If the Denver Broncos somehow make it to the Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium Feb. 5, TV viewership for the event will likely be a record high. Throw in undefeated Green Bay as the opponent, and Indianapolis will be the epicenter of a global media frenzy.
If teams like the Indiana Pacers have no chance to hang on to star players, there will never be competitive balance in the NBA. And fans will tire of the current level of player-dictated nonsense in the league.
The Indiana Pacers are offering tickets for their Dec. 26 home opener for less than it costs to get into a high school game.
Under the new direction of NCAA President Mark Emmert, IU and Kelvin Sampson might have been spared the severe torching they endured in 2008.
NCAA President Mark Emmert said Monday that changes to the current BCS format are likely following the 2012-13 season.
The same man who kept the Reggie Miller-led Pacers from winning a title or two, is now the team's biggest ally in the battle of small versus large market NBA franchises.
SpeedTV is reporting that IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard this week fired one high-level executive and demoted another.
No need to wait for the results of medical tests on Peyton Manning Wednesday. If the Colts get Andrew Luck, No. 18 must go. Right? Hold your horses just a minute.
College basketball may be one of the biggest benefactors of the soon-to-be ratified National Basketball Association labor settlement.
With the Indianapolis Colts in a down year, the Indiana Pacers are missing a golden opportunity to grab local fans' interest. Shelvin Mack, meanwhile, has no paycheck and no prospect of playing a meaningful game anytime soon.
You have to wonder how many Big Ten and Indianapolis tourism officials will be rooting hard for Wisconsin this weekend when the Badgers play Penn State at Madison.
IndyCar officials have reason to smile with recent developments. Series CEO Randy Bernard also has reason to be very concerned.
According to NBA sources, the league’s labor relations board recently received a letter from 10 owners, including Pacers' owner Herb Simon, strongly opposed to the final offer Stern put on the table offering a 50-50 revenue split with players.
The way Bernie Ecclestone has treated his new partners in Austin, Texas, recently has to make Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials at least a little happy they no longer do business with the man known as the Poison Dwarf.
Mike Greenberg, who apparently is quite the Indianapolis historian, insists that without No. 18, there would be no Indianapolis Colts, no Lucas Oil Stadium and no Super Bowl here.
NASCAR drivers Tony Stewart, Austin Dillon and A.J. Allmendinger along with IndyCar racers Scott Dixon and Alex Tagliani will headline the Dec. 11 race at Conseco Fieldhouse.
With the Pacers losing anywhere from $15 million to $30 million annually, local fans who would like to see the blue and gold remain anywhere near financially viable for the long-term must be rooting for an agreement with a hard cap—at least much stiffer than it is now—and a 50-50 split.
