NCAA tourney results kind to Indy
One of the biggest winners in the first two rounds of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament: Downtown Indianapolis restaurants, hotels and other local businesses, not to mention those counting on event revenue to…
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Pacers bailout no slam dunk
If the Pacers want the city to support it with more money, the organization needs to provide more information to the city,
and perhaps a future cut of event proceeds.
Is city losing passion for amateur sports?
Indianapolis’ hard-earned title of amateur sports capital seems to be peeling away like the paint on some of the city’s sports
venues.
Excitement, perspective in Tanzania
Janie and I recently returned from a photographic safari in Tanzania with our children and their spouses.
Indy golf icon makes PGA Hall
Former PGA of America Rules Committee Chairman, Don Essig III, is among the eight-member 2009 class of inductees in the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame. Essig is the PGA Director of Golf at South Grove Golf Course in Indianapolis…
Pacers’ owners deserve accolades, not scorn
Indiana residents should be thanking Herb and Mel Simon for their multitude of contributions to the state, instead of bashing
them.
NCAA dominates ownership of such familiar terms as ‘March Madness,’ ‘Sweet Sixteen,’ ‘Elite Eight,’ ‘Final Four’
Most intellectual property rights to catchy basketball trademarks belong to the NCAA.
Let’s hear it for Bird
If there is any one individual who can turn around the Pacer organization and the NBA, remember, Bird is the word.
Reeve Foundation backs athletes with disabilities
The Reeve foundation is supporting the Brawlers this year with a $16,645 grant to Rehabilitation Hospitals of Indiana Sports
Program.
MainGate scores another goal
Local merchandiser MainGate Inc. inked its fourth deal with an NFL team in less than a year.
Buckeye success scores for Indy
Now that IU is out of the Big Ten basketball tournament, local organizers and tourism officials have to hope that Ohio State can make a run. A successful run by Purdue probably wouldn’t hurt either, but history has shown that…
Colts lose long-time executive
Indianapolis Colts executive vice president Bob Terpening plans to retire June 1 after more than 30 years with the team.
Terpening is one of the Colts longest-tenured staff members and someone who played a…
NBA: Apocalypse now
I’m not a sky-is-falling kind of guy by nature. But I think there’s a seismic shift underway in the NBA. The Indiana Pacers’ financial distress is just the tip of the iceberg.
I’m not…
Schmidt, Ganassi partner for Indy
Chip Ganassi Racing and Sam Schmidt Motorsports will partner to field a car for Alex Lloyd in the 93rd Running of the Indianapolis 500. Lloyd, the 2007 Firestone Indy Lights champion, is a…
Pacers have explaining to do
Slowly but surely, Indiana Pacers officials are releasing more information about their financial distress. Last month, Pacers brass told me they had lost money in nine of 10 years at Conseco Fieldhouse, including the…
Local racing jobs still revving
Despite the downturned economy, the long-view shows the motorsports sector is growing in Indiana. Studies compiled by the Indiana Motorsports Association and IUPUI indicate there’s been a 37 percent growth in the number…
Meet the guy who can call a foul on the referee
While he gets great seats every time as he watches about 75 basketball games a season, John Adams also has serious responsibilities
as the NCAA’s national coordinator of men’s basketball officiating.
Former SI editor pens book about first Indianapolis 500
Simon & Schuster has hired former Sports Illustrated Executive Editor Charles
Leerhsen to write the story of the 1911 race and hopes to have it on bookstore shelves by the race’s centennial.
White River trail will weave in stories
NINebark, a landscaping architectural firm, is making six large storyboards so that users of the planned White River Greenway
will learn about the area’s industrial history.
Volleyball tourney scores for Indy
The biggest women’s sporting event in town this weekend isn’t the Big Ten basketball tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse. At least not according to organizers of the 2009 Mizuno Hoosier Mideast Qualifier. In any…