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Welcome to The Score, your place for hard-hitting sports business news, fast-breaking updates and fuel-injected debate. Buckle up. I'm your host, Anthony Schoettle, IBJ sports reporter.
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IRL TV coverage causes static
June 24, 2008
Comments(19)The June 22 Indy Racing League race at Iowa earned a 1.2 overnight TV rating, according to New York-based
Nielsen Media Co., meaning about 1.2 million households nationwide tuned in to watch the...
MoreO'Neal deal: Shot in arm or foot?
June 24, 2008
Comments(5)If the Indiana Pacers pull the trigger on a deal to send Jermaine O’Neal to Toronto for guard T.J. Ford,
center Rasho Nesterovic and possibly the No. 17 pick in this year’s NBA draft, several NBA insiders think
they’d be...
MoreCharlie Daniels to play at Brickyard
June 23, 2008
Comment(1)Country music legends The Charlie Daniels Band will perform July 27 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway before
the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race.
Sony BMG Nashville recording artist Craig Morgan will serve as opening act for...
MoreIndians pack the house
June 23, 2008
Comments(10)The Indianapolis Indians had a big weekend. The Indians won two out of three from Rochester but all three
games were monetary winners for the AAA minor league baseball franchise.
Mostly blue skies along...
MoreIRL races into flood-plagued Iowa
June 20, 2008
Comment(1)Despite flooding which has ravaged the area, officials at the Iowa Speedway—30 miles east of Des Moines—expect
the Indy Racing League race there to be sold out Sunday.
“Track officials are expecting another strong...
MoreStar names McKee replacement
June 20, 2008
Comments(0)It’s not easy filling the shoes of a 26-year news veteran. But Kristen Leigh Porter is going to try. Officials
for the Indianapolis Star recently announced that Porter has been named to replace...
MoreNBC bets on ND to turn it around
June 19, 2008
Comment(1)Notre Dame is renewing its television contract with NBC.
The university and NBC announced today they have agreed on a five-year deal that runs through the 2015 season.
The current contract—which paid Notre Dame...
MoreIU's Gordon appears headed west
June 19, 2008
Comments(4)The Indiana Pacers’ Larry Bird won’t have to worry about fan reaction if he doesn’t select Indiana University
guard Eric Gordon with the team’s No. 11 overall pick in the June 26 National Basketball Association...
MoreBig Ten Network war takes toll
June 18, 2008
Comments(3)It appears that the Big Ten Network’s fight with Comcast Cable is about over.
IBJ reported May 2 that sources close to Comcast Cable and the Big Ten Network said that an agreement to...
MoreCan all-star hoops game survive?
June 18, 2008
Comments(15)After the Indiana vs. Kentucky All-Star basketball games at Conseco Fieldhouse June 13, drew only 5,097 spectators,
some within the local hoops community are calling for changes.
Sports marketers said moving the game from Saturday to Friday hurt attendance. Others suggested...
MoreVictory Field name not for sale
June 17, 2008
Comments(2)The Indianapolis Indians are one of the most stable teams in this region in one of the most stable leagues
in the country. The International League will celebrate its 125th anniversary this week...
MorePhilly DA pursues Harrison case
June 17, 2008
Comment(1)The Indianapolis Colts’ marketing nightmare involving Marvin Harrison’s possible participation in a shooting
incident in his hometown of Philadelphia appears far from over.
Philadelphia District Attorney Lynn Abraham this week asked police to reinterview witnesses in the case, a
police department source...
MoreIU fights battles on two fronts
June 16, 2008
Comments(6)It’s difficult to say which challenge will be more daunting for Indiana University’s athletic department—the
king-size sinkhole in the school’s football field or the self-inflicted wound to the image of its men’s basketball...
MorePacers launch TV ad campaign
June 13, 2008
Comment(1)If you’ve been watching the National Basketball Association finals this week between the Boston Celtics and
Los Angeles Lakers, you’ve noticed the latest television ad campaign by the Indiana Pacers airing on ABC.
The eye-catching spots created by the team’s ad...
MoreIRL looks to race into Mexico
June 11, 2008
Comments(5)Indy Racing League officials were in Mexico City early this week to look at a possible location for a race
there, which could be held as early as 2009. It may have to be pushed to 2010, depending on scheduling...
