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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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NCAA to IU: Can you hear me now?
March 17, 2008
Comments(11)The NCAA warned Indiana University in 2006 about hiring coach Kelvin Sampson. And IU didn’t listen. When
IU was implicated in five major NCAA rules violations earlier this year, some NCAA officials, sources...
MoreCalling all face painters
March 14, 2008
Comments(2)Indianapolis Colts fans have a unique opportunity to have their picture displayed on one of 200 permanent
banners at Lucas Oil Stadium, which is set to open in September. Colts team photographers will...
MoreBig Ten tourney a tough ticket
March 14, 2008
Comments(4)Big Ten men’s basketball tournament tickets are selling fast, according to local organizers. Approaching noon
today, there were only a few seats available for tonight’s session at Conseco Fieldhouse, which includes games
involving...
MoreSimon denies Pacers for sale
March 13, 2008
Comments(15)Rumors are running hot about the future ownership of the Indiana Pacers. The New York Post’s Peter Vecsey
mentioned in passing in his column on Sunday that the Simons have posted a for-sale sign on the team. Who
could blame...
MoreFor $399, you can drive like A.J.
March 12, 2008
Comments(3)Business is good for the Indy Racing Experience, which was founded in a Gasoline Alley shop in 1987. The
company, which started allowing fans to ride around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in two-seat...
MoreIndy finalist for USA Basketball HQ
March 11, 2008
Comments(4)Indianapolis today is one step closer to stealing USA Basketball's headquarters from Colorado Springs, where
the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in the U.S. has been located since 1979. IBJ...
MoreIU football fortunes on the rise
March 11, 2008
Comments(4)Indiana University this month began a television and radio advertising onslaught for its football team that
seems to come at an odd time. After all, the spotlight is shining on March Madness, when...
MoreBig Ten Network battle rages
March 7, 2008
Comments(5)UPDATE (March 11): The Chicago Tribune and Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal are reporting today
that officials for Comcast Cable and the Big Ten Network are closing in on an agreement to put the channel
on an expanded basic tier. One...
MoreChamp Car files bankruptcy
March 6, 2008
Comment(1)Champ Car Wednesday filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, igniting what could potentially be a bidding war for its
assets. The Indy Racing League last month agreed to acquire certain assets of Champ Car, but the bankruptcy
court could open things up....
MoreGeorge pursuing F1 return for 2009
March 6, 2008
Comments(16)Negotiations are heating up between Formula One and Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials that could bring
F1 racing back to Indianapolis in 2009. Speedway boss Tony George told an audience at yesterday’s IU Business...
MoreRobin Williams puts Roark in orbit
March 5, 2008
Comments(6)Brownsburg-based Roark Custom Titanium Bicycles got a big marketing boost from a man from outer space--figuratively
and literally. In its annual buyer’s guide published last month, VeloNews, one of the nation’s largest cycling...
MoreIndy trails in sponsor exposure race
March 4, 2008
Comments(2)Recently released data shows NASCAR’s Daytona 500 is still miles ahead of the Indianapolis 500 in terms of
value the race delivers to sponsors. But, with the unification of the Indy Racing League...
MoreNew Orleans to bid for Super Bowl
March 3, 2008
Comments(5)Competition to host the 2012 Super Bowl suddenly has become a lot tougher. Last week, officials for the
city of New Orleans and New Orleans Saints said they are set to bid for the big game, thrusting the hurricane-battered
city...
MoreKnight's ESPN deal draws reaction
February 29, 2008
Comments(7)Not surprisingly, not everyone is thrilled with former Indiana University and Texas Tech basketball coach Bob
Knight joining ESPN’s in-studio crew for its NCAA March Madness coverage. Knight’s move to the media...
MoreWill Ferrell gives bounce to ABA
February 29, 2008
Comment(1)New Line Cinema today is releasing its latest feature film, giving a comedic glimpse of life in the American
Basketball Association. Will Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, an ABA player-owner trying to break into...
MorePacers deal with more bad press
February 28, 2008
Comments(5)A throng of media members besieged Indiana Pacers players and front office executives after the team's practice
today at Conseco Fieldhouse, seeking comment about the latest off-court incident involving a Pacers player.
This...
MoreIn motorsports, does 1+1=3?
February 28, 2008
Comments(3)Does Gov. Mitch Daniels’ anointing of auto racing industry veteran Rollie Helmling as the state’s motorsports
development director--or the unification of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car--create more motorsports business
opportunities here? While state officials say yes, others in...
MoreMove over Danica
February 27, 2008
Comments(12)There could be as many as four women drivers in this year’s Indy Racing League season. Danica Patrick and
Sarah Fisher already have signed deals to race this year. Yesterday, Venezuelan Milka Duno...
MoreLilly puts name on tennis title
February 26, 2008
Comments(2)The local stop on the ATP Tour now will be known as The Indianapolis Tennis Championships Presented By Lilly.
Eli Lilly-which will use the tournament to promote specific drugs such as Humalog...
MoreTennis event gets title sponsor
February 26, 2008
Comments(0)Despite rumors-and a report in this space yesterday-that WellPoint will be announced as a title sponsor of
the Indianapolis Tennis Championships today, WellPoint and tournament officials say that’s not the case.
Officials for the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, formerly the RCA Championships,...
MoreNFL Combine, Ice smash records
February 25, 2008
Comments(2)It was a big weekend in Indianapolis. A record 420 credentialed media poured into town to report on the
NFL Scouting Combine at the RCA Dome, while a 2007-08 league-high 12,575 fans...
MoreIU donors could stage own boycott
February 22, 2008
Comments(7)The situation at Indiana University is so bad, several former athletes and big-time donors are calling for
Athletic Director Rick Greenspan’s termination. Some think financial support to the school will be hurt if
the situation regarding the men’s basketball program...
MoreIU players threaten boycott
February 22, 2008
Comments(14)CBS Sports this morning is reporting that Indiana University men’s basketball players are threatening to boycott
the remainder of the season if coach Kelvin Sampson is forced out. Quoting unidentified sources, CBS Sports
reported that players and IU Athletic Director...
MoreColts change strategy with Clark
February 21, 2008
Comments(3)Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark is getting a raise. A big one. Two years ago, Clark was making
$650,000. With the six-year contract Clark inked yesterday, he now figures to make $6 million plus per year.
That doesn’t approach...
MoreAt last, open-wheel unity!
February 20, 2008
Comments(5)UPDATE (Feb. 22): Owners of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League completed an agreement in principle today
that will unify the sport for 2008, said a statement released at 4:40 p.m. by the Indy Racing League. Several
Champ Car...
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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.