The move—debated Monday in the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee—is meant to subsidize upgrades at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and make low-interest loans available to other auto tracks and businesses across the state.
For the first time, Indianapolis residents could see street-legal, full-size Hot Wheels cars zipping around their neighborhood. And if consumers like the cars, they can fulfill a childhood fantasy and buy their own.
The Indiana Ice have come to an agreement with owner Kite Realty Group to use the Pan Am Plaza skating facility as a training center and venue for games after renovations this summer. It also will be open to the public for other ice-related activities.
Building owner Kite Realty Group Trust has agreed to renovate the aging facility’s ice rinks to enable the hockey team to play more games there next season.
Rick Pitino, Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski would be the making of a pretty good three-fourths of a coaching Mount Rushmore.
Indiana World Skating Academy, a fixture in downtown Indianapolis since 1987, plans to suspend operations of its two indoor ice rinks at Pan Am Plaza this month and begin looking for a new location, the not-for-profit announced Wednesday.
I couldn't help but wonder if part of the reason Alford left his comfortable job at New Mexico for the troubled waters of UCLA didn't have more to do with his desire to get back to his roots in Bloomington than his ambition to become the next Wizard of Westwood.
Brad Stevens visited with UCLA officials this week, sources said, to discuss the school’s vacant coaching job. But several sources, including ESPN and CBS Sports, reported Friday afternoon that Stevens was staying at Butler.
Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles is revving up an ambitious plan to overhaul the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway management team. He wants to develop a revenue-sharing plan that assures the series and the tracks that host its races are motivated to roll in the same direction.
USA Swimming’s decision to torpedo a bid to host the 2016 Olympic Swim Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium casts doubts on the venue’s chances for future big-time, non-traditional events.
Some years stand out as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NCAA tournament.
Jimmy Matis wasn’t sure what he would do when he lost his job after 24 years at Q95, but in this life, he says, “you just have to understand that you constantly have to learn.”
Of the 44 former men’s basketball coaches given so-called “show-cause” orders since 2000—such as IU’s Kelvin Sampson—at least 25 found other basketball jobs, usually after the orders expired.
It seems no matter how much Indianapolis postures itself as a major-league city, there are those who will never consider it anything more than a few high-rises amid a sea of cornfields tended to by a bunch of hayseeds.
Hip, young racer James Hinchcliffe is off to a good start this year. With a good finish at Indy this May, he will become more than Danica Patrick's replacement driving the GoDaddy car. The series must promote his success to maximize the benefit.
Passes for parking inside the third turn for the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 NASCAR race went on sale Monday. Front-row parking spaces cost $75 while additional general parking spaces will sell for $25.
Downtown hoteliers are expecting a sellout this weekend, and ticket brokers are reporting a spike in ticket prices even though Indiana University is playing elsewhere.
George had resigned in October after submitting a proposal to purchase IndyCar. He cited a conflict of interest as his reason for stepping down. He was allowed to return because he's no longer trying to regain control of the series.
Elementary school teachers in Bloomington are incorporating Indiana University basketball players into their lesson plans, including No. 4 Victor Oladipo. The top-seeded Hoosiers play their opening round NCAA tournament game Friday afternoon.
From IBJ's The Score: IU is launching an aggressive marketing campaign in places like Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. While the players and coaches aren't talking about the Final Four, IU's marketers have plans in place.