MoreAir race circuit still eyes Indy
June 5, 2008
Comments(3)The Detroit Free-Press reported that fans watching last weekend’s Red Bull Air Race World Series along the
Detroit River got a “thrill-chill.”
The crowd size assembled along the river banks might have thrilled Indianapolis...
MorePacers revive draft party
June 5, 2008
Comment(1)The Indiana Pacers will host a party at Conseco Fieldhouse on June 26, where fans can watch the 2008 NBA
Draft and hear from Pacers executives about the team’s draft. This marks the...
MoreNBA measures IU's Gordon
June 4, 2008
Comments(2)The vital statistics are in from last week’s NBA pre-draft camp. It’s official: Eric Gordon is nowhere near
6-foot-4— the measurement used by Indiana University when he played there last season—not even in...
MoreHorizon League hunts sponsors
June 4, 2008
Comments(0)The Horizon League and Nelligan Sports Marketing Inc. announced that they have agreed to a long-term extension
to their partnership agreement that continues the New Jersey-based company’s exclusive rights to manage the
Horizon League’s corporate sponsorship and marketing rights.
“We are...
MoreFisher races to get back on track
June 3, 2008
Comments(5)Sarah Fisher is speeding ahead with plans to do at least two more Indy Racing League races this season.
Despite the defection of two main sponsors and a crash at last month’s Indianapolis 500, Fisher still thinks
her team will...
MoreIRL wins again in Milwaukee
June 2, 2008
Comments(2)The Indy Racing League is continuing its popularity growth.
After a strong month of May in Indianapolis, the IRL saw a 30 percent attendance increase at its race yesterday
in Milwaukee, to just more than 30,000.
While...
MorePacers sell $6 tickets
May 30, 2008
Comments(9)The Indiana Pacers today began offering season tickets for about $6 per game. That’s one of the lowest ticket
prices in the National Basketball Association. The cost is cheaper if you figure in preseason games, which
are included in the...
MoreIndy Star loses another sports vet
May 30, 2008
Comment(1)The Indianapolis Star is about to lose its third sports department veteran since April.
Star Sports Editor Jim Lefko announced this week that assistant sports editor Pat McKee will depart the state’s
largest daily...
MoreBig Ten shoots for corporate deals
May 29, 2008
Comments(0)The Big Ten Conference recently hired Dallas-based Learfield Sports to bring in more revenue from sponsorships,
hospitality and other corporate initiatives.
Big Ten and Learfield Sports officials announced they have signed a pact where Learfield will develop an
exclusive corporate partner...
MoreIRL has new problem, new race
May 29, 2008
Comments(4)The Indy Racing League has a new problem.
Too many cars.
Twenty-seven car-driver combos are expected to show up for this weekend’s Milwaukee Mile. The problem is,
the short oval only has room for 26...
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If a television station wants to improve viewership, get rid of the local blackout. I was born by the brickyard, and have attended 15 or more races. I have children now, I won't attend unless circumstances are perfect. As those with growing families know, they never are. I'm always impressed that upwards of 250,000 people attend the 500. However, as a growing, or, more apt, sprawling city, Indianapolis and its immediate suburbs count almost 2.2 million. Show the race live, let the venue get a kick-back on revenues, and open-wheel racing might have a fighting chance to be relevant again. Just in time for those tax-payer lights to make sense.
John Moore, I too have had the same issue recently. A property next to my house was on the Land Bank and I was interested in purchasing. When I tried to contact Reggie, I got back emails that had nothing to do with what I asked about. Actually my latest response from him was on this past Friday. I had asked about how to buy the property and if it was still available. His response to me was to contact the mayor's office to get the schedule of his appearances. (???) Hopefully the city is able to do something to fix what this guy has done, it would be nice if they would take the properties back and sell them properly so land owners like me and you mother would have a fair chance.
I too work in the industry, with over 25 years of experience and your political spin has probably nothing to do with any rebranding. "Let's dress it up" would have nothing to do with the government "telling us how and what to eat." Give it a political rest. And being a producer for a radio show doesn't mean you've been involved in advertising and branding for 30 years.
Ms. Morris did not understand the ways of the business world, otherwise, like the IMS, she could have petitioned the State Legislature for a handout of State Funds for her charity work. Ms. Morris should consider becoming a state lobbyist for Lemonade Stand Operators.
David Copperfield!