USA Gymnastics president says mediation with Nassar victims productive
USA Gymnastics President Kerry Perry made the remarks Sunday in her first extended question-and-answer session with reporters since taking over in December.
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Bob Lamey retiring as play-by-play announcer for Colts
The 79-year-old Lamey has worked 31 seasons as the club’s radio play-by-play voice, serving from 1984 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 2018.
Growing LPGA event positioning Indy as driving force for women in tech
Attendance for the four-day Indy Women in Tech Championship is expected to grow more than 30 percent this year.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Women’s tennis pros proudly wear IU East’s colors
School in Richmond welcomes a parade of grand slam tournament champions, contenders.
Colts training camp sees attendance surge after switch to Grand Park
With three days remaining, the Colts camp has already received more visitors than it did in its final year at Anderson University. But the crowd numbers are still well below what they reached early this decade.
Duke’s Krzyzewski: No ‘plan of execution’ for NCAA hoops reforms
Among other initiatives, the NCAA wants to allow a few high school players identified as elite prospects by USA Basketball to sign with agents beginning July 1 before their senior year.
Pacers to appear on national television 12 times in 2018-19
The team outperformed expectations in 2017-18, when just one of its regular-season games was on national television.
Retired Tony Stewart eyes Indy 500 in 2019 in bid for elusive title
The three-time NASCAR champion and Indiana native said would like to return but doesn’t “want to be a sideshow like Danica (Patrick)) was at Indy this year.”
MIKE LOPRESTI: Will Urban Meyer be the next mighty coach to fall?
The sports world is full of hall-of-famers whose careers ended abruptly.
NCAA adopts college basketball reforms for draft, recruiting
The Indianapolis-based NCAA announced Wednesday that its Board of Governors and Division I Board of Directors adopted a "series of significant policy and legislative changes.”
North Carolina suspends 13 players for selling school-issued shoes
The NCAA violations will leave the Tar Heels with little depth during much of the football season's opening month.
Struggling Indiana Fever on track to get WNBA’s top draft pick
While most WNBA teams are battling for playoff spots, Indiana, New York, Chicago and Las Vegas are jockeying for the draft lottery position.
With arm strength returning, Luck hopes to check off more boxes in first start of comeback
The big question in the Colts’ preseason opener on Thursday is how Andrew Luck’s shoulder will react under game conditions, especially when he takes his first hit. For now, Luck is concentrating on getting re-acclimated to the big stage.
NASCAR chairman France takes leave after DWI, drug arrest
Brian France is a third-generation leader of NASCAR. His late grandfather Bill France Sr. founded the company in 1948.
MIKE LOPRESTI: These 10 Hoosiers made a mark on baseball
They’re not all in Cooperstown, but these players influenced the game in unique ways.
Indy Eleven crashes top five in USL attendance
Soccer franchise getting big boost from move to larger league.
Colts, fans are happy campers as Luck returns to action
After more than 19 months of answering questions about his surgically repaired throwing shoulder, quarterback Andrew Luck finally got a chance to show everyone exactly what he could do Thursday during the team’s first training camp workout at Grand Park in Westfield.
Indians need to don rally caps to keep status as league attendance leader
Last season, the tribe brought an average of 9,159 fans to Victory Field per game to lead the International League. With 21 home games left this season, the club needs to make up a lot of ground.
Colts will give Luck days off but no limitations on field
The team’s plan calls for Andrew Luck to throw about four days per week at training camp, simulating his regular-season routine. But nobody can say with certainty when, or if, the quarterback will regain his Pro Bowl form.
NCAA to study possible effects of widespread legal wagering
The Indianapolis-based NCAA plans to study how the expansion of legalized betting could affect college athletics and member schools.