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Benner on Sports
BENNER: Sports moments to remember--and forget
December 18, 2010
Bill BennerButler basketball leads list of top sports stories of the year.
MoreBENNER: IU's new coach doesn't have to work miracles
December 11, 2010
Bill BennerAn open letter to Kevin Wilson, Indiana University's football coach.
MoreBENNER: Football shows Marian U. the power of sports
December 4, 2010
Bill BennerA Catholic university based in Indiana where football serves as a major rallying point for students, alumni and donors? The
University of Notre Dame would be a correct answer. But it’s no longer the only one.
MoreBENNER: Here's my unpopular recommendation: Keep Lynch
November 27, 2010
Bill BennerIn defense of the indefensible: Yes, I still support the man.
MoreBENNER: Louisville scores a point in Indy catch-up game
November 20, 2010
Bill BennerForty years ago, Indianapolis and Louisville were both known as one-event towns. But Indy moved on while Louisville stayed
put.
MoreBENNER: Happy hoops season could cure football misery
November 13, 2010
Bill BennerCollege basketball season is upon us. Thank goodness. Here in Indiana, it can serve to take our minds off college football.
MoreBENNER: Indiana State football reigns ... and other thoughts
November 6, 2010
Bill BennerTony Dungy's class act, the possibilities of NFL expansion, and more.
MoreBENNER: Misperceptions swirl around college agent issue
October 30, 2010
Bill BennerHow many collegians accept money? The percentage could not possibly rise above the low single digits, if that.
MoreBENNER: Will Pacers put up wins and finally win back fans?
October 23, 2010
Bill BennerThe Indiana Pacers open their National Basketball Association season Wednesday night with two questions overriding other concerns.
MoreBENNER: How will NFL's labor dispute play out? No one knows
October 16, 2010
Bill BennerWith the National Football League season in full swing, it is easy to forget the gathering storm clouds of a labor impasse
that threaten the 2011 schedule.
MoreBENNER: Athletic director pushes off-field game plan for IU
October 9, 2010
Bill BennerAfter months of discussions, IU Director of Athletics Fred Glass has determined that IU athletics must be defined by a broader
culture than simply wins and losses
MoreBENNER: New NCAA chief inherits full plate and more
October 2, 2010
Bill BennerAn open letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert: Welcome to Indianapolis, President Emmert. Or, if I may, Mark. We’re pretty
informal around here.
MoreBENNER: Issue of women in locker room crops up ... again
September 25, 2010
Bill BennerIf I could add the wasted time I spent waiting outside locker rooms with the wasted time encountered once inside, I might
be able to get three or four years of my life back.
MoreBENNER: Sanders in the past, college playoffs in the future
September 18, 2010
Bill BennerOf this, that and the other while wondering what to do with my No. 21 Indianapolis Colts jersey.
MoreBENNER: NFL TV blackouts aren't our problem ... for now
September 11, 2010
Bill BennerLast season, 22 games were blacked out. It's the highest number in five years.
MoreBENNER: Conseco hosts what could be bloody good show
September 4, 2010
Bill BennerMy introduction to the raw reality of boxing left me with admiration for the physical skills necessary to be a fighter and
the sheer toughness it takes to get into the ring. However, at the same time, being young and naïve, I was shaken by
the brutality of the enterprise.
MoreBENNER: Hoosier Hysteria now wears pads and cleats
August 28, 2010
Bill BennerAlthough I am a full-blooded Hoosier with basketball as part of my DNA, football—and football season—has become
the part of the sports calendar I look forward to most.
MoreBENNER: Bird's trust goes unrewarded in new debacle
August 21, 2010
Bill BennerFace it, Larry; you messed up. You trusted a 19-year-old with a questionable past.
MoreBENNER: You can help save the lives of young Hoosiers
August 14, 2010
Bill BennerFeleica Locklear-Stewart’s attention. And she is on
a mission to make sure we do more, not just for athletes, but for all our young.
MoreBENNER: 'Empty' Brickyard still pulls a pretty good crowd
July 31, 2010
Bill BennerWe need to provide some perspective. If Brickyard 400 attendance was, as estimated, somewhere between 130,000 and
150,000, that still makes it the second-largest single-day sporting event in the world and represents a healthy influx of
cash, much of it coming from elsewhere, spent in the area over the weekend.
MoreBENNER: Still pulling for Tiger in spite of his transgressions
July 24, 2010
Bill BennerLet me be the last (quasi) sports journalist in America to weigh in on Tiger Woods.
MoreBENNER: Will Pacers be reborn or say a long goodbye?
July 17, 2010
Bill BennerWinning will not, as some have suggested, cure all, because the NBA business model is so horribly awry.
MoreSPORTS: Sports suffer even as participation, attention grow
July 10, 2010
Bill BennerWill we ever return to the halcyon days dominated by the likes of Foyt, Andretti, Rutherford, Mears and the Unsers?
MoreBENNER: Blown calls aren't a tradition worth preserving
July 3, 2010
Bill BennerWhen glaring, outcome—or history-altering—gaffes can be almost immediately rectified, why wouldn't anyone want
to
get it right?
MoreBENNER: World Cup leaves this viewer less than engrossed
June 26, 2010
Bill BennerI’m trying. I am really trying. That is why, a couple of Saturdays ago, when I could have been involved in
some other leisure activity, I settled into my
easy chair and, instead, watched the U.S. team take on England in its World Cup soccer opener.
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Houdini
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