Gov. Mike Braun told IBJ on Thursday that he hopes more concrete developments regarding the Chicago Bears’ potential move to northwest Indiana could come “within 10 days or a couple weeks.”
The vote came after little discussion and no testimony—no one from the public signed up to talk about the bill.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the debt “is not the core issue” in making a deal to keep the Bears in Illinois.
“The team has been clear that at this point their choices are either the Arlington Heights site, or Indiana,” the mayor of Arlington Heights wrote in the letter to state officials.
Suddenly, the Illinois folks are optimistic, almost bubbly about prospects of finalizing an Arlington Heights deal.
The governor is expected to address the Bears situation during his speech Wednesday night, although the Governor’s Office is keeping specifics—and the names of the guests it has invited to the event—under wraps.
“I think that they seriously are considering Indiana,” Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott said on Inside INdiana Business this week. “I really feel that way.” He cited the state’s property tax system as a key reason.
In an open letter on the team’s website, CEO Kevin Warren said the Bears will expand its search for a stadium site to a larger region that will include Indiana.
The NFL is seeking to implement changes to its procedures for how it pays, evaluates, trains and communicates with its game officials, the league told its teams in a memo Wednesday.
Left tackle Bernhard Raimann, 27, signed a four-year contract extension after he became a stabilizing force over the past three seasons.
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.
It’s a role the three women—Carlie Irsay-Gordon, Casey Foyt and Kalen Jackson—have spent their lives preparing for, but experts say succession in professional sports is always a challenge, regardless of the circumstances.
What instead can be stated here is how much Jim Irsay the sports owner meant to this city.
Flag football, governed by Indianapolis-based USA Football, will make its Olympic debut in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games.
The Indianapolis Colts apologized to Dolphins receiver Hill and Microsoft after pulling the schedule-release video.
Speculation about whether Indianapolis might host the draft in in an upcoming year climbed after Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay teased as much in a social media post on Friday morning.
The NFL draft is the marquee event of the league’s offseason—and a nightmare for some sportsbooks.
New York came into the game with the NFL’s worst offense and was on a franchise-record 10-game losing streak.
The decision, announced by the league Thursday, will keep the five-day event in the same city where it has been held since 1987.
The proposed 63,000-seat, open-air stadium will feature a translucent covering that’s expected to lower outside temperatures by 15 degrees.
