L.A. Rams owner Stan Kroenke wants to move the NFL Scouting Combine from Indianapolis to Los Angeles, where his team will occupy a new $1.9 billion stadium. And sources close to the league say he has the clout to do it.
The team’s weak conference surely didn’t help as games against AFC South rivals were some of the least-watched Colts games in central Indiana. The team’s sub-par play certainly was a factor too.
The first five years of the Kevin Wilson era have done little to move the needle on Indiana’s home football attendance. With a new contract that doubles Wilson’s salary announced Monday, IU leaders must be hoping for a better return on investment.
Less than two months after the Hoosiers ended an eight-year bowl drought, Indiana University coach Kevin Wilson signed a six-year contract that will pay him $15.3 million.
Former Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Jeff Belskus is the new president of the Indy Eleven professional soccer team. Peter Wilt is leaving to start a rival NASL team in Chicago.
WISH-TV Channel 8, and its sister station WNDY-TV Channel 23, will air 100 Cubs and White Sox games this year. White Sox fans will be especially pleased with the additional offerings.
Dan Dakich blasted his legendary former coach for 11-plus minutes on the radio this week. What Bob Knight told his IU players during their time at the school “was a complete and utter bowl of crap,” Dakich said.
The Sports Innovation Institute, a first-of-its-kind, interdisciplinary program, will work to elevate the status of Indianapolis as a hub for innovation and as a sports capital, organizers say.
The NCAA last month reopened negotiations with CBS and Turner Broadcasting System for its massive men’s basketball tournament television contract, which generates 85 percent of the organization's revenue.
Less than two days after getting a new contract, Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano announced that six assistants, including defensive coordinator Greg Manusky, had been let go.
A single Indianapolis Colts home playoff game helps sell nearly 15,000 hotel rooms, tens of thousands of meals and reams of merchandise while scoring the city and state a seven-figure tax windfall.
A celebration of Team Penske’s 50 years in racing will include a display at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway featuring cars representing each of the Team Penske driver’s first win at the IMS.
The Indianapolis Colts have given Head Coach Chuck Pagano and General Manager Ryan Grigson contract extensions that will keep them with the team through 2020, the Colts announced late Monday.
Journalist Dick Cady dismissed suggestions by Coach Rick Pitino that former escort Katina Powell didn’t write the journals that serve as the basis for a book alleging a former University of Louisville basketball staffer hired strippers and prostitutes to entertain recruits
Louisville Coach Rick Pitino said he believes one person did “scurrilous things” related to the basketball program. But he raised questions about journals by escort Katina Powell that allege women were hired to strip and have sex with recruits.
The Indianapolis Colts’ long-shot playoff hopes and their coach's fate could rest with a quarterback who hasn't taken an NFL snap in more than two years against a team with more to gain by losing.
Despite national attention paid to RFRA and Jared Fogle, most of IBJ’s top-read online stories this year were the result of deeply sourced reporting on people, issues and businesses specific to central Indiana.
The Pacers have more reason to be merry than grinchy this holiday season. The team’s TV ratings this year are up 27 percent and attendance is 500 fans per game ahead of this time last year.
An AP investigation found that some major universities are lightening punishments for athletes using marijuana. The Indianapolis-based NCAA has halved its suspension for testing positive for street drugs at championship events.
Last month, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh gave IndyCar officials an ultimatum to get moving on race planning or else. With promoters throwing their effort into overdrive, things are looking good for the Labor Day weekend race.
