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Welcome to The Score, your place for hard-hitting sports business news, fast-breaking updates and fuel-injected debate. Buckle up. I'm your host, Anthony Schoettle, IBJ sports reporter.
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Colts season-ticket renewals soar to near record high
March 13, 2013
Comments(0)After a surprising season behind a team built by new General Manager Ryan Grigson and led by rookie quarterback Andrew Luck,
the Indianapolis Colts have seen their season-ticket renewal rate jump 8 percentage points, to near 95 percent, this off-season.
MoreIU's Crean classless, misguided in postgame confrontation
March 11, 2013
Comments(53)IU basketball coach Tom Crean has become beloved by Hoosiers supporters for winning with class. After Sunday's victory
he departed that path, let his emotion get the best of him and did a disservice to his current players.
MoreIndy's new soccer team blowing sales expectations 'out of the water'
March 7, 2013
Comments(5)Still 13 months from kickoff, sales are so brisk that team officials think they may sell out of season tickets for their inaugural
season.
MoreInformation leaks threaten to sink IndyCar, Speedway
March 6, 2013
Comments(35)The scariest thing for the Speedway and IndyCar Series is that the breaches could indicate there are forces within the organization’s
leadership pushing in different directions.
MoreIndy gets its first FM sports/talk station
March 1, 2013
Comments(6)Emmis Communications has begun simulcasting The Fan on its newly acquired FM frequency, but with a couple interesting twists.
A wider coverage area in a growing format could mean big bucks for Emmis.
MoreIU's Assembly Hall could get new name if price is right
February 27, 2013
Comments(6)Naming rights deal for 42-year-old IU basketball venue could score the school $2 million a year, sports marketers said. IU
Athletics Director Fred Glass says re-naming the facility is not out of the question.
MoreDanica's Daytona sends TV ratings, IMS hopes soaring
February 25, 2013
Comments(81)The most popular racer, man or woman, on four wheels is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's best, and perhaps only, chance
at reversing an ugly and costly attendance slide at the Brickyard 400 in July.
MoreFans beating down doors to get into NFL Combine
February 20, 2013
Comments(4)The NFL Scouting Combine used to be a little-known, behind-the-scenes event used by NFL coaches, scouts and team executives
to evaluate players before the April draft. Now, 800 media members cover the event in Indy, and ticket demand far outweighs
supply.
MoreDanica could bring IMS $1.5 million plus pay day
February 18, 2013
Comments(40)It's a long way between Daytona and Indianapolis. But if Danica Patrick can continue to gain momentum between there and
here, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway could score an additional $1.5 million or more in July.
MoreLocal golf pro to be enshrined in PGA Hall of Fame
February 15, 2013
Comments(0)Golf guru with a unique story will have his name inscribed in granite alongside the names of some of the game's greats
at the PGA Museum of Golf in Florida March 12.
MoreIt's time for Miles to address IndyCar fans directly
February 13, 2013
Comments(33)A State of the Series would help new Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles start winning over current IndyCar fans and generating
new interest in the series.
MoreSpeedway request for tax money could start heated debate
February 11, 2013
Comments(46)The IMS's first request for taxpayer assistance after more than 100 years in business has triggered heavy sighs from people
fighting against such sports subsidies. If approved, does this open the door for more?
MoreNBA owners must convince fans jersey ads not cash grab
February 7, 2013
Comments(9)NBA owners like Pacers' Herb Simon must explain that fans are getting something out of the deal to bring jersey ads into
the league. Otherwise, the reaction could give the league and its teams a black eye.
MoreWho is Indiana's best college hoops coach? There are two answers
February 6, 2013
Comments(16)When it comes to Xs and Os, Butler's Brad Stevens is the man. If you want a consummate hardwood CEO, it's IU's
Tom Crean, hands down.
MoreIndy's non-pursuit of NBA all-star game remains mystery
February 5, 2013
Comments(4)The NBA all-star game could deliver a larger economic impact than a Final Four for Indianapolis. Yet the effort to lure the
lucrative event to either Bankers Life Fieldhouse or Lucas Oil Stadium is stuck in neutral.
MoreIndy's competition for 2018 Super Bowl getting ridiculous
February 1, 2013
Comments(11)As many as eight cities are lining up for a shot at hosting the 2018 Super Bowl. Indianapolis officials should expect some
team owners to line up against them and some of their opponents to fight dirty to win this lucrative prize.
MoreBig Ten basketball coaches pay hikes show no signs of slowing
January 30, 2013
Comments(7)Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean got a $640,000 raise at the start of this season. Why did Crean get such a raise and who's
due to get a huge raise following this Big Ten season? Read on to find out.
MoreIndians should holler loudest about ticket tax increase
January 29, 2013
Comments(5)Is Indianapolis' minor league baseball team getting a raw deal from the city? A look at their lease deal compared to the
Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts might make you think so.
MoreNFL steals Indy's Super Bowl idea, but shelves its moniker
January 25, 2013
Comments(7)The NFL is mandating a Super Bowl Village-like experience for all host cities starting this year in New Orleans. League officials
think they have a better way to brand the concept. But do they?
MoreLocal leaders letting glow from 2012 Super Bowl fade
January 23, 2013
Comments(3)Though Allison Melangton has been tagged to lead the effort to bring the Super Bowl back to Indianapolis in 2018, she has
no plans to take a page—or even a paragraph—from the 2012 bid.
MoreSwarbrick, media take beating in wake of Te'o case
January 17, 2013
Comments(11)Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick took a lot of arrows during his Wednesday press conference addressing the Manti
Te'o girlfriend hoax. If the media wants someone to crucify, they need to look in the mirror.
MoreArmstrong confession represents new beginning for local attorney
January 16, 2013
Comments(2)Bill Bock, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's lead attorney, was heavily criticized for going after retired cyclist Lance Armstrong.
But Bock and USADA CEO Travis Tygart proved looking back can move you forward.
MoreHuge rugby complex planned for former drive-in theater
January 15, 2013
Comments(13)If the Indiana Youth Rugby Foundation can raise another $500,000, construction on the nation's largest rugby complex will
begin this spring at the site of the old Twin Aire Drive-In.
MoreShine exits Adidas Reebok to work for American Idol creator
January 10, 2013
Comments(0)The Logo Athletic founder is taking on a senior executive role with XIX Entertainment to help cross-promote the global firm's
biggest sports and entertainment stars.
MoreSuper Bowl guru now looking to score Olympic gold for Indy
January 9, 2013
Comment(1)The Indiana Sports Corp. is making a bold bid to host the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials inside the cavernous Lucas Oil
Stadium. And that's just the beginning of the ambitious plans the organization's new CEO is drawing up.
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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.