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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
IRL TV ratings gaining speed
Indy Racing League TV ratings aren’t exactly burning rubber, but they are accelerating.
Sunday’s race at Toronto, which started at 1 p.m., earned a 1.0 rating, which equates to 1.1 million television households nationwide,…
NFL tough on game-day attire
The folks running the National Football League are iron-fisted guardians of the game—and apparently sticklers for details.
Most recently, the NFL mafia has dropped the hammer on the athlete formerly known as Chad Johnson,…
Danica’s next move her biggest
A Danica Patrick-Tony Stewart partnership. How long before some kind of volcanic reaction? It’s enough to make the media salivate. Sponsors are already chomping at the bit.
It’s true, Patrick was in the land…
Colts run two-minute sales drill
The Indianapolis Colts continue to be leaders in innovation—and I’m not talking about Peyton Manning’s on-field audibles or Bill Polian’s scouting and drafting system.
The Colts sales and marketing staff has done its fair…
Bob Knight, still The General
Whether he ever gets another job as a basketball coach remains to be seen, but Bob Knight is still The General.
During an exhibition softball game played in St. Louis in conjunction with the…
IRL TV ratings lagging at Richmond
Saturday’s Indy Racing League race—the SunTrust Indy Challenge—posted the second worst national
TV rating…
Tribe hitting high attendance mark
Unless you already have a ticket to see this Saturday's Indianapolis Indians game, you won't
be able to see the Tribe's annual fireworks show
unless you’re watching from outside of Victory Field. The Indians…
Pacers, Fever sign major sponsor
Kroger Central Division President Bob Moeder and Pacers Sports & Entertainment President Jim Morris jointly
announced a "comprehensive partnership" at an 11 a.m. news conference today. The announcement included a
dramatic
unveiling of…
Can IRL survive sans IMS support?
It's official. As reported by SpeedTV and IBJ more than a month ago, Tony George has stepped down from
his leadership role at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The biggest question remaining is what will…
Hansbrough to sign at low cost
Tyler Hansbrough is so far turning out to be a popular draft pick among the Indiana Pacers faithful. It will be interesting to see what he does to spike ticket sales. I suspect,…
Circle City Classic names director
For those that missed it in the IBJ print edition two weeks ago, the Circle City Classic has named a new director. The official announcement comes today. For more details on the new…
IRL moves to improve racing
Indy Racing League officials were probably not too pleased to hear Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver Dario Franchitti telling a national television audience how “dreadful” and “awful” Saturday night’s race at Richmond was.
But…
IRL TV ratings up and down
The Nielsen TV ratings for last Sunday’s Indy Racing League race in Iowa are in, and since there’s never a shortage of opinions from followers of The Score when it comes to these…
Pacers pick shows who’s in charge
If the Indiana Pacers tonight draft North Carolina center Tyler Hansbrough with the No. 13 selection, you’ll know the people on the business side won out over the people who run basketball operations.
Ideally,…
Lexus: No love for Danica Patrick
More than 10 million people tuned in to NBC to watch the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black Golf Course last weekend. And none of them saw images of Danica Patrick.
Lexus, one of the…
F1 teams endorse Indy
The Formula One civil war has been averted. Late yesterday, F1 officials and teams came to an accord to keep everything together. Teams, upset over a proposed spending cap, had threatened to leave…
Hoosier icon vs. NBA No. 1 pick
Just when you thought Hoosier icon Jared Fogle was being pushed aside by the $5 footlong ad campaign, he turns up in Manhattan playing hoops with soon-to-be NBA No. 1 draft pick Blake…
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To get more up-to-date sports business news, IBJ sneak previews and a glimpse at what’s going on behind the scenes in the central Indiana sports business world, you can now follow The Score (and your host here) on Twitter. Hurry,…