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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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Pacers + Obama = hectic schedule
October 7, 2008
Comments(2)The Indiana Pacers are running into a pick even before their pre-season tips off tomorrow at the Indiana
State Fairgrounds. The Secret Service—preparing for presidential candidate Barack Obama’s appearance at the Fairgrounds'
grandstand—is...
MoreTime for IU to move the chains
October 6, 2008
Comments(24)It’s time for Indiana University leaders to make the same commitment to football they've made to basketball.
And I don’t want to hear any more excuses about this being a basketball state. I’d say the...
MoreHelio case could engulf NASCAR
October 3, 2008
Comments(8)Indy Racing League officials are about to find out if the old adage “There is no bad PR” holds true. The
tax dodging scandal involving Helio Castroneves is about to get ugly. Very,...
MoreDenver sniffing at Tinsley
October 3, 2008
Comments(5)At last, there could be a team interested in trading for Indiana Pacers castaway guard Jamal Tinsley. League
sources said the Denver Nuggets are interested. Nuggets officials like Tinsley’s defense and think he...
MorePacers reacting to economic crunch
October 2, 2008
Comments(6)Let it not be said that the Indiana Pacers are not community minded. Team officials yesterday released several
initiatives the team recently has launched to reach out to fans during these “difficult economic...
MoreIRL TV ratings revved up
October 1, 2008
Comments(10)In the first season of open-wheel racing unification, the Indy Racing League registered viewership increases
on its telecasts on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2. For the 17 races on the IRL schedule this year,...
MoreMeasuring up to Larry Legend
October 1, 2008
Comments(6)Larry Bird has long been a measuring stick for Hoosier high school hoops hopefuls. Today, the Indiana Pacers,
in conjunction with the National Federation of State High School Associations, the Indiana High School...
MoreND as good as gold?
September 30, 2008
Comments(10)The Notre Dame football team hasn’t won a bowl game since January, 1994, but the private university’s gridiron
gang still sets the gold standard when it comes to money making collegiate sports programs.
The...
MoreDakich not done coaching
September 29, 2008
Comments(4)On Oct. 6, Dan Dakich will begin a new career as a radio talk show host. The former Indiana University
basketball player and coach will host a sports talk show from 10 a.m....
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...
MoreBusiness community honors Fisher
September 25, 2008
Comments(0)Indy Racing League driver and team owner Sarah Fisher this afternoon was honored at the fifth annual Indy’s
Best & Brightest under 40 Awards in front of a crowd of 650 business professionals...
MoreHerb Simon moves team to Reno
September 25, 2008
Comments(4)The Tucson Sidewinders are getting a new name and address. The AAA affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks
next year will be the Reno Aces.
Indiana Pacers co-owner Herb Simon is an equal partner in...
MoreColts tight end opens fun center
September 24, 2008
Comments(0)Indianapolis Colts tight end Justin Snow recently opened a family fun center—Snapperz Family Fun and Sports—at
6002 Sunnyside Road in Lawrence.
The 33,000-square-foot facility features a 24-foot climbing tower, bungee trampoline, laser tag, bowling...
MoreTinsley issue hangs over Pacers
September 23, 2008
Comments(7)In a campaign rolled out this week, the Indiana Pacers are trying to spur ticket sales by selling their
11-game Slam Dunk Sampler for the price of eight games. While sports marketers think...
MoreColts: Getting a stadium 101
September 22, 2008
Comments(6)Before the Indianapolis Colts beat the Minnesota Vikings on the field Sept. 14, they were schooling them
off the field.
Vikings owner Zygi Wilf and his top lieutenants spent two days the week before...
MoreParking for disabled Colts fans ID'd
September 19, 2008
Comment(1)The Indiana Stadium and Convention Building Authority announced today that 125 to 150 additional parking spaces
for guests with disabilities have been identified around Lucas Oil Stadium.
The ISCBA said three areas will now...
MoreColts roll back stadium opening
September 18, 2008
Comments(4)The Indianapolis Colts have rolled back the opening of Lucas Oil Stadium by two hours on home game dates.
LOS will now open two hours before games, instead of the four hours it...
MoreIzod rolls out IRL clothing line
September 18, 2008
Comments(6)Izod rolled out a new line of Indy Racing League-themed jeans and shirts at a leading fashion show in Las
Vegas last month.
This week Izod announced they will rev up a major marketing...
MoreFisher racing to sign sponsors
September 17, 2008
Comments(19)Popular Indy Racing League driver Sarah Fisher is making plans to drive at least 10 races next year. Fisher
is currently in negotiations with Dollar General and other unnamed sponsors to get back...
MoreWall Street woes crash Colts' value
September 16, 2008
Comments(8)The crash on Wall Street yesterday reverberated right through the Indianapolis Colts’ 56th Street headquarters.
How on earth are a stock market decline and the National Football League related? Here’s how.
Forbes magazine last...
MoreDespite weather, IMS rings up profit
September 15, 2008
Comments(7)MotoGP’s open approach to disclosing attendance figures finally gives us a clear view on the revenue generation
of an Indianapolis Motor Speedway event. IMS President Tony George and his legion of lieutenants are...
MoreMotoGP economic impact soaked
September 12, 2008
Comments(3)Rain is putting a damper on the economic forecast for the first MotoGP motorcycle race held at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway Sunday. The first motorcycle race at the Speedway in 99 years will...
MoreDon't call her Danica
September 12, 2008
Comments(2)Ana Beatriz is not out to become the next Danica Patrick. But that doesn’t mean the Brazilian open-wheel
racer—who took third in this year’s Indy Lights Series driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports—isn’t bent...
MoreColts climb NFL valuation ladder
September 11, 2008
Comments(7)Lucas Oil Stadium has pushed the Indianapolis Colts into the upper echelon of the National Football League
in terms of team value. The team jumped from 21st most valuable team last year to...
MoreCassel as good a bet as Manning
September 10, 2008
Comments(5)The Indianapolis Colts are no better than the New England Patriots—even without quarterback Tom Brady.
That’s right, the Matt Cassel-led Patriots have just as good a chance as the Peyton Manning-led Colts to
win...
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As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.
If Whole Foods went in, I doubt the Nora one would stay open, and with all those customers coming to Broad Ripple traffic would be horrible, and forget about a run to the grocery on weekend nights. I think concern over the number of apartments is misplaced, but the 400 space parking garage has me concerned - someone needs to ask the developer just how much traffic they think this development is going to generate. I am not against more neighborhood residents, but heavy commercial traffic going in and out at that location sounds like a mess.
I thought everyone was innocent until guilt was proven. Seems people have already convicted Reggie in the press. My nephew was a good kid and is a good man, more to this story im sure
Going by the Marion County population only is of little use. 13th largest? No Way! To judge the real size of a metro area, the easy way is to look at the Arbitron rating list. Indianapolis hovers around 40th largest in the nation--sometimes more, sometimes less. Advertisers want to know exactly how large the population is before they buy radio advertising. Arbitron figured it out long ago. Indianapolis is estimated at 1,427,500. The real #13 is Seattle-Tacoma with a metro population of 3,470,400. So, the population of just Marion County is completely irrelevant to anything useful as far as metro area planning.