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BENNER: New football playoff will create more problems than it solves
July 7, 2012
Bill BennerAnyone who things the new four-team playoff will quiet the controversies needs a reality check.
MoreIndians on hot pace thanks to winning record, dry weather
July 5, 2012
Anthony SchoettleIndianapolis Indians officials think total attendance this season could reach 600,000, a number that’s proven difficult
for the team to reach in recent years.
MoreIndyCar seeks presenting sponsor, bigger schedule
July 3, 2012
Anthony SchoettleIndyCar Series officials have approached two of its existing sponsors, Verizon Wireless and Firestone, about becoming the
open-wheel race series’ presenting sponsor, a deal motorsports business experts said could be worth $3 million annually.
MorePacers make it official: Bird out, Walsh back in
June 27, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Indiana Pacers made it official Wednesday morning: They are parting ways with basketball operations president Larry Bird
and bringing back Donnie Walsh.
MoreBird reportedly leaving as Pacers executive
June 26, 2012
Anthony SchoettleDespite a recent endorsement from his bosses, Larry Bird is set to step down as Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations,
a newspaper is reporting.
MoreBENNER: Why not finish the IndyCar season at 16th and Georgetown?
June 23, 2012
Bill BennerIt's time to think out of the Speedway box.
MoreCollege football finally closes in on a playoff
June 21, 2012
Associated PressThe BCS commissioners have backed a plan for a four-team playoff with the sites for the national semifinals rotating among
the major bowl games and a selection committee picking the participants. The plan will be presented to university presidents
next week for approval.
MoreHoosier Park site in Indy tests mobile wagering
June 19, 2012
Associated PressPatrons at Hoosier Park's off-track-betting site in downtown Indianapolis can now bet on horse races from the comfort
of their seats, and they'll soon be able to place wagers from their smartphones.
MoreColts enlisting outside help to sell tickets
June 16, 2012
Anthony SchoettleStung by a 2-14 season and the departure of star quarterback Peyton Manning, the Indianapolis Colts this month hired Get Real
Sports Sales and six summer interns to help sell 3,000 season tickets that weren’t moving.
MoreBENNER: An open letter to Andrew Luck
June 16, 2012
Bill BennerA little advice about how to make your way here.
MoreIndyCar cancels China race, scrambles for replacement
June 13, 2012
Anthony SchoettleSeries now needs another race to fulfill sponsor agreements. Sources say a replacement race at Pocono Raceway or Elkhart Lake,
Wis., is possible.
MoreBENNER: Crooked Stick may be too small for today's pro golfers
June 9, 2012
Bill BennerEven a visionary like Pete Dye couldn’t see a half-century into the future.
MoreRacing simulator lands real tax break for two-seaters
June 9, 2012
Legislature agreed to extend to Indy Racing Experience the same sales-tax exemption enjoyed by race teams.
MoreBENNER: Indy 500 still a passion play for the paying customer
May 31, 2012
Bill BennerFor this Indy guy, there is nothing that says Indy—or Indiana—like the Indy 500.
MoreReports of owner discord circulate around IndyCar CEO Bernard
May 31, 2012
Associated PressA Speed.com report claims IndyCar founder Tony George and a handful of team owners are behind a charge to have Randy Bernard
fired. Also listed were team owners John Barnes, Kevin Kalkhoven, Michael Andretti and his father, Mario.
MoreLocal businessmen chronicling high school sports titles
May 30, 2012
Scott OlsonRay Compton, Mike Jansen and Bob Lovell are using their love of sports to produce and sell DVDs capturing high school sports
seasons.
MoreFranchitti earns nearly $2.5 million for Indy 500 win
May 29, 2012
Associated PressDario Franchitti landed $2,474,280 from an overall purse of $13,285,815 for Sunday's victory. The four-time series champion
from Scotland became just the 10th driver to win IndyCar's signature event at least three times.
MoreIndy 500 in the books, but heat isn't a record
May 27, 2012
Associated PressFans sought shade under the grandstands and beneath umbrellas. Misting stations got a healthy workout. But Sunday's Indianapolis
500 won't go down in the record books as the hottest in the 101-year history of the race.
MoreGanassi Racing dominates as Franchitti wins 3rd Indy 500
May 27, 2012
Associated PressDario Franchitti stamped his name in the record books by winning his third Indy 500 on Sunday, a day that started and ended
as a tribute to Dan Wheldon, who won the race a year ago but was killed in an October crash in the IndyCar season finale.
MorePlayoff run pushes Pacers closer to profitability
May 26, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe Indiana Pacers’ playoff run and a decreased player payroll—along with $10 million from the city’s Capital
Improvement Board—have brought the team closer to breaking even this year, but not out of the red, sports business experts
say.
MoreBENNER: Will playoff-fueled Pacer passion last until November?
May 26, 2012
Bill BennerCurious, isn’t it, that Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger plays the “we don’t get any national respect”
card when he, in particular, and his team, in general, spent virtually all of this past National Basketball Association season
not getting much in the way of local respect?
MoreIndy speedway replaces stage following inspection
May 25, 2012
Associated PressA temporary outdoor stage set up to entertain race fans at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been replaced after it failed
to meet new safety standards enacted by the state following last year's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair.
MoreIndyCar settles lawsuit over Izod sponsorship
May 25, 2012
Scott OlsonA Florida-based sports marketing firm had claimed in a lawsuit that it was owed million of dollars in commissions for landing
the clothing brand as the league's title sponsor.
MoreAndretti Autosport may expand into NASCAR
May 23, 2012
Anthony SchoettleSources close to Indianapolis-based Andretti Autosport say officials for the IndyCar Series team are talking to Dodge executives
about putting a team in NASCAR next year.
MoreBicycle race to debut in Speedway
May 22, 2012
Anthony SchoettleMore than 400 two-wheel racers and thousands of spectators are expected to descend on downtown Speedway June 1 for the first
Tri West Criterium. Top cyclists are expected to hit average speeds of near 30 miles an hour on a tight, closed course.
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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!