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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Q&A: What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidance
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Carmel distiller turns hand sanitizer pivot into a community fundraising platform
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Lebanon considering creating $13.7M in trails, green space for business park
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
Sampson gets job, IU loses players
Former Indiana University basketball coach Kelvin Sampson today accepted a job offer to be an assistant under Scott Skiles with the Milwaukee Bucks, sources with knowledge of the deal said. Sampson only took the job after discussing a job offer…
BTN, Comcast deal near
Sources close to Comcast Cable and the Big Ten Network said an agreement to put the yearling network on Comcast’s expanded basic in 94 percent of Big Ten country is imminent. While both sides officially say there is nothing new…
USATF speeds up CEO search
Its athletes may be fast, but when it comes to finding and hiring a new CEO, Indianapolis-based USA Track & Field is anything but speedy. Maybe that’s because the organization has only had…
Speedway offers combo event ticket
Race fans can now buy one ticket to see the Indianapolis 500, Brickyard 400 and inaugural Red Bull Indianapolis GP motorcycle race.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time is offering a general…
IU nets $21 million from Adidas deal
Indiana University today signed an eight-year deal with Adidas that will net the school’s athletic department $21 million in cash and products over the course of the agreement.
Portland, Ore.-based Adidas will supply footwear…
Polian looks for wrestlers, pitchers
While a lot of National Football League presidents and general managers are looking closely at college prospects’ football pedigree, Indianapolis Colts President Bill Polian takes his background check a step further. Sure, Polian wants to know…
TV ratings up for Sunday’s IRL race
The good news for the Indy Racing League keeps rolling in. On the heels of a significant attendance increase at the April 27 race at Kansas Speedway over last year’s event, series officials are now reporting that television ratings also…
Daylight-saving time a hit for Tribe
The Indianapolis Indians are just 321 fans short of drawing 7 million fans to Victory Field, which opened mid-summer 1996.
The team plans to celebrate the milestone tonight when the Tribe plays the Columbus Clippers….
Dome demolition details announced
The signs of the 25-year-old RCA Dome are coming down next week. The building which helped lure the Indianapolis Colts here from Baltimore will follow.
The Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority this afternoon announced detailed plans for demolishing the RCA Dome…
Herrod scores for Special Olympics
Jeff Herrod said all it took was a head-first dive into freezing cold water to wake him up to the importance of the Special Olympics here in Indiana.
The Former Indianapolis Colts linebacker will host a silent auction…
Stadium walkway attracts events
Details of a crucial aspect of the Lucas Oil Stadium-Convention Center project could be revealed today as city and stadium construction officials meet to discuss the project.
The construction timeline on the $10 million connector…
Kansas IRL race near sellout
The effect of Danica Patrick’s victory is being felt from Japan to Kansas.
A measurable surge in ticket demand for today’s Indy Racing League’s race near Kansas City, Kansas pushed the event near its…
Bucks set to hire Sampson?
Scott Skiles is apparently a big fan of Indiana University’s former basketball coach Kelvin Sampson.
Sources close to both said Skiles, who has a house in Bloomington where Sampson used to work, is urging the…
Star’s Montieth ‘hit dead end’
Indianapolis Star sports reporter Mark Montieth has covered his last Indiana Pacers game for the paper he dreamed about working for since he was a young child.
Effective at the end of today, Montieth,…
Mayweather to green flag Indy 500
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., the WBC welterweight world champion, will drop the green flag on this year’s Indianapolis 500.
Mayweather competed on ABC’s hit “Dancing with the Stars” last fall along with two-time Indianapolis…
Character key for Colts draftees
The Indianapolis Colts are fine tuning their strategy for this year’s National Football League draft, which is held in New York April 26 and 27.
While there is much speculation about which players the…
MainGate signs deal with Rams
Indianapolis-based MainGate Inc. today announced it has signed an exclusive three-year deal to be the on-line merchandiser for the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams. Though terms of the deal were not disclosed,…
Marketers teach biz of school sports
The looming property tax crisis has Indiana high schools fearful that athletic department budgets could be the focus of future fiscal cuts.
Ray Compton, one central Indiana’s most successful—and unconventional—sports marketers has a plan…