With the campaign, the WNBA is capitalizing on what it has known for years: The gay community makes up a significant portion of its fan base. The difference now is that the league is talking about it publicly and making it a deliberate part of its marketing strategy.
It’s unclear what’s next for Indianapolis, which hosted its first Super Bowl in 2012. Organizers said it’s simply too early to consider going for another Super Bowl. It seems bidding next year for the 2019 game is off the table.
Despite having what several NFL executives said was the strongest proposal, Indianapolis lost out on hosting the 2018 championship game to a city with a new, $975 million stadium in the wings.
In addition to deciding which city will host the 2018 Super Bowl, National Football League owners on Tuesday will try to determine whether to add two more teams to the playoffs.
New Orleans has emerged as the front runner to host the Super Bowl in 2018 due to its tricentennial celebration and the fact that this could be 87-year-old Saints owner Tom Benson’s last crack at hosting the big game.
When ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio offered Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay the chance to apologize to the Colts team and fans, he refused to bite.
Indianapolis is betting that an ambitious project to study safety issues at all levels of football, plus expanding and snazzing up the Super Bowl Village, will help win the 2018 Super Bowl. And Jeff Saturday will help deliver the message.
Turmoil within the USA Cricket Association could jeopardize the organization’s national championship set for Indianapolis’ new World Sports Park in August, though local officials remain confident the event will happen.
The city on Wednesday turned in a 900-page bid to host the 2018 Super Bowl that mentions the possibility of two new downtown hotels. Meanwhile, a Colts official said owner Jim Irsay plans to help lobby for the city’s bid at the May 19-21 NFL owners meeting.
One month before her Hall of Fame induction, Indiana Fever Coach Lin Dunn on Tuesday announced she would retire from coaching following the upcoming season. Former Fever player Stephanie White, one of Dunn’s assistants, will become head coach in 2015.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation.
Former Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has been passed as the top National Football League player when it comes to merchandise sales. Two Colts rank among the top 50.
Jack Ramsay, who won an NBA title with Portland and coached the Indiana Pacers from 1986 to 1988, died Monday in Naples, Fla., after battling cancer for more than 15 years, ESPN reported
The deal gives the WNBA team a live, over-the-air broadcaster to supplement regional and national coverage on Fox Sports Indiana and ESPN2.
Indianapolis will open this season at AFC champion Denver in a Sunday night NFL showdown pitting quarterback Peyton Manning against his former team.
The city’s Capital Improvement Board on Monday afternoon unanimously approved a $160 million, 10-year finance package to the Indiana Pacers for the operations of Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Stephen Simon has been increasingly involved with the team since his father, Herb, acquired full ownership of the franchise before the death of Herb’s brother Melvin in 2009.
Given the fan following for the Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks in central Indiana, the agreement stands to be a significant boost for the Fuel, who begin play in October at the renovated Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum.
On Friday, Gatorade will introduce Pacer Paul George as its newest NBA spokesman in a lineup that already features prominent athletes such as Dwyane Wade, Peyton Manning, Serena Williams and Derek Jeter.
The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office issued a statement Tuesday saying the hearing was postponed "unless or until" formal charges are filed against him.
