March 17, 2012
Bill BennerFeel free to congratulate former Indiana Pacers star Mel Daniels on his long-overdue selection to the Naismith Basketball
Hall of Fame.
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March 10, 2012
Sam StallDeveloping new players should be top priority if sport wants to emerge from long downturn, official says
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February 25, 2012
IBJ StaffThe joint venture of the NBA and NCAA that promotes youth basketball has launched a nationwide search for a new leader.
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January 27, 2012
Mason King
IBJ gets an advance preview of Super Bowl Village's zipline
experience, which will lose money for the host committee over 10 days in the name of ramping up overall buzz.
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December 10, 2011
Bill BennerWhy would one of the nicest people I know place himself in a position where he gets criticized almost daily?
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November 23, 2011
Anthony SchoettleOfficials for Ripken Baseball Inc., which operates two of the country's top youth baseball facilities, are considering Indianapolis
as a location for a major complex that could cost up to $20 million to build and draw thousands of players and spectators
each year.
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October 22, 2011
Bill BennerIn the wake of Dan Wheldon's tragic passing, it seems we all have our Dan Wheldon stories to tell
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October 19, 2011
Scott OlsonThe Sports Of All Sorts indoor recreational facility on Indianapolis’ northeast side is undergoing a rebranding that
will transform it into a restaurant and entertainment venue as well as a sports complex.
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October 7, 2011
Anthony SchoettleMayor Greg Ballard has rolled out plans for an additional 75 miles of trails and bike lanes to be built throughout Indianapolis
by 2015.
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September 24, 2011
Bill BennerWe've got the Big Ten championship, the Crossroads Classic, the Super Bowl ... and the possibility of no NBA season.
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August 20, 2011
Andrew SmithStartup Game Guru 2 U is providing entertainment for about 10 events a month, but hopes to triple its business.
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August 13, 2011
Anthony SchoettleEddie Brochin, a lifelong outdoorsman who began leading hunting and fishing expeditions in the late 1990s, now chronicles
his adventures in his own TV show, "Ultimate Outdoors with Eddie Brochin."
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July 28, 2011
Scott OlsonThe Pete Dye Golf Trail includes seven public courses chosen by Dye: Brickyard Crossing, The Fort Golf Resort, Maple Creek
Golf & Country Club, Plum Creek Golf Club, Mystic Hills Golf Club, Kampen Course and the Pete Dye Course at French Lick.
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July 19, 2011
Anthony SchoettleThe Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium, which school officials considered demolishing a few years ago, is getting
a face-lift that includes a new $1.2 million infield surface.
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July 12, 2011
Scott OlsonBids are due by July 29 for an eight-year contract to manage the golf club. The city intends to sue the former operator in
an attempt to recover more than $200,000 after he defaulted on a $3.5 million loan.
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June 11, 2011
Bill BennerAsIndianapolis celebrates another big win over Chicago in the form of the Big Ten’s football championship games and
a share of the league’s men’s and women’s basketball tourneys, it’s important to note how it all played
out.
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May 21, 2011
Anthony SchoettleTennis advocates have identified three near-downtown parcels for a new Indianapolis Tennis Center and expect to make a sponsorship
announcement soon that could kick-start the development.
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March 25, 2011
Scott OlsonGolf club's former operator defaulted on loan agreement, forcing city officials to make $222,724 in payments and search for
another contractor to manage it.
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March 19, 2011
Bill BennerRecent weeks saw the passing of a handful of the Hoosier sport’s key figures, among them former Shortridge High School
and Butler University basketball coach George Theofanis.
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March 14, 2011
Scott OlsonJerry Hayslett, who has managed the golf club on West 56th Street since 1999, will no longer be the operator, effective April
1, after he defaulted on a $3.5 million loan balance, city officials said.
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March 12, 2011
Anthony SchoettleCourses see shrinking revenue from companies, but many dealmakers still hit the links
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January 28, 2011
Francesca JaroszCity officials hope landing the Lids Indiana Bulls as a tenant at the planned Grand Park Sports Campus will help drive thousands
of visitors to the 300-acre site—and nearby businesses.
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November 20, 2010
Anthony SchoettleThe Running Co., now BlueMile, expands into Louisville, looks to add more stores in and outside Indiana
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August 21, 2010
Cory SchoutenDespite controversy over whether they live up to their hype, so-called toning shoes—a category created from thin air
just a few years ago—are flying off store shelves nationwide and are on pace to ring up almost $1 billion in revenue
this year.
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July 10, 2010
Anthony SchoettleA plan to build a 28-acre sports complex on the southeast side is sparking hopes that a polluted parcel across the street
that formerly housed a Citizens coke plant can be revived as a retail and industrial center.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.