USA Gymnastics names ‘safe sport director’ amid abuse scandal
USA Gymnastics is turning to a longtime children's rights advocate and a former prosecutor to help address issues that have plagued the organization.
USA Gymnastics is turning to a longtime children's rights advocate and a former prosecutor to help address issues that have plagued the organization.
Dr. Larry Nassar, who is accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women and girls during his long career treating college and Olympic gymnasts, pleaded guilty during a hearing Tuesday morning.
A plea deal could be in the works for a former doctor for Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics who was charged in federal court with obtaining and possessing child pornography.
USA Gymnastics, the national governing body for the sport in the United States, ordered the review following a series of civil lawsuits filed against the Indianapolis-based organization and a former team doctor by gymnasts who claim the physician sexually abused them.
The owners of the Indy Fuel professional hockey team and Indianapolis-based developer Gershman Partners announced plans Monday to team up on a $40 million-plus sports, family entertainment and hospitality complex on 60 acres along Interstate 65 in Greenwood.
A former gymnast testified that she turned to a prominent sports doctor for treatment of back problems but instead was repeatedly molested as a teenager, assaults that have haunted her for nearly two decades.
Little League International announced Thursday that it had narrowed the field to five finalists, with three in the Indianapolis area and two in Illinois.
The NCAA has awarded coveted men's basketball tournament games and other events to North Carolina, effectively ending a boycott that helped force the state to repeal parts of a law that regulated bathroom access for transgender people.
Steve Penny joined Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics in 1999 and oversaw one of the greatest runs in Olympic history.
U.S. Olympic Committee leadership has recommended USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny resign amid fallout from the federation's handling of a string of sex-abuse cases, according to a person familiar with the communications.
The governing body for college sports weathered a $411 million deficit in its latest fiscal year. But long term, its financial position appears strong—in no small part because of an $8.8 billion TV contract extension it inked last year for its men's basketball tournament.
U.S. Olympic Committee officials will consider recommending the ouster of USA Gymnastics President Steve Penny at their board meeting Thursday amid the fallout from a sexual assault scandal surrounding a former team doctor, a source says.
The gymnasts accused Dr. Larry Nassar, a volunteer team doctor for Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics for almost three decades, of touching them inappropriately while he disguised the abuse as treatment.
The multi-faceted food-service company confirmed Monday that it has ended almost all of its involvement with the 400-acre sports campus in Westfield.
The Indianapolis-based NCAA has agreed to pay $208.7 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit filed by former college athletes who claimed the value of their scholarships was illegally capped.
The NCAA and helmet maker Riddell are defendants in separate class-action lawsuits alleging they failed to protect football players from long-term head injuries and didn't educate them about the risks.
WHMB-TV Channel 40 this week launched an all-sports channel, and station officials say they’re confident they can succeed where WRTV-TV’s Hometown Sports Network failed.
A doctor accused of sexually abusing gymnasts was sued Tuesday by 18 women and girls, the latest legal action over alleged assaults. Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics was named in the suit.
Andy Card, who earlier led the investment group behind the Jonathan Byrd’s Fieldhouse at Grand Park, said the new project would be able to accommodate sports including baseball, basketball and volleyball.
USA Gymnastics is turning to a former federal prosecutor to spearhead an independent review of the way the Indianapolis-based organization deals with allegations of sexual misconduct.