IndyCar moves 2 Team Penske drivers to back row after violations
Two Team Penske cars found to have mechanical violations during Indianapolis 500 qualifications on Sunday have been moved to the back of the starting grid.
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Strategic legislative revisions aid renewed Indiana drive for tolling
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s administration is getting serious about tolling to make up for falling fuel tax revenue and to upgrade aging highways.
Indy Ignite coach steps down after one year with team
George Padjen has resigned as head coach of the professional volleyball team less than a week after leading the first-year squad to a runner-up finish in the Pro Volleyball Federation championship match.
IBJ Podcast: Whatever happened to downtown’s elevated People Mover?
The tram recorded roughly 6 million rider trips on a 1.4-mile track running between Methodist Hospital, University Hospital and Riley Hospital for Children. But it came to a screeching halt in 2019.
Downtown hotel offering $50K package for Indianapolis 500
The newest upscale hotel in downtown Indianapolis is looking to roll out the red carpet for a pair of guests to attend this year’s Indianapolis 500–at an eye-popping price.
Trump’s big bill advances in rare Sunday vote as House conservatives negotiate changes
Republicans advanced their massive tax cut and border security package out of a key House committee as deficit hawks who had blocked the measure two days earlier allowed it to move forward.
WNBA investigating alleged racial slurs by fans made at Angel Reese during Fever game
The Fever said team officials were “aware of the allegations of inappropriate fan conduct” and were “working closely with the WNBA to complete their investigation.”
Shwartzman shocks field as first Indy 500 rookie since 1983 to win pole
Robert Shwartzman, a 25-year-old, races under the Israeli flag, which makes the Tel Aviv native the first driver from Israel to make “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
Team Penske has miserable Indy 500 qualifying day with 1 crashed car and 2 failed inspections
Tim Cindric, president of Penske’s IndyCar program, said Will Power passed inspection but officials flagged Josef Newgarden’s car. He also said the modification was not on Scott McLaughlin’s car.
Biden diagnosed with ‘more aggressive’ form of prostate cancer
Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found.
Clark’s triple-double leads Fever past Sky 93-58 as tempers flare
Fever coach Stephanie White earned the first win of her second coaching tenure in her first game back in the state where she won Indiana’s 1994-95 Miss Basketball Award and led Purdue to the 1998-99 national championship.
Pacers return to conference finals with something to prove
Indiana should have had everyone’s attention long before this postseason began.
Palou and a pair of Penskes set the pace in first stage of Indy 500 qualifying
Qualifying on Saturday decides the fast 12 that will run again Sunday to set the first four rows and the pole.
Severe weather leaves at least 23 dead, including 14 in storm-battered Kentucky
The National Weather Service said it would have meteorologists on the ground Saturday in Monroe County and on Sunday in Sullivan, Greene Brown and Bartholomew counties.
Purdue supplements construction management curriculum with hands-on training
In Indianapolis, students will be working with a construction company while they attend classes. Companies will assign students a mentor and will move them on-site, once they are ready.
Country singer Clayton Anderson says his Indianapolis bars will be lively
After living in Nashville, Tennessee, for more than a decade, Anderson said he’s seen “Music City” thrive because of popular bars in Nashville’s Lower Broadway entertainment district. Now he wants to try to do the same thing in Indianapolis.
Once-hyped IU Health People Mover fades into oblivion
IU Health’s People Mover is unusual—or it certainly was at the time it was conceived—because of its use of public right of way.
WNBA season begins as players look ahead to bigger paydays
Last October, the WNBA Players’ Association announced it would opt out of the league’s current collective bargaining agreement two years early at the end of this season.
Governor’s IEDC moves raise questions about planned VC growth fund
Almost exactly one year ago, Indiana officials publicly announced a significant entrepreneurial resource the state had been quietly working on for several years—the launch of a $100 million investment fund to help young companies scale up their businesses. A lot has changed since then.
Sponsorships drive IndyCar teams, but it’s more than a decal on the car
Teams across IndyCar and all motorsports depend on support from corporate partners, typically in exchange for placement of logos on their cars and racing suits as well as other perks like driver access and the use of hospitality suites.