IndyCar may return open-wheel racing to Pocono
The 2013 IndyCar Series schedule could include a date at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., a traditional NASCAR stronghold that hasn’t hosted an open-wheel race in 23 years.
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Indians attendance increases for fourth straight year
A strong regular season and a playoff run pushed attendance at Indianapolis Indians home games to its best mark in four years and fourth best at Victory Field since 2000.
Stakes high as Colts try to renew club seats
At the conclusion of this season, five-year contracts for many of Lucas Oil Stadium’s 7,100 club seats expire. Other club seats on shorter contracts also expire, pushing the total up for renewal to about two-thirds of club seat capacity.
BENNER: Notre Dame appears to score with ACC arrangement
If there are any negatives for Notre Dame in all this, danged if I can find them.
TV ratings show locals loving Colts, still fixated on Peyton
Despite several unfavorable factors, the Indianapolis Colts TV ratings went up from week one to week two. Meanwhile, Indianapolis scores the highest rating of any U.S. market for Denver's Monday night game.
Lucas Oil Stadium meeting revenue expectations
Roughly four years after it opened its doors in late 2008, Lucas Oil Stadium appears to have crossed the threshold of dollars that its creators anticipated from hosting events beyond the scope of the Indianapolis Colts.
Big-time college sports leadership still a man’s world
Forty years after the U.S. government’s Title IX law required equal athletic opportunities for men and women, just four women are in charge at the 120 sports departments in NCAA football’s top tier.
MainGate, Lids score Super Bowl merchandise deals
A pair of Indianapolis-based companies recently scored the largest single-event deal in the world of U.S. sports licensing, unseating 24-year incumbent Facilities Merchandising Inc. to win lucrative deals at the 2013 Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Marian University restoring velodrome to former glory
Marian University has sunk $350,000 so far into restoring the Major Taylor Velodrome near its campus, and has plans for much more.
Indiana Sports Talk still growing after 18-plus years
Statewide syndicated radio show thrives despite doubters, host’s heart attack.
Notre Dame bolting Big East for Atlantic Coast Conference
The University of Notre Dame is leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports but football.
IndyCar Series appears headed to Rhode Island in 2013
The 2.1-mile street course will have considerable elevation changes and run past Brown University and the state capitol building. But can such an ambitious endeavor be profitable?
Crooked Stick, Colts officials have reason to smile
While Crooked Stick and Colts officials have reason to be pleased after this weekend, they also have plenty to work on if they want to continue drawing big fan bases.
Case from 1970 revisited in dispute over NBA TV revenue
The NBA asked a Manhattan judge on Thursday to side with the league in a legal dispute that stems from a sweetheart deal enjoyed by the former owners of a defunct American Basketball Association team — and despised by current owners of four NBA franchises, including the Indiana Pacers.
PGA’s top players face fierce finishing hole at Crooked Stick
We'll be seeing a lot of water-bounded, bunker-laden Hole No. 18 as pro golf's best players compete at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel through Sunday. Legendary course designer Pete Dye describes what he had in mind.
New company focuses on making football helmets that reduce concussions
Bill Simpson, famous for pioneering multiple advances in auto-racing safety, has turned his attention to a new sport. His new company, SGH Helmets, is making a football helmet that Simpson hopes will help prevent concussions.
Rain threatens weekend activities, including big NHRA race
Officials say they hope the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac won’t force them to postpone weekend festivities at Lucas Oil Raceway. Another big weekend event, Rib Fest America at Military Park, will be held rain or shine, promoters say.
BENNER: Big Ten football is on a roll—with a couple of exceptions
Excitement tempered by the probation of three of its most popular programs.
Kellogg’s rolls out IndyCar-branded cereal nationwide
Direct-to-consumer marketing of star drivers could be just what the series needs to boost interest, TV ratings.
Fieldhouse getting $16 million scoreboard, sound system
The Indiana Pacers will open the season at Bankers Life Fieldhouse with a new $16 million audio and video system, the team announced Thursday afternoon.