Colts’ TV ratings decline as team misses playoffs
The team’s weak conference surely didn’t help as games against AFC South rivals were some of the least-watched Colts games in central Indiana. The team’s sub-par play certainly was a factor too.
The team’s weak conference surely didn’t help as games against AFC South rivals were some of the least-watched Colts games in central Indiana. The team’s sub-par play certainly was a factor too.
The first five years of the Kevin Wilson era have done little to move the needle on Indiana’s home football attendance. With a new contract that doubles Wilson’s salary announced Monday, IU leaders must be hoping for a better return on investment.
Former Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Jeff Belskus is the new president of the Indy Eleven professional soccer team. Peter Wilt is leaving to start a rival NASL team in Chicago.
WISH-TV Channel 8, and its sister station WNDY-TV Channel 23, will air 100 Cubs and White Sox games this year. White Sox fans will be especially pleased with the additional offerings.
Dan Dakich blasted his legendary former coach for 11-plus minutes on the radio this week. What Bob Knight told his IU players during their time at the school “was a complete and utter bowl of crap,” Dakich said.
The Sports Innovation Institute, a first-of-its-kind, interdisciplinary program, will work to elevate the status of Indianapolis as a hub for innovation and as a sports capital, organizers say.
The NCAA last month reopened negotiations with CBS and Turner Broadcasting System for its massive men’s basketball tournament television contract, which generates 85 percent of the organization's revenue.
A single Indianapolis Colts home playoff game helps sell nearly 15,000 hotel rooms, tens of thousands of meals and reams of merchandise while scoring the city and state a seven-figure tax windfall.
A celebration of Team Penske’s 50 years in racing will include a display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway featuring cars representing each of the Team Penske driver’s first win at the IMS.
WISH’s Les Vann and WTTV/WXIN’s Kerri Cavanaugh received high-profile industry awards as their stations made major changes in 2015.
The Pacers have more reason to be merry than grinchy this holiday season. The team’s TV ratings this year are up 27 percent and attendance is 500 fans per game ahead of this time last year.
Last month, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh gave IndyCar officials an ultimatum to get moving on race planning or else. With promoters throwing their effort into overdrive, things are looking good for the Labor Day weekend race.
Adam Vinatieri is joining forces with two-time Indy 500 runner-up Scott Goodyear and Jack Miller, the racing dentist, to give young drivers an entry into open-wheel racing.
Indianapolis hasn’t hosted the NBA All-Star Game since 1985—when it was in the Hoosier Dome—something the league’s commissioner, Adam Silver, wants to change. But local officials haven’t pulled the trigger on a bid.
Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold—of “The Bob & Tom Show” fame—were inducted this fall into the National Radio Hall of Fame, where Kevoian announced he would retire at the end of the year.
The updates will include a wide-scale modernization of Rolls’ Tibbs Avenue jet-engine plant.
The Indiana Fever coach became the first to lead a team to the WNBA Finals in her first year as a head coach.
The new-look Capital Improvement Board–which owns Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Victory Field and Lucas Oil Stadium as well as the Indiana Convention Center–will probably be less cheerleader and more watchdog.
If Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay doesn’t hire Peyton Manning to be a part of his front office, Manning, with the help of Bill and Chris Polian, could take over football operations for a conference rival.
The new owners of the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis decided its lower levels needed an overhaul and sharpened culinary focus.