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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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IndyCar trailing far behind NASCAR, F1 in social media outreach
June 19, 2013
Comments(5)IndyCar’s Twitter and Facebook fan following is another set of numbers Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles must boost to
assure the series’ survival.
MoreGlass has IU standing among college sports Goliaths
June 12, 2013
Comments(10)If college sports truly is the marketing tool, the so-called front porch to the larger university that sports marketers say
it is, Indiana University has quite an opportunity within its grasp. Not to mention some serious scholarship cash.
MoreNASCAR boldly predicting better racing, more passing at Brickyard 400
June 5, 2013
Comments(3)NASCAR leaders are meeting with Indy media this week to trumpet the new "racey" Gen-6 car and the end of the processional
parade at the Brickyard 400. Message to fans: Expect faster cars and more passing.
MoreCritical and potentially expensive off-season decisions loom for Pacers
June 4, 2013
Comments(3)"I'm looking forward to seeing what this team looks like in three months,” Pacers forward David West told reporters
following Monday night’s game-seven loss at Miami. So are myriad Pacers fans.
MoreIndy 500 drivers' failure to mention sponsors inexcusable
May 30, 2013
Comments(116)During his post-race interview, Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan mentioned his dad, son, Alex Zanardi, and a woman who returned
a good-luck medal he gave her nine years ago. All very nice, but those aren’t the people who pay the bills.
MoreWilkerson wants 1976 IU team remembered for more than winning games
May 29, 2013
Comments(3)The death of his brother and a message from God inspired former IU basketball star Bobby Wilkerson to start a venture commemorating
the last undefeated men's NCAA Division I basketball team.
MoreMiles headed for crash with penny-pinching IndyCar team owners?
May 24, 2013
Comments(31)Mark Miles is talking this week about significant changes and speed records at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It's the
same talk that was coming from Randy Bernard one year ago. Then Bernard was fired.
MoreIU, Purdue sign strange chicken sponsorship deals
May 23, 2013
Comments(7)IU and Purdue sports fans next season will get bombarded with marketing messages from Zaxby’s. The deal is a bit odd
given there are no Zaxby's anywhere near West Lafayette, Bloomington or Indianapolis.
MoreSpeedway sells $3 million in new Indy 500 sponsorships
May 22, 2013
Comments(7)By creating new sponsorship categories and filling vacated ones, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has brought on 23 new sponsors
this month. Teams, too, are bringing on new corporate partners.
MoreHome playoff games could help Pacers turn a profit
May 15, 2013
Comments(7)As the Indiana Pacers draw within one win of their first Eastern Conference final since 2004, the team also draws closer to profitability. So far, the Pacers have hosted five home playoff games. That equates to a significant revenue bump over a non-playoff team.
Pacers fans thump Knicks boosters in TV ratings
May 8, 2013
Comments(6)Pacers postseason TV ratings are up across the board over last year. The draw of the Pacers-Knicks playoff series was strong
enough Sunday to steer a strong NASCAR fan base away from the race over to NBA Playoffs.
MoreThere's good reason for Pacers fans to love Knicks
May 6, 2013
Comments(5)Every hero needs a villain. And the Knicks have always been the perfect villain to galvanize the Pacers' fan base. The
big-city Knicks are the bad guys again this year at a crucial time for the Pacers in Indianapolis.
MoreSports broadcast veteran takes helm at 1070 The Fan
May 3, 2013
Comments(7)Greg Rakestraw beat out numerous outsiders for his new job. Now there won't be anything that goes over the air at Emmis-owned
WFNI-AM 1070 he won't be involved in, said company executives.
MoreSuper Bowl guru wants BioCrossroads-type effort for Indy sports
May 1, 2013
Comments(7)Indiana Sports Corp. CEO Allison Melangton is challenging local sports industry leaders to "think boldly" and help
Indianapolis become an international sports mecca.
MoreBig Easy writer says Indy should drop '18 Super Bowl bid
April 30, 2013
Comments(17)Within three weeks, Indianapolis should know whom it faces in its bid to host the 2018 Super Bowl. The bidding for the next
three Super Bowls is bound to be competitive. And a little ugly.
MoreTime for IndyCar Series to prove it can market drivers
April 25, 2013
Comments(32)Conor Daly and Takuma Sato provide the struggling IndyCar Series with prime opportunities to improve its brand awareness and
TV ratings. But driver promotion has never been the series' strong suit. It's time to turn that around.
MoreManti Te'o could find perfect home with Colts
April 24, 2013
Comments(7)All the noise about his fake girlfriend and slow 40-yard dash time have made football fans forget how good Manti Te'o
was over an extended period in South Bend.
MoreIndyCar getting one thing it needs even more than American stars
April 22, 2013
Comments(27)He’s not as American as apple pie, but Takuma Sato adds something to the IndyCar Series it has been sorely lacking in
recent years.
MoreLack of prime-time home games stuns Colts sponsor
April 19, 2013
Comments(12)Lucas Oil CEO Forrest Lucas can't understand how the Andrew Luck-led Indianapolis Colts got only one prime-time home game
on the team's 2013 schedule. All the early games, he said, kills West Coast exposure.
MoreAudi's entrance into IndyCar could cut both ways
April 17, 2013
Comments(31)While the addition of a new engine maker could significantly muscle-up the IndyCar Series’ global marketing, it also
has some series insiders worried the move could trigger an engine arms race and price some suppliers, teams and drivers right
out of the paddock.
MoreIndians' Schumacher, former IU football coach join elite group
April 11, 2013
Comments(0)Indians Chairman Max Schumacher is the first baseball representative and Bill Mallory becomes the second IU football coach
to win the Thomas A. Brady Lifetime Achievement Award. Colts Coach Chuck Pagano is headlining the ceremony.
MoreThe sooner Oladipo bolts Bloomington, the better for IU
April 10, 2013
Comments(10)Victor Oladipo, more than any player over the last decade and certainly during Crean’s tenure in Bloomington, is the
guy who could return IU to national prominence—more than he already has—and make Crean a rock star with recruits—more
than he already is.
MoreHead-turning Hot Wheels cars hit streets to promote Indy 500
April 8, 2013
Comments(44)For the first time, Indianapolis residents could see street-legal, full-size Hot Wheels cars zipping around their neighborhood.
And if consumers like the cars, they can fulfill a childhood fantasy and buy their own.
MoreAlford's journey back to IU may wind through Westwood
April 3, 2013
Comments(18)I couldn't help but wonder if part of the reason Alford left his comfortable job at New Mexico for the troubled waters
of UCLA didn't have more to do with his desire to get back to his roots in Bloomington than his ambition to become the
next Wizard of Westwood.
MoreLocal ad execs helped launch Florida Gulf Coast odyssey
March 29, 2013
Comment(1)Before anyone in Florida, much less across the United States, knew who this year's NCAA Cinderella story was, Borshoff's
Jeff Morris and Mark LeClerc crafted an ad campaign touting the small Fort Myers Beach college and its basketball program.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!