Robert Griffin III is the most recent star who reportedly preferred to play in another market besides Indianapolis. With Colts' owner Jim Irsay's commitment to winning and his penchant for letting his guys do their jobs, you have to wonder why.
This season, the Indianapolis Colts stuffed their home venue fuller than all but one NFL team, and the metro market's TV ratings for the team's games ranked seventh among 32 franchises.
Prices for club seats to Saturday's Colts home playoff game are climbing to near $2,000. But the Kansas City Chiefs aren't proving to be near the playoff draw at Lucas Oil Stadium the N.Y. Jets were in 2010.
Neither Andrew Luck nor Paul George have yet earned the fan adoration of the star athletes they have supplanted on their respective rosters. It may take more than winning for the duo to rise to the level of Peyton Manning and Reggie Miller?
A recent study shows the Colts are the 17th most popular road team in the 32-team NFL. Cost of tickets on the secondary market of Colts' opponents drops 12.2 percent when Andrew Luck & Co. come calling.
Almost everyone thinks Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay's comments this week were a barb at Peyton Manning. But is it possible they were actually directed more at Andrew Luck?
Klipsch CEO Paul Jacobs said the Indianapolis-based audio company took a pass on partnering with several other NFL quarterbacks before signing a deal in August with Andrew Luck.
Little-known production department staffer comes up with a brilliant idea to make the Colts' home venue one of the NFL's loudest once again.
The 39-year-old Colts offensive coordinator has Pac-12 experience, knows how to develop talent and can make an offense go. His lack of head coaching experience, though, could hurt his chances.
One highly respected ESPN analyst says there's an argument to be made that this year's Broncos offense is better than Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark & Co.
Television ratings for the first three games of this year's Colts season are considerably higher than they were a year ago. And with a bevy of prime-time games coming up, they could approach record levels.
But if this season goes south for Indianapolis, the bold move by Colts owner Jim Irsay and General Manager Ryan Grigson to acquire the young running back could turn out to be fool's gold.
Only 36 percent of American consumers know who Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck is. That pales in comparison to the 83 percent that know Peyton Manning.
The Colts home opener this year scored a television rating more than 20 percent higher than last year's opener. Colts Chief Operating Officer Pete Ward’s synopsis of the game’s ratings in Indianapolis: “Pretty strong football town!”
NFL season ticket holders to be offered free Red Zone feeds on their cell phones, exclusive downloads for the Madden football video game and more. NFL executives are promising new perks will be offered each season.
Indianapolis Super Bowl Bid Committee officials said Friday they’ll need to raise $5 million more in advance corporate and private donations for the 2018 game than they did for the 2012 Super Bowl.
Expanded sponsorship deal with Japanese auto maker should score Colts at least $5 million over the next five years, sports marketers said.
Colts owner Jim Irsay had two messages for the team's fans following Sunday's loss to Buffalo. And he let them be heard loud and clear through his unusually strong preseason rant.
In an odd twist, the veteran NBA beat writer makes the leap to what radio and TV host Dan Patrick frequently calls the Mother Ship to write about a sport where he has little background.
The departure of former Indiana University beat writer Terry Hutchens earlier this month and Indiana Pacers beat writer Mike Wells last week comes on the heels of a major reorganization of the state’s largest daily newspaper’s sports department.
