For the first time in almost five decades a wingless race car may be returning to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the Indy
Racing League seriously ponders bold, new changes to its chassis formula for 2012.
For the first time in nearly five decades, a wingless car could circle the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Indy Racing League is studying a radical new chassis design for 2012.
The NCAA might expand its annual men’s tournament from the current three-week, 65-team format
to one featuring an added week and a whopping 96 teams. Proponents of the plan say it will generate a bigger
television rights-fee deal for the not-for-profit NCAA, which disperses 95 percent of the income to member institutions.
The show held in Indianapolis Dec. 3-4 is picking up speed much faster than event organizers and local
convention and tourism officials expected. But the nation’s biggest motorsports trade show, Performance
Racing Industry Show, is considering competing with the local show head-on in 2010.
There’s more than free shots of whiskey at the annual winter baseball meetings held this week at the Indiana Convention Center.
There’s a song and dance man wearing nerd glasses and another who does amazing things with a saw and sander.
A familiar face is leading Danica Patrick’s charge into NASCAR. But it could be a bumpy ride.
Indianapolis Colts’ linebacker Gary Brackett has what it takes to be the next NFL defender to hit commerical pay dirt. A Super
Bowl victory could put him over the top.
Officials for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships announced Friday afternoon that they have sold the sanctioning rights
for the local tournament back to the ATP Tour.
Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy says recently fired Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis could be a good fit
with his former team. If Colts offensive coordinator Tom Moore retires, speculation bound to heat up.
Sources told IBJ last week that the U.S. Tennis Association Southern Section was in serious negotiations to buy the event and move it to Atlanta.
Indianapolis was up against Dallas, Las Vegas, Orlando, Atlanta and New Orleans to host baseball’s Winter
Meetings, which
will draw more than 200 media members from the nation’s top 30 markets.
Team profits declined from $1.23 million in 2008 to $459,603 this year. Despite
that, the team’s board voted unanimously to pay a dividend.
So far, Tiger Woods’ sponsors are standing by him. Some of those sponsors are running high profile ads with pretty brazen
(some would say careless) wording.
Some Indianapolis Colts supporters think it’s time to consider cutting oft-injured Bob Sanders loose. But team president Bill
Polian promises No. 21 "will be back and better than ever."
Danica Patrick is taking control of her own career path, while her dad, T.J., takes a back seat. But her proclamation that she wants to partner with Pepsi might be a major misstep.
Officials with the Indianapolis Tennis Championships confirmed that they are selling the rights to host an annual
men’s professional tennis event that has roots in Indianapolis dating back to 1920.
The "Sack Jack" T-shirts are already out in South Bend. If Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick doesn’t navigate
the costly crossroads he is about to enter carefully, he may be the next one packing out of South Bend.
The Indianapolis Tennis Championships—formerly known as RCA Championships—appear to be dead, with the ATP Tour
dates being shipped off to Atlanta for 2010 and beyond.
On same day Indianapolis Motor Speedway hires its first ever chief information officer, the Indy Racing League loses its vice
president of public relations. It truly has become a season of change at 16th and Georgetown.
