Derek Schultz: Dump the cutesy underdog narrative, because Hoosier dominance is the new reality
To even label IU as an outsider is underselling the team’s accomplishment.
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Derek Schultz: Decision to keep Colts’ underachieving front office intact flies in the face of proven mediocrity
As we learned on Sunday, everybody at the top of Team Run It Back will be retained.
Derek Schultz: A look back at some very good years in Indy sports history
As for some of the years that had most Indiana sports fans smiling, here’s a look back.
Derek Schultz: Bulldogs seek return to former success while navigating new landscape
Joking aside, Matta knows that navigating roster turnover is now the name of the game in major college basketball.
Derek Schultz: Pacers season in free fall
We knew the 2025-2026 campaign wouldn’t be a continuation of 2024-2025 after Tyrese Haliburton crumpled to the floor last June in Oklahoma City.
Derek Schultz: The Colts’ new CEO deserves praise for the team’s turnaround
Irsay-Gordon had to abruptly step into her father’s shoes following his passing in May, but the new head honcho of the franchise was well-prepared to do so.
Derek Schultz: 1988 Halloween game remains a milestone in Colts history
It was a perfect night for America’s introduction to football in Indianapolis.
Dramatically improved Colts offense has fans dreaming of a Super Bowl
The Colts are legitimate Super Bowl contenders, and you can say it with your whole chest.
Derek Schultz: With Kevin Wright’s return, the Greyhounds are dominant again
After experiencing its first losing season since 1997, Carmel High School’s football program lucked into rehiring one of its winningest coaches.
Derek Schultz: Despite a raft of unexpected setbacks, the Fever have lived off grit, spirit
On paper, they looked like contenders, but, on the court, they rarely were dominant.
Derek Schultz: College football pundits can’t stop talking about IU’s schedule
Now, coming off the best season in the program’s modern history, a College Football Playoff campaign that brought both ESPN’s College Gameday and FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff to Bloomington, IU is legitimately in the conversation for the first time.
Derek Schultz: Mike Chappell holds forth on his unmatched tenure as a Colts beat writer
Mike Chappell has seen the highs and the lows,from the press box as the one constant in the local media.
Derek Schultz: Indy native Brents flew out of the gate as a Colt but lost ground due to injuries
He’s just 25 years old, and the Colts are being patient with their homegrown defensive back.
Derek Schultz: Looking back at 10 years of Colts disappointments
Sadly, 10 years, 14 quarterbacks and 0 division titles later, the only consistent thing the Colts have done in the last 10 years is repeatedly fall short.
Derek Schultz: Clark’s absence couldn’t halt WNBA’s unstoppable momentum
What we’ve all been missing in the heated discourse about Clark is the fact that there’s even a discourse about professional women’s basketball at all.
Derek Schultz: Hicks becomes film star
Hicks’ gig studying the Colts spawned from a random request based on a childhood friendship.
Derek Schultz: Fever find their radio voice
Becoming the new radio voice of the Indiana Fever at the start of this season, John Nolan is capitalizing on a big break, which is directly coinciding with his new employer’s national breakthrough.
Derek Schultz: Pacers’ personnel and current league landscape set up team for prolonged success
One fact that will forever remain the same in basketball: You need to have a true star to contend for a championship.
Derek Schultz: Even with his flaws, Jim Irsay was everything a sports fan could want in an owner
What instead can be stated here is how much Jim Irsay the sports owner meant to this city.
Derek Schultz: Indy 500 lore is filled with great drivers who came agonizingly close but never won
The old saying is that Indy picks its victor. Pato O’Ward isn’t the only incredible contestant that the iconic racing venue has left waiting on the playground to hear his name called.