Indy Racing League set to announce new chassis
Racing insiders say Dallara and Lola are frontrunners to become the new Indy Racing League chassis providers.
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IndyCar CEO must keep chassis choice from splintering series
Choosing a new chassis formula for the 2012 IndyCar Series season may be the least of new CEO Randy Bernard's challenges.
The decision will be announced today at 12:30 p.m. and acrimony may follow.
New March Madness plan includes four first-round games
Two of the so-called “First Four” games will match the lowest seeds, between 65 and 68. The other two games will include the
last four at-large qualifiers.
UPDATE: CIB wringing money from general operating fund to pay Pacers
A combination of taxes targeting downtown visitors and users of the city’s professional sports complexes are expected to generate
the bulk of the subsidy.
Danica Patrick ad is just blowing smoke
IndyCar racer turned NASCAR Nationwide Series driver needs to lose the defiant tone in her ESPN ad and rev up a little humility
until she starts winning.
City makes $33.5M deal to keep Indiana Pacers
The city will contribute $10 million annually for three years toward Conseco Fieldhouse operating expenses. It also will provide
at least $3.5 million for capital improvements.
Baseball complex could bring area near coke plant back to life
A plan to build a 28-acre sports complex on the southeast side is sparking hopes that a polluted parcel across the street
that formerly housed a Citizens coke plant can be revived as a retail and industrial center.
Hat World’s new strategy looks beyond the noggin
Here’s the business plan: Expand from hat retailing into two new segments—licensed sports apparel and team-sports
equipment—and benefit from the synergies among them.
Super Bowl Host Committee beefs up its staff
Three of the six additions are executives on loan from the Indiana Sports Corp. and the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors
Association.
Will LeBron hype pump up Pacer pride?
The spotlight has burned brighter and hotter on the NBA this summer than during any off-season in recent memory. But will
all the free agent hype light a fire under local hoops fans or just plain burn them out?
IndyCar CEO ready to slay sacred cows
IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard is demanding more support from track partners in an all-out effort to strengthen the series
in 2011 and beyond.
Indy Racing League signs Avis as new sponsor
Avis will take an active role in promoting the series through e-mail campaigns, displays at select airports, and other large-scale
promotions, company officials said.
Risk inherent with bid to bring World Cup to Indy
But promoters of effort to bring global soccer competition here in 2018 or 2022 aren’t concerned about repeat of financial
failures of World Basketball Championships.
BENNER: Blown calls aren’t a tradition worth preserving
When glaring, outcome—or history-altering—gaffes can be almost immediately rectified, why wouldn’t anyone want to
get it right?
NBA lockout could leave city’s CIB exposed
The agreement between NBA players and owners governing players' salaries expires one year from today. If a new deal doesn't
get done, any money the city pays to operate Conseco Fieldhouse could have a diminished return.
Pacers, CIB still talking post-deadline
A June 30 deadline imposed by the basketball team passed with no agreement on who will pay Conseco Fieldhouse operating expenses,
but both sides remain optimistic a deal will get
done soon.
IndyCar fans still waiting for Randy Bernard to work magic
After four months under the leadership of a new CEO, the IndyCar Series is still up against the wall. Series partners are
demanding more results and fewer excuses.
Agency settles stadium water damage claim for $6.2M
Flooding from a drainpipe malfunction caused extensive damage to Lucas Oil Stadium’s data center prior
to its opening in August 2008.
CIB still negotiating with Pacers over Fieldhouse lease
The Indiana Pacers still are renegotiating the team's lease of Conseco Fieldhouse with a Wednesday deadline approaching.
Pacers’ Paul George may be cornerstone rejected by others
It's stylish these days to critcize Pacers player personnel boss Larry Bird. But those observing closely can see that
he's changing the culture within the Blue and Gold franchise. And his latest draft pick should accelerate the change.