BENNER: City is on brink of wasting a unique sports asset
For the first time since 1980, we will host no Olympics-related qualifiers next year.
Bill Benner
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BENNER: Will Super Bowl truly leave a lasting legacy?
The countdown clock on my desk tells me there are now just 200 days and change remaining until the Super Bowl in Indianapolis. But I already have begun to think about the 200 days after the Super Bowl … and beyond.
BENNER: Fixing dysfunctional NBA will take time, flexibility
Unlike the NFL, which is swimming in money, the NBA is drowning in red ink.
BENNER: A love lost rarely returns—except at Victory Field
Like most young boys in the 1950s, baseball was my first sports love.
BENNER: Morning daily’s losing streak is bad for all of us
I know this is a sports column. Allow me to veer somewhat off course.
BENNER: America should cut LeBron James a little slack
Isn’t it funny—or, maybe, not so funny—how we like to hate on sports figures?
BENNER: It all began with a tournament nobody wanted
AsIndianapolis celebrates another big win over Chicago in the form of the Big Ten’s football championship games and a share of the league’s men’s and women’s basketball tourneys, it’s important to note how it all played out.
BENNER: Most college sports programs are scandal-free
Whenever one of these “scandals” comes along, what I get really steamed about is the collateral damage to the perception of the enterprise of intercollegiate athletics.
BENNER: Good news locked out until NFL makes peace
Columnist ruminates on this, that and the other.
BENNER: Wrapping up this too-short, festive month of May
I, like many others, am lured to the Speedway by the spectacle itself because I am most definitely not a gear-head.
BENNER: In the history of Indy 500, these are my top 15 starters
As part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of America’s greatest race—the Indianapolis 500—I am joining the Speedway’s invitation at thegreatest33.com to name the 33 greatest drivers ever to be on the starting grid.
BENNER: Identifying the cream of the Indianapolis 500 crop
The 100th anniversary of the race serves as a time to reflect on the great history of one of America’s iconic sports events.
BENNER: Pacers turn corner, but bigger issues await the team
Rarely is a playoff loss, let alone a first-round playoff loss, let alone a 4-1 playoff loss in a best-of-seven series, cause for celebration.
BENNER: Another Hoosier legend now belongs to the ages
Morris Pollard, coach at Speedway High School from 1956 to 1983, died April 17. He simply was one of the best basketball coaches—and finest men—I ever knew.
BENNER: Catching up with Pacers, racers and Boilermakers
Will Conseco Fieldhouse be half empty of Pacer fans for the playoffs?
BENNER: Hink, you would be darn proud of these Bulldogs
I’ll be darned if Butler didn’t reach the championship game again.
BENNER: Butler players succeed at more than winning games
The best part of this Butler University run to another Final Four isn’t that the Bulldogs put themselves in position for a second straight year to win a national championship. It’s that they already have won one. Well, kinda, sorta.
BENNER: March drama extends beyond basketball court
The same fans who had (rightfully) lauded coach Matt Painter for guiding the Boilermakers to a surprisingly strong season suddenly were ripping Painter in the aftermath of the tournament loss to VCU.
BENNER: March Madness 2011 comes with some sadness
Recent weeks saw the passing of a handful of the Hoosier sport’s key figures, among them former Shortridge High School and Butler University basketball coach George Theofanis.
BENNER: Who might be this year’s Butler? Maybe Butler
A year ago this week, the Butler men’s basketball team was preparing to play the University of Texas-El Paso in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. Who knew what was about to unfold?