NCAA approves 68-team men’s basketball tourney
It’s only the second time in a quarter-century the NCAA has increased the number of teams competing for the men’s national
basketball championship.
It’s only the second time in a quarter-century the NCAA has increased the number of teams competing for the men’s national
basketball championship.
Speedway businessman Tim Hicks will launch the Indianapolis Drive next fall as part of the ABA’s 11th season.
There's a simple reason Indiana Pacers basketball operations boss Larry Bird didn't fire coach Jim O'Brien. And it has a lot to do with Rick Carlisle.
Unfathomable just a decade ago, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is trimming demands on hospitality packages in a scramble
to fill vacancies and preserve what IMS officials call "a major profit center."
The NCAA executive committee selected University of Washington President Mark A. Emmert to lead the national association
that oversees college sports. Emmert, who is expected to start work by Nov. 1, replaces the late Myles Brand, who died of
pancreatic cancer in September.
Tim Hicks promises to ask the city for no money while trying to make an ABA professional basketball team flourish in Indianapolis.
The Ben Davis graduate will launch his new team, the Indiana Drive, next fall.
The central Indiana WorkOne Center is teaming with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to present Career Day @ the Brickyard,
an event that mixes job searching with racing.
Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen opted for the NFL rather than stay and play his final year for new pass-happy coach Brian
Kelly. That decision likely cost him in excess of $10 million.
Ratings for the first three races of the 2010 season have grown 67 percent over last year.
The new deal includes associate sponsorship of Penske’s Indy Racing League drivers Helio Castroneves, Will Power and
Ryan Briscoe.
Tony George, who was Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League chairman until last June, was in China for several
days this month to
attend F1’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai April 18 at the invitation of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
The three-team expansion is much more modest than 80-team and 96-team proposals the NCAA outlined just a few weeks ago at
the Final Four.
CBS informed NCAA it lost money on the broadcast of March Madness this year. Even so, CBS and Turner this morning agreed to
a 14-year, multi-billion dollar deal to broadcast the men's hoops tournament.
Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions crew swooped into Speedway to talk with NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson about an increasingly
controversial topic during Goodyear's tire test.
Host committee opts to partner with University of Indianapolis and build community center at Arsenal Tech High School, the
original site of
the domed practice facility.
As expected, city officials announced Tuesday morning that USA Football will relocate its headquarters to Indianapolis from
Vienna, Va. The move should be complete by August.
Mayor Greg Ballard's office has an announcement scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday to reveal a "major sport's national governing body" that is moving to the city. IBJ reported in February that USA Football was seriously considering moving here.
Californians seem to be more ready to embrace a unified open-wheel races series than the place that gave IndyCar racing its
name.
Five years ago, the Indiana Pacers ownership was not included in discussions about a potential new downtown home for the Indianapolis
Colts, and now city and Pacers officials are paying the price.
Three Serbian players, two of whom spent time in the NBA, allege Carmel-based Worldwide Associates LLC mismanaged over $12
million.