For a fan base still grappling with the PTSD of their last franchise quarterback’s constant health concerns and shocking early retirement, one can understand why the alarms are already flashing bright red.
Or maybe this is an overreaction to a game the Colts should have and would have lost if one of a dozen different plays went differently.
And while there are other valid reasons to put the unbeaten Buffs back on TV, we all know the reason the networks are scrambling to get their cameras out to the Rockies: They can’t get enough of Deion Sanders.
The bar of expectations for this Colts team is so low that it’s hard to tell if it’s even off the ground.
Even on nonpromotion days, the past and present always intertwine at Indy Card Exchange, where generations of patrons consistently step through Albert’s door to pore over decades of collectible treasures—from MJ, to Mantle, to Mahomes.
This latest crumbling relationship with an Indianapolis sports star has become another example of how things in the sports world can seem to be heading in one direction, before turning on a dime and rapidly retreating the opposite way.
While they no longer share a ZIP code, these three women share share a unique bond, arriving to Indianapolis as strangers and TV competitors at WISH, WTHR and WXIN/WTTV, but leaving as ardent supporters of one another and close friends.
At just 27 years old, Boyd has covered the two biggest pro sports teams in the city and now finds himself as the sole Indianapolis Colts’ writer on the roster of The Athletic.
While people in Indianapolis might not often think of the Denver Nuggets, the respective journeys of the two franchises have largely mirrored each other over the years.
Coming off a heralded career where she was one of the faces of college basketball, the 2022 Wooden Award winner has been tabbed as the missing centerpiece to resuscitate the moribund Fever.
The Indianapolis 500 is bucking a trend that’s going in the opposite direction for other culturally significant American sporting events (just look at the cratering relevance of the World Series), as the attention and attendance for the race is clearly on the rise.
Richardson was the pick, and if you take Jim Irsay for his word, he was their guy the entire way.
As with any discussion, objectively evaluating the Pacers’ 2022-2023 season requires a healthy dose of context, but you don’t have to stare hard to see a clear, upward trajectory for the franchise.
In each of the last three offseasons, the Colts have spent their time and draft capital sifting through veteran cast-offs instead of aggressively pursuing long-term solutions at the position.
Every college basketball fan in this state knows that the NCAA Tournament has been especially unkind to Purdue, but then again, it is rarely kind to anyone.
Added late in the summer of 2014 after the abrupt resignation of Curt Miller, Moren took over as head coach in Bloomington with little fanfare.
Critical decisions on additions and subtractions loom, and if those decisions fail, it won’t matter if Steichen is the second coming of Vince Lombardi, Nick Saban or John freaking Wooden.
While highly regarded heading into the 2022-2023 campaign, the Giants didn’t have a blue-chip prospect like defending champion Cathedral’s Xavier Booker (the No. 8 player in the class of 2023, according to 247Sports.com), nor the recent pedigree of Carmel (two 4A championships in three state-finals appearances since 2018), to lean on, but what they did have is experience, depth and a healthy dose of athleticism.
The expansive search, a list that has included 14 names over the course of the past month, has given a whole new meaning to the word expansive.
For a team that canned its head coach in the middle of the season and benched three different quarterbacks four different times, many have been asking what fate awaits General Manager Chris Ballard.
