Pacers win, Butler duo falls short on NBA draft night
The Indiana Pacers and Larry Bird made a big move to improve the team and win over fans. But do the Spurs know something Pacers executives don't?
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IndyCar appears poised to drop Milwaukee race
IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard is considering taking the open-wheel series to the Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wis., for 2012. That race could replace the Milwaukee race, which Bernard said faces a 50-percent chance of being eliminated.
Bird’s unpredictability likely to be on display during draft
Larry Bird is either a mad scientist/genius or a lunatic when it comes to running a basketball team. For Larry Legend, there’s really no middle ground.
Cheaney’s hiring is significant sign for IU
The hiring of former player Calbert Cheaney by Indiana University shows that relations are finally thawing between the school and Bob Knight or at least the backlash from Knight's firing is fading.
Franchitti’s rants good for IndyCar Series
Scotsman's tongue lashing of popular Brazilian is first serious driver dust-up since Milka Duno confronted Danica Patrick.
BENNER: America should cut LeBron James a little slack
Isn’t it funny—or, maybe, not so funny—how we like to hate on sports figures?
Tony George: ‘I didn’t start the split, I helped end it’
Former boss of Speedway and IndyCar Series gives interesting insight into relationships with his family and successors in 80-plus-minute in-studio radio interview.
USA Track & Field struggling to find new CEO
The Indianapolis-based sports group goes "around and around" in its search to replace fired CEO Doug Logan. A new candidate could be presented to the board next week.
Local motorsports supplier acquiring safety gear vendor
Atlanta-based Racer Wholesale has helped build national recognition for G-Force Racing Gear, which supplies racers with helmets, driving suits, gloves, shoes and other safety gear.
July 15 new do-or-die date for NFL labor talks
NFL owners and players at not-so-secret meetings set July 15 as deadline to get a deal done that will end the labor lockout. If that date passes with no deal, big trouble looms.
Does Carlisle’s success haunt Pacers’ Bird?
If you’re an Indiana Pacers fan, it’s ironic and perhaps a little sad that while your team is looking for a coach, one of its former coaches is on the precipice of bringing Dallas its first NBA title.
Greenwood golf course reorganizing under bankruptcy
Renamed Dye’s Walk Country Club in 2007, the private golf course’s original nine holes were the first designed by legendary course architect Pete Dye. The Greenwood course has fallen on financial hard times and is hoping to emerge under new ownership.
BENNER: It all began with a tournament nobody wanted
AsIndianapolis celebrates another big win over Chicago in the form of the Big Ten’s football championship games and a share of the league’s men’s and women’s basketball tourneys, it’s important to note how it all played out.
NBC’s Olympic coup should boost Versus, IndyCar Series
Many have argued that Versus' profile is too low to generate the mass of TV viewers the IndyCar Series needs to grow. The flow of Olympic events from NBC to Versus could help the fledgling cable channel blossom.
Correction: Colts won’t see Big Ten payday
Colts pony up $400,000 as part of bid package to bring Big Ten Football Championship to Indy from 2012-15.
Big Ten coup much bigger score for Colts than Pacers
Colts' owner Jim Irsay likely will score more than 10 percent of the total economic impact from the Big Ten Championship football game with little capital outlay.
Indianapolis lands Big Ten football title game through 2015
Indianapolis outbid Chicago for the rights to host the Big Ten Conference football championship game through 2015 and also landed the 2014 and 2016 title games in men’s and women’s basketball.