space.
NBA team owners are seeking to reduce player pay by as much as 40 percent. What happens to that proposal has as much to do
with the Pacers' survival as anything the Capital Improvement Board decides concerning Conseco Fieldhouse.
Sources close to the university said they expect a combination of parking facilities and a multi-use athletics venue and convocation
center to be built on the site.
Hotel occupancy rates in the last two years have plunged nationally and locally to levels not seen in decades, putting a number
of hotels at or near the financial breaking point. But relief finally appears to be on the way.
An initiative to bring 10 of the biggest travel tour operators in the United Kingdom to this year’s Indianapolis 500 could
be a first step in bolstering business at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, area golf courses and Indianapolis International
Airport, where city boosters hope to establish direct flights to London.
There's a simple reason Indiana Pacers basketball operations boss Larry Bird didn't fire coach Jim O'Brien. And it has a lot to do with Rick Carlisle.
Unfathomable just a decade ago, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is trimming demands on hospitality packages in a scramble
to fill vacancies and preserve what IMS officials call "a major profit center."
Tim Hicks promises to ask the city for no money while trying to make an ABA professional basketball team flourish in Indianapolis.
The Ben Davis graduate will launch his new team, the Indiana Drive, next fall.
Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen opted for the NFL rather than stay and play his final year for new pass-happy coach Brian
Kelly. That decision likely cost him in excess of $10 million.
Tony George, who was Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League chairman until last June, was in China for several
days this month to
attend F1’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai April 18 at the invitation of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
