Colts fans earlier this year were ready for mutiny if Jim Irsay's gamble to cut Peyton Manning and turn to Andrew Luck didn't work. Now all is well in the horseshoe kingdom. Still, you have to wonder if this teams' fickle fan base doesn't set it up for a future fiscal fall.
While one NFL analyst said the Colts' Andrew Luck is one of the six best quarterbacks in the league right now, another voice says the No. 1 draft pick isn't even as good as third-round selection Russell Wilson.
Andrew Luck's popularity locally and nationally continues to soar, and the sales of his jersey demonstrate that. His jersey sales are among top 10 among all professional athletes this holiday season.
Chuck Pagano and Bruce Arians are both being mentioned as NFL Coach of the Year candidates. Arians is also likely to be pursued by NFL team owners looking for a new head coach after this season.
The story of Indianapolis Colts Coach Chuck Pagano is quickly becoming one of the biggest of this NFL season. And that's because it's about more than football. A lot more.
Andrew Luck’s toss of a few yards to 8-year-old Holden Harless, a Riley Hospital for Children spinal cord patient, made a special connection.
Colts owner Jim Irsay insisted after last season it was time to move on with a new quarterback. His old QB, Peyton Manning, insisted he had more in the tank. Both are looking pretty smart these days. But does that ease the pain for Manning-loving Colts fans?
The initial batch of 10,000 orange ChuckStrong bracelets are available at Colts Pro Shops at Circle Centre Mall and Lucas Oil Stadium and online. Team officials expect them to sell fast.
Andrew Luck this month signed a multiyear deal making him the first NFL player to market autographed memorabilia for Italian company Panini Authentic.
Colts fans made ChuckStrong shirts the No. 1 selling item at Sunday's Colts game. Even Packers players wanted to wear the shirt during pre-game workouts. But they requested a special version sans the Colts blue.
After the game-ending controversy on Monday Night Football, many in the media think the NFL must act now to settle its labor dispute with its game referees. But it doesn't matter what the media thinks. It only matters what the fans think, and do.
Despite several unfavorable factors, the Indianapolis Colts TV ratings went up from week one to week two. Meanwhile, Indianapolis scores the highest rating of any U.S. market for Denver's Monday night game.
While Crooked Stick and Colts officials have reason to be pleased after this weekend, they also have plenty to work on if they want to continue drawing big fan bases.
If Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts look good in the next two outings and there are still tickets left, that only means there are some pretty bad seats within Lucas Oil Stadium.
In this new video segment on The Score, IBJ sports reporter Anthony Schoettle offers insight and analysis on the latest happenings with the Indianapolis Colts and IndyCar Series.
Luck’s stellar preseason debut against the St. Louis Rams Sunday isn’t so much about making people forget about Manning—Indianapolis will never forget No. 18—as much as it is getting the team’s fan base focused on the future.
NFL monitoring wireless offerings at Lucas Oil Stadium as one of five test sites before signing a leaguewide telecommunications deal. Colts new app and in-stadium content could be big tests.
A hostile scrum at Colts camp Thursday that at one time involved more than a dozen players and ended with a wild helmet flinging incident is just one sign that the Dungy-Caldwell-Manning era is over. But will fans embrace the changing times and new team?
Colts owner Jim Irsay may have to get his credit card out to keep his team on local television, but this year especially he can't afford to have the local masses not watching his team on Sundays.
Colts Coach Chuck Pagano took what could have been an ugly situation at training camp Monday and turned it into a clinic on how to win over fans, one at a time if necessary.
