Labor fight: Carolina owner rattles Manning’s cage
Recent moves by NFL owners and players are putting Indianapolis' 2012 Super Bowl in serious jeopardy.
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Former Colts player charged in $1M theft case
Former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Art Schlichter, whose NFL career was derailed by a gambling addiction, was charged Monday with stealing more than $1 million from a 68-year-old woman in suburban Columbus, Ohio.
BENNER: Time flies when you’re writing about sports
Ten years ago this week, the good folks at Indianapolis Business Journal began providing me the opportunity to write in this publication.
GAHL: Corporate travel will follow Super Bowl in Indianapolis
City has a strategy to pitch Indianapolis to honchos.
BSU, IU plan to play football at Lucas Oil Stadium
Ball State University has signed a contract to move its Sept. 3 football season-opener against Indiana University from Muncie to Indianapolis.
Dreyer & Reinbold expanding racing operations
Carmel-based team is building a 12,000-square-foot addition at its headquarters that will house a state-of-the-art machine shop outfitted with high-tech milling machines manufactured by Indianapolis-based Hurco Cos.
Dallas lessons should strengthen Super Bowl in Indy
There’s a lot Indianapolis can learn from the folks in Dallas about hosting a Super Bowl. One of the biggest lessons: Plans are important, but they’re not everything.
Circle may close to cars for Super Bowl week
Indianapolis' Super Bowl host committee is trying to raise money to hold a big-time, possibly nightly, entertainment event on Monument Circle during next year's week-long run-up to the Super Bowl.
NFL lockout could prove costly to Indy economy
The worst case scenario — no season — would mean the city of Indianapolis sustaining the most expensive hit in league history.
Sport Graphics making its mark in Dallas this week
Locally based Sport Graphics scored a "six-figure" deal with the NFL to design, make and install all Super Bowl signage—in Dallas and Indianapolis.
Golic, national media extol virtues of Indy Super Bowl
While the national media for this year's Super Bowl looked forward to next year in Indy, Papa John was causing a media room ruckus that threatened to cause an escalator to collapse.
Will city be ready for Super Bowl blitz?
The compact nature of downtown Indianapolis—long seen as a major draw for conventions and other events—is creating challenges for organizers of next year’s Super Bowl.
Indians adding dining option to Victory Field
The Indianapolis Indians have torn out about 400 seats in Victory Field’s left flank to make way for Captain Morgan Cove—an open-air restaurant and bar that will feature a menu separate from other stadium offerings and table service for up to 120 fans.
BENNER: Super Bowls Radio Row is a non-stop PR machine
The National Football League has created this monster and couldn’t be happier about it.
NFL labor situation a hot topic in Dallas
A lockout is predicted by many, but whether labor strife ultimately affects the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis remains to be seen.
Gang way, it’s go time in Dallas
Indianapolis' 2012 Super Bowl Host Committee fights for face time with a worldwide media contingency at this year's big game. Hats and scarves become critical drawing cards.
Dallas hospitality doesn’t measure up, so far
Indianapolis' Super Bowl Host Committee is in Dallas this week to educate themselves. But I have a feeling the Texans could learn a thing or two from their Indy counterparts about hosting big sports events.
Super Bowl committee fields weather questions in Dallas
Members of Indianapolis’ 2012 Super Bowl host committee spent most of Tuesday and the early part of Wednesday in Dallas answering questions about central Indiana weather and downtown amenities.
Pacers owner to keep Bird as team president
Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon says team president Larry Bird's job is safe through the rest of the season, and he could be back next year.
Fresh-faced coach ready to breathe new life into Pacers
Frank Vogel talks like a man of conviction and looks like he just walked off the set of the movie Hoosiers. If only he can string together a few victories, he could be just what the franchise needs.