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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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Mayweather to green flag Indy 500
April 24, 2008
Comments(0)Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., the WBC welterweight world champion, will drop the green flag on this year’s
Indianapolis 500.
Mayweather competed on ABC’s hit “Dancing with the Stars” last fall along with two-time Indianapolis...
MoreCharacter key for Colts draftees
April 24, 2008
Comment(1)The Indianapolis Colts are fine tuning their strategy for this year’s National Football League draft, which
is held in New York April 26 and 27.
While there is much speculation about which players the...
MoreMainGate signs deal with Rams
April 23, 2008
Comments(0)Indianapolis-based MainGate Inc. today announced it has signed an exclusive three-year deal to be the on-line
merchandiser for the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams. Though terms of the deal were not disclosed,...
MoreMarketers teach biz of school sports
April 23, 2008
Comments(3)The looming property tax crisis has Indiana high schools fearful that athletic department budgets could be
the focus of future fiscal cuts.
Ray Compton, one central Indiana’s most successful—and unconventional—sports marketers has a plan...
MoreCrean touts new IU facilities
April 22, 2008
Comments(2)New Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean is convinced athletic facility improvements under way on
the Bloomington campus will help the Hoosiers return to dominance.
Crean told a group of mayors from southern Indiana...
MorePathfinder banquet features Kellog
April 22, 2008
Comment(1)Clark Kellogg will serve as the master of ceremonies for the 2008 Pathfinder Awards Banquet June 29 at Conseco
Fieldhouse. The Pathfinder Awards are presented annually to individuals for their contributions and dedication...
MoreSponsors pump up Danica-mania
April 21, 2008
Comment(1)Sponsors of Danica Patrick, who became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race with her Indy Racing
League victory in Japan Saturday, have been quick to capitalize on the exposure.
AirTran Airlines quickly put huge photos of Patrick on...
MoreDanica victory puts IRL in high gear
April 21, 2008
Comments(2)Danica Patrick’s life is getting faster by the second. She’s not the only one moving at warp speed, as
merchandisers and Indy Racing League officials hustle to capitalize on her historic victory Saturday...
MoreLong Beach is key IRL market
April 19, 2008
Comments(0)Despite the upheaval surrounding the 2008 Long Beach Grand Prix, it is still quite a draw in this normally
quite California town. That’s good news for Indy Racing League officials, who have their eyes on this historically
strong open-wheel racing...
MoreCrean makes controversial hire
April 17, 2008
Comments(6)Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean today hired an assistant with deep ties to former coach Kelvin
Sampson. Over the next week, you can bet the school’s trustees along with Crean and IU President Michael
McRobbie will be asked about...
MoreIRL gains speed in cyber space
April 17, 2008
Comments(3)The Indy Racing League appears to be hitting on all cylinders. Through the first two races this year, the
IRL, which recently unified with Champ Car, is seeing gains in attendance and television ratings. Now, IRL
officials are reporting significant gains...
MoreWhat's next for Pacers?
April 16, 2008
Comments(5)An announcement today that Indiana Pacers co-owner Herb Simon will become CEO and Jim Morris will be elevated
to president has many sports marketers applauding, but at the same time asking "What's next?"
Several key questions persist. First, how much steam...
MorePacers give tickets away, set future
April 16, 2008
Comments(2)The Indiana Pacers are in a giving mood for tonight’s Fan Appreciation Night. The team is advertising that
all lower level tickets will sell for $30, club level tickets for $20 and upper...
MorePacers pipeline could be Knicks fix
April 15, 2008
Comments(3)Donnie Walsh is tapping into his old Indiana Pacers contacts to fill key vacancies for the New York Knicks.
Since becoming president of the Knicks last month, Pacers scout Jimmy Powell and Brian...
MoreSpeculation heats up about Gordon
April 14, 2008
Comments(4)Now that Indiana University freshman Eric Gordon has announced his decision to enter the National Basketball
Association draft, speculation about the 19-year-old’s future is running rampant.
Draft analysts predict Gordon will be chosen anywhere...
MoreMcCallum leaves IU for Detroit
April 11, 2008
Comments(2)Former Indiana University assistant men’s basketball coach Ray McCallum has been hired as the University of
Detroit Mercy's new head coach.
UDM athletic director Keri Gaither made the announcement today during a press conference...
MoreOden makes move for spotlight
April 11, 2008
Comments(3)As a senior at Lawrence North High School, Greg Oden was the most televised high school player since LeBron
James. And he hoped to be a small screen star after he became a...
MoreSarah Fisher nabs primary sponsor
April 11, 2008
Comments(0)ResQ Pure Power Energy Drink, a recently launched product, will sponsor Sarah Fisher and Sarah Fisher Racing
for this year’s Indianapolis 500. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but motorsports sources...
MoreGordon hangs with notorious agent
April 10, 2008
Comment(1)Many Indiana University fans probably wondered why the man sitting next to Eric Gordon at Monday’s press
conference looked familiar. Gordon told the world he was leaving IU for the NBA while sitting...
MoreATP branding plan nets criticism
April 10, 2008
Comments(0)The ATP is considering placing its name across the nets at all of its tournaments, a groundbreaking move
that is drawing criticism from tournament promoters.
As a test, the men’s tennis circuit placed its...
MoreIndians ink deal with MLB Pirates
April 9, 2008
Comments(7)The Indianapolis Indians announced today they have signed a four-year extension on their player development
contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The new agreement runs through the 2012 season.
Indianapolis posted a 224-205 regular-season mark during...
MorePacers near 22-year attendance low
April 9, 2008
Comments(5)The Indiana Pacers are in two races: one to make the playoffs and the other to keep their average home
attendance above 12,000.
Last night against the Atlanta Hawks--arguably their biggest game of the...
MoreFife to lobby Crean for IU match-up
April 8, 2008
Comments(3)Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne officials have been trying to schedule a game with Indiana University for the last
three years. Putting IU on the schedule would be an important recruiting tool, bring immediate marketing...
MoreWalsh expected to fire Isiah
April 8, 2008
Comment(1)Donnie Walsh has spent the last few days in Indianapolis cleaning out his Conseco Fieldhouse office and gathering
his belongings to head back to New York where he will begin his post this...
MoreNCAA, NBA unveils youth hoops pact
April 7, 2008
Comments(4)The NCAA and National Basketball Association announced today from the site of this year’s Final Four in San
Antonio that they are going in business together.
As reported in the March 17 Indianapolis Business...
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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.