September 15, 2012
Anthony SchoettleStatewide syndicated radio show thrives despite doubters, host's heart attack.
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September 12, 2012
Associated PressThe University of Notre Dame is leaving the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports but football.
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September 6, 2012
Associated PressThe NBA asked a Manhattan judge on Thursday to side with the league in a legal dispute that stems from a sweetheart deal enjoyed
by the former owners of a defunct American Basketball Association team — and despised by current owners of four NBA
franchises, including the Indiana Pacers.
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September 6, 2012
Mason King
We'll be seeing a lot of water-bounded, bunker-laden Hole No. 18 as pro golf's
best players compete at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel through Sunday. Legendary course designer Pete Dye describes what
he had in mind.
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September 1, 2012
Anthony SchoettleBill Simpson, famous for pioneering multiple advances in auto-racing safety, has turned his attention to a new sport. His
new company, SGH Helmets, is making a football helmet that Simpson hopes will help prevent concussions.
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August 30, 2012
Scott OlsonOfficials say they hope the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac won't force them to postpone weekend festivities at Lucas Oil Raceway.
Another big weekend event, Rib Fest America at Military Park, will be held rain or shine, promoters say.
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August 18, 2012
Anthony SchoettleDirect-to-consumer marketing of star drivers could be just what the series needs to boost interest, TV ratings.
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August 18, 2012
Bill BennerExcitement tempered by the probation of three of its most popular programs.
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August 16, 2012
Scott Olson
The Indiana Pacers will open the season at Bankers Life Fieldhouse with a new $16 million audio and video system,
the team announced Thursday afternoon.
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August 16, 2012
IBJ StaffImprovements to the home arena of the Indiana Pacers will include a new scoreboard and a renovation of the arena's television
studios, said a source with knowledge of the planned changes.
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August 16, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Gen Con Indy gaming convention and the MotoGP race are among several events the city is hosting that could produce an
economic impact of $150 million, according to the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association.
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August 14, 2012
J.K. WallThe city entity that owns Lucas Oil Stadium, where the Colts play their home games, budgeted $1 million less in admission-tax
revenue for 2013 for one reason: The board does not expect the Colts to host any playoff games.
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August 14, 2012
MainGate has developed the LucasOilGear.com website to sell apparel and novelties, including T-shirts and outerwear featuring
the Lucas Oil Stadium, Lucas Oil and Lucas Oil Racing Series brands.
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August 13, 2012
J.K. WallPayments on a three-year, $30 million subsidy ended this year, but discussions continue between CIB officials and Pacers officials
on future leases involving Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
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August 11, 2012
Bill BennerThoughts on this, that and the other while watching the world's athletes.
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August 11, 2012
Anthony SchoettleDowntown is short of the four- and five-star hotel rooms preferred by National Football League sponsors and partners for a
2018 Super Bowl host, but local tourism officials are hesitant to add more hotel space just to secure a second Super Bowl.
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August 4, 2012
Bill BennerMemories of the big Indy event on the 25th anniversary
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August 2, 2012
Associated PressNearly a year after promising to impose harsher sanctions on the most egregious rule-breakers, NCAA leaders endorsed a proposal
Thursday that would make schools subject to the same crippling penalties just handed to Penn State.
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August 2, 2012
Anthony SchoettleWith a new Indianapolis Colts coach and quarterback on the field, Anderson officials expect to see an increase in training
camp attendance this season that will help boost tourism in Madison County all year.
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August 1, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis Colts still have nearly 1,600 unsold seats for their season opener. Many of those will go on sale this week
through single-game tickets, marking the first time since 2003 the team hasn't sold out through season-ticket sales.
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July 30, 2012
Anthony SchoettleDespite sharp attendance declines in recent years at the Brickyard 400, the NASCAR event remains hugely profitable for the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, motorsports industry experts say.
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July 28, 2012
Bill BennerAs I surveyed the reaction to the NCAA’s decision to crush the football program at Penn State University, one thought
kept coming to me in two entirely different ways: What if it had been my son?
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July 27, 2012
Anthony SchoettleGroup Lotus Plc is considering leaving the IndyCar Series as an engine supplier at the end of this season—its first
as a part of a five-year deal it signed last year to supply turbo engines to IndyCar teams.
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July 23, 2012
Cory SchoutenThe National Collegiate Athletic Association's swift and severe punishment of Penn State University over a sexual abuse scandal
is a bold departure from its normal operating procedure.
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July 23, 2012
Bloomberg News, Associated PressThe NCAA on Monday morning slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and
the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
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I'm sure there are others, but his name automatically came to my mind
Houdini
magician on the court
STEVE MARTIN - funny magic
It has to be Houdini!