BENNER: College sports, embarrassed but still enriched
"The end of the world as we know it" at NCAA?
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BENNER: This winter might be best and worst of times
We’ve got the Big Ten championship, the Crossroads Classic, the Super Bowl … and the possibility of no NBA season.
BENNER: A decade of successes is too easily forgotten
The once-unassailable Polian has been wearing an increasingly larger bull’s-eye on his behind since December 2009.
BENNER: Tight-lipped Colts keep us guessing about No. 18
It’s not difficult to dial back to the pre-Peyton days, when the RCA Dome was a great place to go on a Sunday afternoon…to avoid the crowds.
BENNER: Look in mirror to see what ails college football
If college football is the product of a corrupt system, why is it so incredibly popular?
BENNER: NCAA leaders finally pursuing changes that matter
Had the NCAA initiatives occurred four years ago, Butler might have been playing someone other than the University of Connecticut last March.
BENNER: Daly’s victory great, but Cuban adventure was better
Twenty years ago, a hillbilly long shot from Arkansas pulled off one of the greatest upsets in golf history at Crooked Stick Golf Club.
BENNER: Fans get jilted in NFL’s player, owner lovefest
Allow me to interject this sentiment into the euphoria surrounding the agreement among the National Football League owners and players to end their labor dispute.
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.
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: 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.