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Irsay quickly gains Twitter following
Since joining Twitter last week, the Indianapolis Colts owner has talked about player injuries, compared his team’s season to an epic boxing match and made reference to a former drug habit.
Racing equipment maker Simpson testing helmets for football
Bill Simpson, one of the biggest names in motorsports safety, is getting involved in the crusade to make a better football helmet and reduce the number of concussions in the National Football League.
Colts have new contract proposal for Manning
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said Monday he was prepared to make a contract offer to Peyton Manning during the team’s off week, but Manning and his agent wanted to wait until after the season.
BENNER: How will NFL’s labor dispute play out? No one knows
With the National Football League season in full swing, it is easy to forget the gathering storm clouds of a labor impasse that threaten the 2011 schedule.
Irsay: NFL owners, players ‘have to find a solution’
National Football League owners are looking for ways to reach a new labor deal with players and preparing for what happens if those efforts don’t succeed. A strike or lockout could affect Indianapolis’ plans to host the 2012 Super Bowl.
Colts’ Polian: NFL 18-game season is done deal
During Monday night’s weekly radio show, the Indianapolis Colts team president called expanding the schedule by two games “fait accompli,” and said the debate is over.
Colts may look to sell souvenirs through vending machines
Locally based MainGate is testing the new NFL merchandise sales technique in Minnesota. Indianapolis could be next.
Indy Super Bowl organizers moving ahead with plans
Local organizers expect the 2012 Super Bowl to be played as scheduled, despite growing concerns that an NFL work stoppage could force postponement or cancellation of the game.
Colts vote unanimously to decertify union
The Indianapolis Colts have unanimously voted to decertify the players' union, a key step that could allow them to sue the NFL in case there is a lockout next season.
BENNER: Sanders in the past, college playoffs in the future
Of this, that and the other while wondering what to do with my No. 21 Indianapolis Colts jersey.
AFL-CIO takes stand against NFL owners
One of the nation’s largest unions said it sent NFL owners a letter warning that a lockout in one of America’s few thriving industries could cost thousands of Americans their jobs and cities more than $140 million in revenue.
BENNER: NFL TV blackouts aren’t our problem … for now
Last season, 22 games were blacked out. It’s the highest number in five years.
United Way teams with Colts for fundraising campaign
United Way of Central Indiana will appeal to Colts fandom this fall as it tries to meet an all-time high fundraising goal of $41 million. In a first-time partnership with the agency, the Colts are sponsoring giveaways that will be available to anyone who donates.
Colts favored to win Super Bowl by Vegas oddsmakers
The Colts enter the regular season with 13-2 odds of capturing their second National Football League title in five years, according to Las Vegas Sports Consultants, which advises Nevada’s sports books on betting lines.
BENNER: Hoosier Hysteria now wears pads and cleats
Although I am a full-blooded Hoosier with basketball as part of my DNA, football—and football season—has become
the part of the sports calendar I look forward to most.
Colts see record crowds at training camp in Anderson
Anderson University officials said 85,300 fans turned out at the 18-day camp, almost four times the number that attended camp
last year in Terre Haute.
Colts camp draws record crowd by wide margin
Almost four times as many fans showed up at the Indianapolis Colts’ training camp at Anderson University than did last year
in Terre Haute.
Unsettled NFL labor pact complicates Manning contract
Colts owner Jim Irsay wants to make quarterback Peyton Manning the highest-paid player in the NFL when his contract expires next year. But a dispute over compensation in the National Football League is complicating efforts to sign him to a long-term deal.
Despite success, Colts aren’t letting up on marketing
Indianapolis Colts representatives have made a record
844 appearances in the last year across Indiana and into Kentucky with the team’s Make It Personal tour.