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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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IRL innovation a life saver
April 7, 2008
Comments(6)NASCAR rookie Michael McDowell owes Indy Racing League leaders—and especially Tony George—a measure of gratitude.
If not for research funded by the IRL and George, and led by the University of Nebraska, McDowell, 23,...
MoreNCAA tickets trading like stocks
April 4, 2008
Comments(0)Day traders have infiltrated the sports ticket market. Interest in Yoonew.com, an electronic ticket exchange
where fans can trade sports tickets like stocks, is growing in popularity nationwide. The site gets a significant...
MorePacers eye Gordon status
April 4, 2008
Comments(5)Indiana University freshman Eric Gordon this afternoon is expected to declare himself eligible for the National
Basketball Association draft. Whether he could use another year of college seasoning or not, NBA teams are...
MoreIndians hitting on-line home run
April 4, 2008
Comment(1)The Indianapolis Indians might be a minor league professional sports team, but the AAA franchise’s Web site
is a major league success, team officials said. The Indians are the first local professional sports...
MoreIRL incorporates sponsor in logo
April 3, 2008
Comments(4)Today, the Indy Racing League officially announced its sponsorship agreement with DirecTV that was first reported
on this site March 27. Sources familiar with the multi-year deal said it is worth $3 million...
MoreCrean reaches out to Knight
April 3, 2008
Comments(4)Indiana University’s new men’s basketball coach proved at Marquette he can win games. Now he is proving to
be a savvy marketer. Yesterday, during his introductory press conference, Crean lauded and reached out...
MoreJust Marketing signs BMW deal
April 3, 2008
Comment(1)Officials for locally based Just Marketing International today announced they finalized a deal this week to
work with BMW North American motorsports. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
Central to the commitment...
MoreCrean's staff has Sampson ties
April 2, 2008
Comments(7)If Indiana University officials sought a clean break from former men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, their
hire of Marquette’s Tom Crean failed to do so. Two of Crean’s four assistant coaches have a...
MoreWho is minding Pacers business?
April 2, 2008
Comments(5)With former Indiana Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh, 67, set to be introduced as the New York Knicks president today
at 1 p.m., several questions loom large for the Pacers front office.
While the Pacers...
MoreSurprise: IU picks Crean
April 1, 2008
Comments(7)Shortly after 4 p.m. today, ESPN reported that Indiana University is preparing to sign Marquette's Tom Crean,
41, as the school's next men's basketball coach.
Sources close to the IU coaching search this morning did not mentioned Crean as one of...
MoreIU down to final four?
April 1, 2008
Comments(4)As the NCAA hoops tournament heads down the home stretch, Indiana University appears to have its own final
four—for its vacant men’s basketball coaching job. But there are a few Cinderellas that could...
MoreIRL signs major deal with Coke
April 1, 2008
Comments(2)The Indy Racing League today announced a multi-year agreement with Coca-Cola North America that will make
Coca-Cola an official sponsor of the Indy Racing League through 2010.
Terms of the category exclusive deal were...
MoreDanica a hit with kids
March 31, 2008
Comment(1)While Danica Patrick earned a sixth-place finish in the Indy Racing League season opener at Homestead-Miami
Speedway, 2,740 miles away in Los Angeles she was the winner of another contest.
The Andretti Green Racing...
MoreUnified IRL off to fast start
March 31, 2008
Comments(5)The early returns are good for the Indy Racing League. Attendance and television ratings at Saturday’s season
opener in Miami were up and local media and fans raved about the on-track racing.
Although the...
MorePacers' O'Brien: Stay in school
March 28, 2008
Comments(7)Indiana Pacers Coach Jim O’Brien said yesterday during his show on WFNI-1070 AM that he thinks players interested
in entering the National Basketball Association draft should be required to wait two years after...
MoreIRL a step closer to title sponsor
March 27, 2008
Comments(11)The Indy Racing League late yesterday finalized a deal worth $3 million annually over the next few years
that will essentially make DirecTV the series’ presenting sponsor. The California-based satellite television
service provider...
MoreColts ask fans to design team logo
March 26, 2008
Comments(6)The Indianapolis Colts are inviting fans to create a logo of a horse that is “unique, versatile and fun”
for the team’s Design a Horse contest. The Colts will use the winning design...
MoreIUPUI stuck in hoops purgatory
March 26, 2008
Comments(4)IUPUI’s basketball program has an interesting problem. Its men's basketball team needs to strengthen its non-conference
schedule so it can make a postseason tournament. Postseason exposure would help it gain a stronger fan-following,...
MoreHoosier hysteria reborn?
March 25, 2008
Comments(6)Boys high school basketball hasn’t returned to its glory days of the 1960s, but this year’s final between
Brownsburg and Marion drew a sell out crowd of 18,305 Saturday. Tournament officials said lots more tickets
could have been sold if...
MoreDoes departure help Pacers?
March 24, 2008
Comments(3)Maybe Donnie Walsh stayed too long with the Pacers, as he said in a news conference this afternoon announcing
his departure.
The 67-year-old said the team will benefit from having a single voice, that of Larry Bird, as president...
MoreRoller Girls gain cult following
March 24, 2008
Comments(8)The Naptown Roller Girls are proving so popular, the locally-based team is looking for a bigger venue. In
only its second season playing at the State Fairgrounds’ Toyota Blue Ribbon Pavilion, the team’s...
MoreYouth basketball = big business
March 20, 2008
Comments(2)It seems there are many people and businesses these days fighting to get a piece of youth basketball. Talks
between the NCAA and NBA started heating up last month about forming a coalition to launch co-branded youth
basketball leagues and...
MoreLet the Madness begin
March 19, 2008
Comments(4)The Madness this March is going to be a little crazier than usual. Due to advances in high-speed wireless
technology, more people than ever will spend time at work paying attention to the...
MoreUpsets hurt Big Ten tourney revenue
March 19, 2008
Comments(4)As a result of quarterfinal losses by Indiana and Purdue, attendance for last week’s men’s Big Ten basketball
tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse fell below projections. After Session 3 (the one featuring IU and...
MoreMenards races back to IRL
March 18, 2008
Comments(3) The company that powered Tony Stewart to the 1997 Indy Racing League championship is coming back to open-wheel
racing. John Menard confirmed that his Menards chain of hardware superstores will be sponsoring Tony...
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.