BENNER: Misperceptions swirl around college agent issue
How many collegians accept money? The percentage could not possibly rise above the low single digits, if that.
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BENNER: Will Pacers put up wins and finally win back fans?
The Indiana Pacers open their National Basketball Association season Wednesday night with two questions overriding other concerns.
BENNER: How will NFL’s labor dispute play out? No one knows
With the National Football League season in full swing, it is easy to forget the gathering storm clouds of a labor impasse that threaten the 2011 schedule.
BENNER: Athletic director pushes off-field game plan for IU
After months of discussions, IU Director of Athletics Fred Glass has determined that IU athletics must be defined by a broader culture than simply wins and losses
BENNER: New NCAA chief inherits full plate and more
An open letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert: Welcome to Indianapolis, President Emmert. Or, if I may, Mark. We’re pretty informal around here.
BENNER: Issue of women in locker room crops up … again
If I could add the wasted time I spent waiting outside locker rooms with the wasted time encountered once inside, I might be able to get three or four years of my life back.
BENNER: Sanders in the past, college playoffs in the future
Of this, that and the other while wondering what to do with my No. 21 Indianapolis Colts jersey.
BENNER: NFL TV blackouts aren’t our problem … for now
Last season, 22 games were blacked out. It’s the highest number in five years.
BENNER: Conseco hosts what could be bloody good show
My introduction to the raw reality of boxing left me with admiration for the physical skills necessary to be a fighter and the sheer toughness it takes to get into the ring. However, at the same time, being young and naïve, I was shaken by the brutality of the enterprise.
BENNER: Hoosier Hysteria now wears pads and cleats
Although I am a full-blooded Hoosier with basketball as part of my DNA, football—and football season—has become
the part of the sports calendar I look forward to most.
BENNER: Bird’s trust goes unrewarded in new debacle
Face it, Larry; you messed up. You trusted a 19-year-old with a questionable past.
BENNER: You can help save the lives of young Hoosiers
Feleica Locklear-Stewart’s attention. And she is on
a mission to make sure we do more, not just for athletes, but for all our young.
BENNER: Carving up the Big Ten … and other hot topics
Of this, that and the other as the lazy, hazy, not-so-crazy days of summer begin to wind down.
BENNER: ‘Empty’ Brickyard still pulls a pretty good crowd
We need to provide some perspective. If Brickyard 400 attendance was, as estimated, somewhere between 130,000 and
150,000, that still makes it the second-largest single-day sporting event in the world and represents a healthy influx of
cash, much of it coming from elsewhere, spent in the area over the weekend.
BENNER: Still pulling for Tiger in spite of his transgressions
Let me be the last (quasi) sports journalist in America to weigh in on Tiger Woods.
BENNER: Will Pacers be reborn or say a long goodbye?
Winning will not, as some have suggested, cure all, because the NBA business model is so horribly awry.
BENNER: Blown calls aren’t a tradition worth preserving
When glaring, outcome—or history-altering—gaffes can be almost immediately rectified, why wouldn’t anyone want to
get it right?
BENNER: World Cup leaves this viewer less than engrossed
I’m trying. I am really trying. That is why, a couple of Saturdays ago, when I could have been involved in some other leisure activity, I settled into my
easy chair and, instead, watched the U.S. team take on England in its World Cup soccer opener.
BENNER: Conference commissioners’ math skills need work
As of this writing, the Big Ten has 12 teams, the Big 12 has 10 teams and the Pac-10 has 11 teams.
BENNER: John Wooden would have been proud of these kids
There is little I can add to the deserved tributes … except to place a couple of recent events in a Wooden-like perspective.