August 14, 2008
Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Tony George has been named 2008 “Motorcyclist of the Year” by Motorcyclist,
one of the most widely circulated motorcycle magazines in the U.S., for his efforts to bring the...
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August 13, 2008
NCAA officials today announced that Indianapolis is one of eight cities in the running to host the women’s
basketball Final Four in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Columbus, Ohio; Dallas; Denver; Nashville, Tenn.; New Orleans; San Antonio and Tampa Bay...
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August 13, 2008
IUPUI men’s basketball coach Ron Hunter has been criticized for being over emotional and too demonstrative
during games. Some Div. I athletic directors and basketball coaches have told me that trait has held...
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August 12, 2008
One week from today, most of the Indianapolis Colts players will get their first look inside the new 63,000-seat
Lucas Oil Stadium. Players will be checking out the field surface, lighting and other...
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August 11, 2008
The television ratings for the Indy Racing League race at Kentucky Speedway continue downward. The have been
cut in half since 2006.
This year, the Nielsen overnight rating for Saturday’s race was .43, meaning...
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August 11, 2008
The medallists aren’t the only ones smiling at the Beijing Olympics. Officials for NBC are absolutely giddy.
After two nights of coverage, NBC is averaging a 16.2 rating and 30 percent U.S. audience...
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August 8, 2008
After signing a new television deal with cable channel Versus, Indy Racing League officials are still confident
they can ink a title sponsor by year’s end.
Sources close to negotiations said there are five...
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August 7, 2008
The deal the Indy Racing League got from Versus cable channel to air its races starting next season, is
so good, league officials said during a conference call today, it prompted them to abandon the remaining
year they had to...
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August 7, 2008
Chad Pennington is no Peyton Manning. He’s no Jim Sorgi either. Pennington is expected to be traded or released
today by the New York Jets, who just acquired Brett Favre from the Green...
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August 6, 2008
Herb Simon’s proclamation yesterday that Indiana Pacers’ point guard Jamaal Tinsley must go, raised a few
eyebrows here in the Hoosier Heartland. Just a few months ago, you couldn’t get the team’s co-owner...
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August 6, 2008
Officials for Nikon yesterday announced they signed a deal to be the title sponsor the Indy Racing League
race in Australia in October.
The race in Surfers Paradise will be called the Nikon Indy...
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August 5, 2008
The company city officials hired to handle general concession sales and premium dining at Lucas Oil Stadium
could be sold before serving its first hot dog at the 63,000-seat venue set to open...
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August 4, 2008
Brett Favre is returning to Green Bay today to play for the Packers. This after Packers brass offered to
pay him $20 million to stay away.
This got me thinking. Which of the Indianapolis Colts that has retired or otherwise left ...
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August 1, 2008
Indiana University President Michael McRobbie announced this afternoon that the school has formed a 13-person
search committee to find a replacement for athletic director Rick Greenspan. The search committee will include faculty
members, administrators and alumni. The search committee will be...
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August 1, 2008
Open-wheel race driver Paul Tracy may not be done this year on the Indy Racing League circuit. This morning,
Walker Racing officials told IBJ they continue to work with Subway Restaurants and other...
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July 31, 2008
Carlos Sastre’s Tour de France victory was cemented in Paris July 27, but the wheels that carried him to
victory were made in Speedway.
While Zipp Speed Weaponry has been providing high-end bicycle wheels...
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July 30, 2008
At 2 p.m. today, IRL officials are expected to unveil their 2009 schedule. Motorsports sources tell IBJ there
will be 18 races next year (10 ovals and eight road courses), with the Nashville...
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July 29, 2008
Indiana University is making me look pretty smart these days. And it has nothing to do with the degree
I earned there almost 20 years ago.
Three weeks ago I was asked on a...
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July 28, 2008
The big stories in the world of motorsports have been coming at such a high rate of speed, it’s been difficult
to keep up.
The long weekend kicked off with Tony Stewart getting into an altercation with a U.S. Auto Club...
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July 25, 2008
The Indy Racing League’s foray into Edmonton is looking good.
Sources on the ground there for this weekend’s race report that IRL race signage and promotional material
posted by city officials is evident along streets,...
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July 25, 2008
Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Tony George’s open-wheel racing enterprise has gotten a boost from its
fendered brethren that few outside racing circles are aware of.
So powerful is the connection between NASCAR and the...
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July 24, 2008
At a time when many professional sports teams and properties are seeing their revenue drop in the wake of
a rocky economy, the Indianapolis Indians this year have seen a nearly 18 percent...
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July 24, 2008
Fear not. If you didn’t get your free ticket to tour the Indianapolis Colts’ new home venue, there’s still
a way to get a sneak peak—at a steep price. And this event is...
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July 23, 2008
If you haven’t seen the video of Saturday's altercation between Indy Racing League drivers Danica Patrick and
Milka Duno, you can go to YouTube. More than 600,000 people have watched it since...
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July 22, 2008
IUPUI men’s basketball Coach Ron Hunter is making good on a promise he made in January to personally deliver
shoes to the poorest of the poor.
Thursday, Hunter and members of the Jaguars team...
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First, the Athenaeum is going to have to get past the hurdle with the Lockerbie residents and the agreement that the parcel would be residential. Second, and in my opinion, this prime piece of property should include parking, PLUS, a black box theater(s), some market rate and affordable artist housing and a plan to renovate and reconfigure the second story theater. I would negotiate to add the DeHaan property surface parking lot into the development mix, place a one story surface parking garage on the DeHaan lot on the street level (for the Dehaan tenants use during the daytime) and add a second story to the garage that would become an addition to the current second story theater and then change the direction of the theater by moving the stage across the alley and on top of the DeHaan lot parking. You can add all the stage elements that are currently missing from the Athenaeum stage to make it more attractive for use by Ballet, Opera and traveling productions. Plus, the theater changes would probably help solve some of the soundproofing issues. Alas,it does not seem to be a part of the strategic plan to conduct a study to determine best use of the property. Seems like the current plan is a quick and easy move that ignores the property best use/potential and any strategic property planning for the effect on future generations.
I recall that MSA's pilings are still in the ground and hard to remove. It’s not likely any proposal will include significant underground construction/parking because of this. Start adding 2 floors of retail, 8 floors of parking and 5-10 floors of possible hotel, and/or 10-20 floors of residential, and you are at 30 floors already with possible expansion of all the uses. But then again I could be wrong.
Accoriding to their website there is no deadline to the Do Not Call list. What is this article referring to??
On what planet are they entitled to this largesse from the stockholders? These people make multi-million dollar salaries: Pay for your own personal travel.
It matters because they're already paid enormously fat salaries: Pay for your own personal travel. Being "taxed on it" isn't a valid excuse--so what? They're still being gifted a raft of luxury perks from somebody else's money on top of an enormous, lavish salary.