Indianapolis sports columnist Bob Kravitz among layoffs at The Athletic
In 2018, subscription sports website The Athletic hired Bob Kravitz as senior staff writer for its Indiana edition.
In 2018, subscription sports website The Athletic hired Bob Kravitz as senior staff writer for its Indiana edition.
Evening viewing of the Indianapolis 500 is a ritual in central Indiana, even for those who attended the race in person. And track officials say the blackout is necessary to protect the spectacle of the race.
All these years later, this forgotten chapter in Miller’s fabled career is a reminder of how fragile reputations can be.
Dispatch Broadcast Group announced today it has sold its Indianapolis NBC affiliate WTHR-TV Channel 13 and its Columbus, Ohio CBC affiliate WBNS-TV as well as WBNS Radio—which broadcasts on AM and FM—for $535 million in cash to Tysons, Virginia-based Tegna Inc.
A story that provided a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the region’s efforts to lure Amazon’s HQ2 to Indianapolis topped the list.
The frenzy of deal-making inevitably leads to speculation about the future of WTHR-TV Channel 13—which, incredibly, has been under the ownership of the same family—the Wolfes of Columbus, Ohio—since 1975.
Bob Kravitz, the longtime local sports columnist who recently lost his job with WTHR-TV Channel 13, will continue covering local sports in his new gig.
A source told IBJ on Tuesday that Kravitz had been laid off with several others at the top-rated local TV station.
The tournament has become so big that sports experts doubt a federal investigation alleging dozens of prominent players, coaches and schools broke NCAA rules will hurt sponsor support.
Despite having no professional medical background, Greenwood resident Will Carroll has become one of the top media experts nationally focused on sports injuries.
Off the air, the former IU player is casual, mostly easygoing and affable. But on his radio show on WFNI-AM, he’s a cyclone, often tearing into anything in his way.
The station is set to send six staffers to Rio for 3-1/2 weeks to cover more than a dozen Olympians with Indiana ties.
Comedy, magic and music top the list this week.
Members of the national media have labeled the Indianapolis Colts, and General Manager Ryan Grigson in particular, as instigators of the DeflateGate fiasco. And for that, Jackie MacMullan says on ESPN, it's time for the Colts to pay the price. How messed up is that logic?
Sports journalist Robin Miller is still dishing out sharp opinions, years after his dismissal as an Indianapolis Star columnist.
With March Madness in full swing and the Final Four headed to Indianapolis, plenty of people will be tuning in to sports talk radio. Indianapolis has three stations cranking out sports talk, and all three are trying to grab the lucrative afternoon drive-time audience.
“The Voice” champ, 38-year-old Josh Kaufman, parlays TV victory into Broadway stint and more.
Gregg Doyel, a columnist for CBSSports.com and former writer for the Miami Herald and Charlotte Observer, will begin work in Indianapolis on Oct. 20.
The Indianapolis Star sports department in one month has lost four reporters and a columnist with a combined 123 years of experience at the paper.
Mike Chappell, who spent 30 years as a sportswriter with The Indianapolis Star before resigning Monday, has joined WRTV-TV Channel 6 as a writer and commentator, the station announced Tuesday morning.