MIKE LOPRESTI: Let’s revisit the last time IMS took a pause
The Speedway and other venues paused for more than one season as World War II monopolized priorities and resources.
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MIKE LOPRESTI: Let’s watch these again—but with new endings
Our college and pro teams would like do-overs of some of their most heart-breaking defeats.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Indy works to change its sports-hosting playbook
Pandemic throws a new challenge at city’s time-tested ability to host giant sports events.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Get to know Philip Rivers, the Colts’ new QB
The son of a coach, Rivers and his wife have enough children to field their own flag football team.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Indiana’s ties to Hall of Fame run deeper than you think
You know the usual suspects—the Woodens, Knights and Birds—but what about Fred Zollner, Chuck Taylor and all the others?
MIKE LOPRESTI: Let’s revisit the undefeated of high school hoops
The short list of unbeaten champions could have grown by one this year.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Reaching into the vault for a reminder of what March can be
Key dates loom large in the March-madness history of six Indiana schools.
First-ever NCAA tourney bid for IUPUI women a highlight of wild and woolly season
So March rolled on in Indianapolis, even as workers with bleach wipes disinfected the benches every halftime and between every game at the Big Ten tournament. Basketball in the age of the coronavirus.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Forty years later, the heartbreak lingers from storied final four
The Andrean-New Albany and Marion-Broad Ripple matchups in 1980 provided unforgettable drama—and lasting scars.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Butler’s big run still paying off
Ten years after a gut-wrenching loss to Duke in the NCAA championship game, the campus is full of reminders that victory isn’t always measured on the scoreboard.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Forty years later, we could use another Miracle on Ice
The joy from our 1980 Olympic hockey victory over the Soviet Union put all Americans on the same team.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Drew family puts additional stamp on college basketball, this time in Texas
Baylor’s rise to the top of the polls was guided by Hoosier Scott Drew, whose dad, Homer; brother, Bryce; and sister, Dana, have left their own mark on the game.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Colts pop up more often in Super Bowl trivia than in the game itself
The game’s oldest player, for example, wore the horseshoe—and it wasn’t Adam Vinatieri.
MIKE LOPRESTI: The Astros sign-stealing scandal, inning by inning
Houston’s misdeeds will go down in history along with other embarrassing moments for the sport.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Remembering Grandpa, Butler senior helps Bulldogs surge into top 10
Heading into his senior season, Sean McDermott suddenly lost one of his biggest fans.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Clock is ticking on Indy’s college football championship game
Organizers get to work on things they can control. Everything else will rely on luck.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Butler’s (almost) miracle, relived by the coaches it faced
From Boeheim to Krzyzewski, the opponents weigh in on what made that Bulldog team special.
MIKE LOPRESTI: In Carmel, ‘Richard Jewell’ is more than a movie
The city celebrated the man who had been wrongly accused of planting a bomb at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.
MIKE LOPRESTI: College basketball muscles in with big matchups
With college football winding down, we turn to the hardwood and some big games coming up for teams around the state.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Indiana football finds itself in an unfamiliar place
This Hoosier team is knocking down records, one of which is more than 100 years old.