Benner on Sports

BENNER: It's time for Colts to make game plan for futureRestricted Content

January 15, 2011
Bill Benner
Maybe the reason the Colts insist on keeping the roof closed at Lucas Oil Stadium is to keep anyone from noticing that the sky is falling.
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BENNER: Plenty of reasons to love (and loathe) college footballRestricted Content

January 8, 2011
Bill Benner
I love it because it I allow it to suck me in like a farm kind seeing the big-city lights for the first time. I loathe it because it is becoming too much like the NFL.
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BENNER: Grandpa prepares for 'once upon a time' in sportsRestricted Content

January 1, 2011
Bill Benner
I've already begun to compose my thoughts for my just-born grandson.
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BENNER: Enough looking back--let's look at events aheadRestricted Content

December 25, 2010
Bill Benner
Last week, we looked back at the year that was in Indiana sports. This week, we look ahead to the new year and what it might be.<
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BENNER: Sports moments to remember--and forgetRestricted Content

December 18, 2010
Bill Benner
Butler basketball leads list of top sports stories of the year.
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BENNER: IU's new coach doesn't have to work miraclesRestricted Content

December 11, 2010
Bill Benner
An open letter to Kevin Wilson, Indiana University's football coach.
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BENNER: Football shows Marian U. the power of sportsRestricted Content

December 4, 2010
Bill Benner
A 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.
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BENNER: Here's my unpopular recommendation: Keep LynchRestricted Content

November 27, 2010
Bill Benner
In defense of the indefensible: Yes, I still support the man.
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BENNER: Louisville scores a point in Indy catch-up gameRestricted Content

November 20, 2010
Bill Benner
Forty years ago, Indianapolis and Louisville were both known as one-event towns. But Indy moved on while Louisville stayed put.
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BENNER: Happy hoops season could cure football miseryRestricted Content

November 13, 2010
Bill Benner
College basketball season is upon us. Thank goodness. Here in Indiana, it can serve to take our minds off college football.
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BENNER: Indiana State football reigns ... and other thoughtsRestricted Content

November 6, 2010
Bill Benner
Tony Dungy's class act, the possibilities of NFL expansion, and more.
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BENNER: Misperceptions swirl around college agent issueRestricted Content

October 30, 2010
Bill Benner
How many collegians accept money? The percentage could not possibly rise above the low single digits, if that.
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BENNER: Will Pacers put up wins and finally win back fans?Restricted Content

October 23, 2010
Bill Benner
The Indiana Pacers open their National Basketball Association season Wednesday night with two questions overriding other concerns.
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BENNER: How will NFL's labor dispute play out? No one knowsRestricted Content

October 16, 2010
Bill Benner
With 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.
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BENNER: Athletic director pushes off-field game plan for IURestricted Content

October 9, 2010
Bill Benner
After 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
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BENNER: New NCAA chief inherits full plate and moreRestricted Content

October 2, 2010
Bill Benner
An open letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert: Welcome to Indianapolis, President Emmert. Or, if I may, Mark. We’re pretty informal around here.
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BENNER: Issue of women in locker room crops up ... againRestricted Content

September 25, 2010
Bill Benner
If 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.
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BENNER: Sanders in the past, college playoffs in the futureRestricted Content

September 18, 2010
Bill Benner
Of this, that and the other while wondering what to do with my No. 21 Indianapolis Colts jersey.
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BENNER: NFL TV blackouts aren't our problem ... for nowRestricted Content

September 11, 2010
Bill Benner
Last season, 22 games were blacked out. It's the highest number in five years.
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BENNER: Conseco hosts what could be bloody good showRestricted Content

September 4, 2010
Bill Benner
My 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.
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BENNER: Hoosier Hysteria now wears pads and cleatsRestricted Content

August 28, 2010
Bill Benner
Although 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.
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BENNER: Bird's trust goes unrewarded in new debacleRestricted Content

August 21, 2010
Bill Benner
Face it, Larry; you messed up. You trusted a 19-year-old with a questionable past.
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BENNER: You can help save the lives of young Hoosiers

August 14, 2010
Bill Benner
Feleica 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.
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BENNER: 'Empty' Brickyard still pulls a pretty good crowdRestricted Content

July 31, 2010
Bill Benner
We 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.
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BENNER: Still pulling for Tiger in spite of his transgressionsRestricted Content

July 24, 2010
Bill Benner
Let me be the last (quasi) sports journalist in America to weigh in on Tiger Woods.
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