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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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World Cup could be windfall for Indy
August 21, 2009
Comments(8)Eleven sites were cut from consideration for the United States' 2018 and 2022 World Cup Soccer bid, but Lucas Oil Stadium
is still in the hunt.
MoreWatson boosts Crooked Stick event
July 20, 2009
Comments(2)Tom Watson’s near British Open Victory yesterday has sent ticket sales skyward for the U.S. Senior Open hosted
by Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel July 27-Aug. 2.
Watson will be one of the headliners of...
MoreNatatorium future looking brighter
July 9, 2009
Comments(0)The large crowds and deafening roar at the Natatorium this week, the world record and of course the presence
of Michael Phelps almost makes you forget the downtown swim facility needs work—millions of...
MoreVelodrome event rolls out of Indy
June 18, 2009
Comments(3)An 11th hour deal to keep this year’s USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships at the Major Taylor
Velodrome has fallen flat, and the event has been moved to Colorado Springs. The track championships were...
MoreLOS makes World Cup cut
June 16, 2009
Comments(11)Lucas Oil Stadium has made the short list for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. Well,
the one-year-old retractable-roof stadium actually made a shortened list.
The list this week of possible...
MoreHandmade bike show rides away
May 14, 2009
Comments(5)North American Handmade Bicycle Show, we barely knew ya. After one year in Indianapolis, the unique event—which
drew 150 exhibitors and 7,200 attendees to Indianapolis Feb. 27-March 1—is vacating for Richmond, Va. The...
MoreVelodrome future in limbo
May 11, 2009
Comments(8)While the Marian College cycling team has been off hunting national championships in Colorado, school officials’
plan to manage the Major Taylor Velodrome has not yet won support from Indy Parks.
Marian College officials...
MoreLOS may score World Cup windfall
April 24, 2009
Comments(13)Indianapolis is in the running to host Word Cup soccer games in 2018 and 2022. It’s a long, long way from
a done deal, but two things are certain. First, Indianapolis...
MoreNFL schedule not kind to Lucas Oil
April 17, 2009
Comments(14)At first glance the Indianapolis Colts schedule looks pretty good for all concerned. Forrest Lucas, founder
of the oil company that put its name on the Colts one-year-old stadium, called the team’s 2009...
MoreCIB solution is simple, a bit scary
April 14, 2009
Comments(21)It may seem absurd. No, scratch that, it does seem absurd. But there’s a simple solution to solve the Capital
Improvement Board’s $47 million budget shortfall. Legalized sports gambling.
That proposal won’t see the...
MoreSenator hits nerve in CIB debate
April 3, 2009
Comments(15)In the quintessential exchange at yesterday’s Senate committee hearing about a potential solution to the Capital
Improvement Board’s revenue shortfall, Sen. Lindel Hume, D-Princeton, asked Indiana Pacers Chief Operating Officer
Rick Fuson about...
MoreHoop dream: Big economic impact
March 26, 2009
Comments(2)Today starts a big four-day weekend for Indianapolis. Given the sports-business strategy this city is built
on and the soft economy, this weekend dotted with NCAA and high school state championship basketball events...
MoreNCAA tourney results kind to Indy
March 23, 2009
Comments(8)One of the biggest winners in the first two rounds of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament: Downtown Indianapolis
restaurants, hotels and other local businesses, not to mention those counting on event revenue to...
MoreBuckeye success scores for Indy
March 13, 2009
Comments(13)Now that IU is out of the Big Ten basketball tournament, local organizers and tourism officials have to
hope that Ohio State can make a run. A successful run by Purdue probably wouldn't hurt either, but history
has shown that...
MoreVolleyball tourney scores for Indy
March 6, 2009
Comments(4)The biggest women’s sporting event in town this weekend isn’t the Big Ten basketball tournament at Conseco
Fieldhouse. At least not according to organizers of the 2009 Mizuno Hoosier Mideast Qualifier. In any...
MoreImportance of NFL Combine up
February 20, 2009
Comments(3)By most accounts, attendance is up at this year’s NFL Combine, and not because it’s being held for the
first time in Lucas Oil Stadium.
Veteran NFL scout Chris Landry, who serves as a...
MoreTicket tax hike gaining favor
February 19, 2009
Comments(17)I have bad news for Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis Colts and Indianapolis Indians ticket buyers. By the time
you buy tickets for next season’s games, you’ll likely be hit with a higher ticket tax....
MoreIndy's sports strategy under fire
February 9, 2009
Comments(12)Twenty five years ago, Indianapolis rolled the dice, betting that building this town on sports—amateur and
professional—would be a good way to shed the Nap-town image that had dogged the city. The gamble paid off
for decades, but now it’s...
MoreLocal firm becoming NFL power
January 7, 2009
Comments(0)Even as the economy tanks, locally based MainGate Inc. continues to ink major merchandising deals. This week,
MainGate signed a deal with the Kansas City Chiefs. This comes on the heels of a...
MoreNFL Pro Bowl may come to Indy
December 30, 2008
Comments(9)Indianapolis appears to be in the running to host the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl. Today, league officials confirmed
they are moving the 2010 Pro Bowl to Miami, the Super Bowl host city that...
MoreTicket pricing gets change-up
December 10, 2008
Comments(4)There’s a new reality in professional sports. Slowly, but surely the people who run sports operations in
central Indiana are waking up as the sun rises on a new day. Here’s some news that should help all of
us understand...
MoreIndy's loss is Arizona's gain
November 18, 2008
Comments(3)USA Basketball today announced it will move its headquarters from Colorado Springs to Glendale, Ariz. Indianapolis
and Louisville were the other front runners. Indianapolis officials announced earlier this year they were out
of...
MoreVelodrome becomes slippery slope
September 26, 2008
Comments(3)You have to give the folks at Indy Parks and Recreation credit for creativity. How many people would consider turning
a world-class sporting facility into a glorified sledding hill and hope to profit from it? Shiver...
MoreBig Ten tourney a tough ticket
March 14, 2008
Comments(4)Big Ten men’s basketball tournament tickets are selling fast, according to local organizers. Approaching noon
today, there were only a few seats available for tonight’s session at Conseco Fieldhouse, which includes games
involving...
MoreIndy finalist for USA Basketball HQ
March 11, 2008
Comments(4)Indianapolis today is one step closer to stealing USA Basketball's headquarters from Colorado Springs, where
the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in the U.S. has been located since 1979. IBJ...
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You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.
For those who let this information strike a nerve, remember that this is still the America that allows the freedom to achieve dreams and goals. Should you really chastise those who are given a perk on a deal that is supported by the consumer (that is until they don't like the deal anymore due to envy) or should the dream of rewards for working be looked at a little closer? I say lets stick to the deal, go to work,earn our keep, shoot for dreams, change our jobs to have that dream or shut up about others achievements ..............while we are still afforded this liberty of America !
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Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.