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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.
Butler Blog Posts
Can Indy's big-league efforts outrun small-town image?
March 27, 2013
Comments(42)It seems no matter how much Indianapolis postures itself as a major-league city, there are those who will never consider it
anything more than a few high-rises amid a sea of cornfields tended to by a bunch of hayseeds.
MoreWho is Indiana's best college hoops coach? There are two answers
February 6, 2013
Comments(16)When it comes to Xs and Os, Butler's Brad Stevens is the man. If you want a consummate hardwood CEO, it's IU's
Tom Crean, hands down.
MoreLocal sports radio market adds third player
January 3, 2013
Comments(24)On Jan. 2, WXNT-AM 1430 changed its format from news-talk to 24-hour sports, going head-to-head with WFNI-AM 1070 and WNDE-AM
1260. The last time this market had three sports-talk radio stations, one didn't survive.
MoreConference merry-go-round poses problems for Butler
December 14, 2012
Comments(0)News media is getting ahead of itself in reporting Butler's imminent departure from the Atlantic 10 conference. But the
Bulldogs' athletic director, Barry Collier, can't afford to stick his head in the sand on this issue.
MoreGone to the Dawgs, Butler signs sponsor for bulldog beauty pageant
September 24, 2012
Comments(0)The Bulldog Beauty Contest, a staple of Butler University's Homecoming for 11 years, will now be known as the Butler Bulldog
Beauty Contest presented by Built Ford Tough Trucks.
MoreIU hoops, Colts fight for spot as state's top sports brand
March 22, 2012
Comments(13)The value of sports brands fluctuates as violently as stock prices during economic upheaval. In Indiana, the IU and Butler
basketball brands have risen while the Colts' has taken a hit and the Pacers fight for their place in the sun.
MoreButler basketball hits 40-plus-year attendance high
February 28, 2012
Comments(0)The Butler men's basketball ticket hasn't sold this hot since the early to mid 1960s. With university president James
Danko committed to building on the program's success, attendance is likely to keep climbing.
MoreNew NCAA rule kills high school hoops games at Hinkle
December 29, 2011
Comments(5)A new NCAA rule causes the cancellation of a six-game high school basketball event scheduled for Jan. 21 at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Organizers anticipated a crowd of more than 6,000 to attend the event.
MoreIndiana poised to become a basketball state once again
December 16, 2011
Comments(7)With the Pacers and IU re-emerging as contenders and the Colts floundering, Indiana sports fans are primed to re-embrace their
Hoosier hysteria roots. But what happens when Peyton Manning returns or Andrew Luck is drafted is anybody's guess.
MoreNew NBA pact could kill NCAA's one-and-done dilemma
November 28, 2011
Comments(0)College basketball may be one of the biggest benefactors of the soon-to-be ratified National Basketball Association labor
settlement.
MoreTiming of NBA lockout hits Pacers, Mack hard
November 23, 2011
Comments(5)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.
MoreHorizon League inks five-year deal with IMG
July 13, 2011
Comments(0)The Indianapolis-based conference that includes Butler University signs an exclusive sponsorship and multi media deal with
a seven-figure value.
MoreWhat is this Butler team's legacy?
April 5, 2011
Comments(7)Graduation rates will be the true lasting legacy of these Final Four teams.
MoreButler becomes cradle of coaching
April 4, 2011
Comments(5)As astounding as Butler's back-to-back runs to the NCAA championship game is, it's not the small school's most
remarkable accomplishment.
MoreHayward's rising stock presents Bird with difficult dilemma
June 21, 2010
Comments(5)Gordon Hayward's NBA draft stock is soaring. But it will take guts for Larry Bird to draft the Butler product, even if
he thinks he's the best player when the Pacers pick at No. 10.
MoreFalling dominoes could send Crean to MSU, Stevens to IU
June 11, 2010
Comments(28)If the Cleveland Cavaliers hire Tom Izzo, MSU will target IU Coach Tom Crean as a replacement, and Butler's Brad Stevens
could be headed for Bloomington. And it could all unfold within 10 days.
MoreGordon Hayward isn't coming back to Butler
April 15, 2010
Comments(18)There's a simple reason why Butler sophomore Gordon Hayward won't be in a Bulldogs uniform next year. And it has as
much to do with the CBA as the NBA. And a few million dollars.
MoreButler's lofty goals may require jump to bigger conference
April 13, 2010
Comments(26)The idea of Butler University joining the Big Ten once seemed laughable. But so did coming within a basket of beating Duke
for the NCAA hoops title. Finances and desire for growth could force the Bulldogs to consider leaping from the Horizon League.
MoreIs Butler gambling with Stevens' contract extension?
April 9, 2010
Comments(14)Butler trustees are entering a new ball game by escalating the pay of the school's men's basketball coach. But there's
no guarantee
the gamble will pay off.
MoreGordon Hayward answer to Pacers' prayers
April 8, 2010
Comments(15)If Butler sophomore Gordon Hayward declares himself eligible for this year's NBA draft, there are lots of reasons for
the Pacers to take him with the No. 10 selection.
MoreButler's Brad Stevens' success haunts IU
April 6, 2010
Comments(58)Should IU have hired Butler basketball coach Brad Stevens two years ago? That's debatable, but the non-hiring of the young
coaching gem is a sign of a bigger problem that has plagued the Hoosiers for more than a decade.
MoreTwo more victories = $10M in Butler merchandise sales
April 2, 2010
Comments(3)Butler University is bracing for a siege of publicity this weekend. The school's Web sites have been bolstered and retail
shelves are being stocked. Already more than $1.7 million in Butler merchandise has been sold.
MoreButler's Bannister chose to chase an impossible dream
April 1, 2010
Comments(8)Butler's run to the Final Four has its roots in a decision two decades removed by a former school president and a group
of trusting trustees who dared to believe the impossible was possible for the Bulldogs.
MoreButler's march could cost city businesses $7.5 million
March 29, 2010
Comments(16)Butler's triumph has likely eliminated some of the direct visitor spending the city would have seen if Syracuse or Kansas
State would have made it to Indy for this year's Final Four. But corporate excitement could wipe away that loss.
MoreButler basketball attendance sees big bounce
March 11, 2010
Comments(12)Butler's stellar on-court performance drew big crowds to Hinkle Fieldhouse this season. But some still wonder if the Bulldogs
will have enough financially to retain Brad Stevens as coach.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.