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Reports 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.
MoreLocal market tunes in Pacers playoff in 'huge' numbers
May 21, 2012
Anthony SchoettleOn Sunday, the Indiana Pacers grabbed the attention of a big chunk of the local market, drawing nearly 10 times the television
audience they did for their regular-season games.
MoreAT THE TRACK: Viso busts out personal best
May 21, 2012
Mason King
IBJ's video series captures up-and-coming driver E.J. Viso as he scores a third-row
starting position in qualifying, a big leap from his previous best at the Indy 500.
IMS officials hope new cars boost attendance, TV ratings
May 19, 2012
Anthony SchoettleGearheads are sure to be excited over the new engine and chassis package at the Indianapolis 500 this year, but IMS and IndyCar
Series officials hope the highly publicized changes will be enough to grab the attention of more casual fans and create an
attendance and TV ratings boost.
MoreNew ads reflect IMS' more-aggressive sponsorship mindset
May 19, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway is selling advertising along the world-famous, 103-year-old race course for the first time
ever, a break with tradition that promises to boost its financial firepower as racetracks nationwide are struggling.
MoreBENNER: Violence in sports is supply meeting our demand to win
May 19, 2012
Bill BennerThe recent suicide of former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau is the latest exclamation point to growing concern
about the violence that is part of football, especially in the NFL.
MoreMainGate enjoys boost from Pacers' playoff 'gold-out' promotion
May 18, 2012
Anthony SchoettleA deep playoff run by the Indiana Pacers could be good news for Indianapolis-based merchandising company MainGate Inc., which
produced the promotional T-shirts used at Thursday night's victory over the Miami Heat and is working on promotions for future
games.
MorePacers' Bird named NBA's executive of the year
May 17, 2012
Associated PressIndiana Pacers President Larry Bird was voted National Basketball Association Executive of the Year on Wednesday, becoming
the first person to win the award after also receiving the league's MVP and Coach of the Year honors.
MoreAT THE TRACK: Day of practice leaves room for improvement
May 17, 2012
Mason King
IBJ follows driver E.J. Viso and his team of engineers and mechanics during a sometimes-frustrating
practice day at the Speedway.
AT THE TRACK: Viso ready to hit higher gear
May 15, 2012
Mason King
The 26-year-old Venezuelan driver E.J. Viso hopes this year's Indy
500 will be his next step toward a breakout season, propelled by greater patience, a new race engineer and the tutelage of
Jimmy Vasser.
City’s final tab for hosting Super Bowl: $1 million
May 14, 2012
Scott OlsonCIB and city tourism leaders say that the money was well spent considering the game could translate to $300 million in direct
visitor spending over the next several years.
MoreBENNER: With MSA, Lugar brought Pacers and sports downtown
May 12, 2012
Bill BennerWithout Sen. Richard Lugar, we might not have the Pacers.
MoreButler University directed to spend more on male athletes
May 7, 2012
Associated PressButler University has learned that it is violating U.S. civil rights laws because it isn’t spending enough money on
its male athletes. It also was directed to get more women involved in intercollegiate sports.
MoreNew Colts quarterback a 'marketer's dream'
May 5, 2012
Anthony SchoettleSports marketers call the genuineness and awe-shucks personality of new Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew luck a marketer's
dream. The line is forming to forge both for-profit and not-for-profit partnerships with the No. 1 NFL draft pick.
MoreNCAA making itself a target for criticism
May 5, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe NCAA—the association governing a large swath of college athletics in the United States—has, over the last
year, been called hypocritical, authoritarian and flat-out deceptive. Accusations of cronyism and favoritism have come from
all corners.
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"And the success of the Indiana GOP to not allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes? Fixed that for you; editorial bias rebalanced. Seriously, there are so many things wrong with Obamacare that the only way one can view it as a success is to assume that it was designed to fail our way into a government single payor healthcare system. The system is complex, creates huge regulatory burdens and overhead and yet still does not have adequate means to control escalating health care costs. But then when you elect a 10th grade math drop out with no quantitative reasoning skills to be President of one of the world's most important economies in troubled times, you can't really be surprised by blatant stupidity.
No NIMBYs here to chase off a decent development. We don't need tons of parking and we'd happily play the role of host to a downtown Whole Foods.
Whatever you do, don't change a single thing about Broad Ripple. I want it to look just like it did in the late '70s, with 30% of the north side of Broad Ripple Avenue burned out and plenty of places to park. That's right Broad Ripple, NEVER CHANGE. Let the world pass you by, don't improve your empty, abandoned lots full of weeds. Someday someone will want to film a zombie movie here.
Hollywood could step in and make a movie about the history about this forlorn series. It could be a full celebrity cast of characters. WOW. http://www.advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/02/indiana-taxpayers-forced-to-pay-for.html
This shouldn't come as a shock to many. Austin is a great city, and Indy needs to take some notes. Austin invests in decent transit options, has a highly educated workforce, embraces a creative class, and --despite being the state capital-- is not micromanaged by rural and suburban legislators. Want Indy to grow? Invest in the city (i.e. spend money). Raise taxes a bit, and use the money to improve education. And keep the state legislature out of Indy the other 9 months of the year.