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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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Pacers TV ratings heat up
December 24, 2008
Comments(3)While things are far from perfect in the land of Blue and Gold, the Indiana Pacers front office should
be filled with a little more holiday cheer than they were a year ago...
MoreIU starts sports journalism center
December 23, 2008
Comments(0)Former Indianapolis Star editor Tim Franklin, 48, yesterday announced he is leaving his post as editor of
the Baltimore Sun to head the new IU sports journalism center. Franklin was hired as the...
MoreDakich goes shoeless for charity
December 23, 2008
Comments(0)Former IU basketball coach Dan Dakich is doing his daily sports-talk radio show barefoot through January 17
to draw awareness to Samaritan's Feet (www.samaritansfeet.org), an organization dedicated to providing shoes
to kids...
MoreAllstate 400 renewals 'way off'
December 22, 2008
Comments(10)Troubles this year for the Indy Racing League—and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway—that led to layoffs last
Friday, started with a NASCAR event.
“We started seeing a downturn in revenue with the Allstate 400,” said...
MoreIRL, IMS making staff cuts
December 19, 2008
Comments(16)If you’re an open-wheel racing fan, should you be concerned that Detroit cancelled its 2009 Indy Racing League
race, reducing the IRL schedule to 17 races? You bet.
Sure, Detroit—with all the tumult surrounding...
MoreIMS, Foyt ink sponsor deals
December 18, 2008
Comments(9)Four companies signed deals to be presenting sponsors for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Centennial Gala:
Just Marketing International, Old National Bank, the Indiana Pacers and Honda. Financial terms of the deal
were not...
MoreMirror mirror on the wall ...
December 18, 2008
Comments(4)News flash … This just in … Good-looking NFL quarterbacks make more money—a lot more money—than less attractive
ones. Seriously. A group of Utah economists using high-tech computers to measure the symmetry of...
MorePizza pumps up Pacers attendance
December 17, 2008
Comments(13)The Indiana Pacers are climbing the NBA attendance ladder—at a surprisingly brisk rate. With deals like the
one the team unveiled this week, it’s no wonder. The team is now offering $3 tickets....
MoreSan Diego State sets bar for IU
December 16, 2008
Comments(14)I’m sure soon-to-be new Indiana University athletics director Fred Glass took notice of what San Diego State
paid to lure football coach Brady Hoke away from Ball State. The cost of luring a...
MoreIndians score hefty profits
December 15, 2008
Comments(6)In good times and bad, the Indianapolis Indians continue to be a hit with local sports fans. The Indians
scored a $1.23 million profit this year on $8.7 million in revenue, according to...
MoreDallara comes to aid of IRL
December 12, 2008
Comments(24)In an effort to reduce costs for Indy Racing League teams during the 2009 season, Dallara will lower the
price of parts for its IRL chassis.
The manufacturer plans to reduce the cost of general...
MoreO'Reilly Raceway Park upgrading
December 12, 2008
Comments(2)O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis officials recently announced a plan for the next phase of the ongoing
facility improvement project that has been underway for much of the last decade at the historic...
MoreOutreach pays off for Sarah Fisher
December 11, 2008
Comments(13)Indy Racing League team owner and driver Sarah Fisher will step away from her office at her race shop to
guest co-host the Smiley Morning Radio Show on WZPL-FM 99.5 along with Dave...
MoreIRL inks global broadcast deal
December 10, 2008
Comments(4)The Indy Racing League today announced an extension of its long-time association with ESPN International for
worldwide (excluding the United States and Brazil) distribution of IRL broadcast rights until 2010, with a
further...
MoreTicket pricing gets change-up
December 10, 2008
Comments(4)There’s a new reality in professional sports. Slowly, but surely the people who run sports operations in
central Indiana are waking up as the sun rises on a new day. Here’s some news that should help all of
us understand...
MoreBSU brand flying high
December 9, 2008
Comments(2)Ball State University, thanks to its football team, is flying high. The school has received more television
exposure in the last 60 days than it has gotten in the last decade as its football team rattled...
MoreIRL star makes "inappropriate" ad
December 8, 2008
Comments(22)Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick last week finished filming a pair of Go Daddy TV commercials in
Los Angeles that will air during Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1. The Arizona-based domain...
MoreSaturday's game is scary sign
December 8, 2008
Comments(6)It’s difficult to say if Saturday’s weak turnout for the first basketball games at Lucas Oil Stadium is
an indication of how bad the economy or Indiana’s basketball team is. Probably...
MoreGlass, Swarbrick in same boat
December 5, 2008
Comments(5)Fred Glass, IU's soon-to-be athletic director, and Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick have something in common. And
I’m not talking about their roots as law partners at Baker & Daniels. Neither one of them has...
MoreDanica tops Tiger, Manning
December 4, 2008
Comments(19)Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick topped golfer Tiger Woods, quarterback Tom Brady and Super Bowl champion
Eli Manning and his brother Peyton as the most searched for athlete in 2008, according to America Online’s...
MoreEthanol debate still burning hot
December 3, 2008
Comments(22)Debate over the Indy Racing League’s decision to partner with a Brazilian ethanol provider is still burning
white hot. The one thing the IRL might have overlooked is that the in-fighting in the...
MoreGun-toting athletes grab headlines
December 2, 2008
Comments(5)I am torn today. I know a story about gun-toting athletes will get readers’ attention. And with New York
Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress’ recent problems, it’s timely.
Yesterday I was only slightly surprised...
MoreUT asks for Manning blessing
December 1, 2008
Comments(3)Few doubt that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will be a first-rate coach—if he chooses to pursue
that line of work after his playing days are over. He’s already taken on the role...
MoreNASCAR sponsors lead IRL
December 1, 2008
Comments(2)The newly released Joyce Julius sponsorship value numbers for NASCAR are pretty sobering. They dwarf those
of the Indy Racing League.
Lowe’s, the primary sponsor for this year’s NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, garnered television
exposure valued at $200 million....
MoreLocal firm brokers huge F1 deal
November 26, 2008
Comments(12)When I first met Zak Brown in 2001, it was to interview him for a story about his mostly unheard of company,
Just Marketing. At the time, I was writing a “Small Business...
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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.