For Indiana’s Nick Goepper, another medal and a clear outlook on life
The newly minted Olympic silver medalist and Indiana native cheerfully announced he’s “doing good” these days from a mental health perspective.
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Tamika Catchings steps down as Fever’s GM, VP of basketball operations
Catchings has not been able to duplicate the success she had as a player in her role as an executive with the Indiana Fever. The team has named former coach Lin Dunn to replace Catchings on an interim basis.
Indy-based executive to be part of Super Bowl officiating team
Officiating at the highest level of football isn’t Bryan Neale’s only gig. He’s also chief executive of Indianapolis-based Blind Zebra Consulting, a business management consulting group.
NBA 2K League relocating main studio from New York to Indianapolis
The league will host teams at its new NBA 2K League Studio at The Pavilion at Pan Am beginning April 20. The studio features two stages, allowing for simultaneous gameplay that the league believes will better serve its online broadcasts.
College athletes advocacy group files unfair labor charges against schools, NCAA
It is the first step in a legal strategy that the group hopes will lead to free-market wages for athletes in the revenue-producing Division I sports, as well as leverage for those athletes to broker a collective bargaining agreement with the NCAA.
Pacers deal All-Star Sabonis to Kings in six-player trade
The Indiana Pacers will look completely different when they return home later this week, while the Sacramento Kings are getting an All-Star. The two teams agreed to a six-player trade Tuesday that will send star forward Domantas Sabonis to Sacramento and emerging point guard Tyrese Haliburton to the Pacers, a person with direct knowledge of […]
31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates
The American Gaming Association forecasts that over $7.6 billion will be wagered on pro football’s championship game set for Sunday.
Colts hire NFL veteran coach as new defensive coordinator
Indianapolis knows what it’s getting in Gus Bradley, who has 32 seasons of coaching experience—most recently last season as defensive coordinator of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Pacers pass LeVert to Cavs for injured Rubio, draft picks
Mired in a disappointing season, the Pacers get get some tools for rebuilding—Ricky Rubio and his expiring $17.8 million contract, a lottery protected first-round draft pick in 2022 and two second-round picks—for talented swingman Caris LeVert.
Polian pens book about making Colts into Super Bowl champs
“Super Bowl Blueprints,” the new book by former Indianapolis Colts GM Bill Polian, provides insight into how eight franchises built great teams.
Frank Reich part of coalition going to LA to combat sex trafficking
Reich and his wife, Linda, formed kNot Today, a not-for-profit that works to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation. Their foundation is among five organizations working together at the Super Bowl to combat sex trafficking, which is often heightened around major events.
Rowe latest assistant coach to follow Eberflus from Colts to Bears
So far, four assistant coaches have decided to leave the Indianapolis Colts to join former defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus in Chicago.
China’s pandemic Olympics begin, with lockdown and boycotts
For Beijing, these Olympics are a confirmation of its status as world player and power. But for many outside China, particularly in the West, they have become a confirmation of the country’s increasingly authoritarian turn.
Brian Flores’ allegations against NFL lead to call for congressional hearing
Flores said in a televised interview earlier Wednesday that he is trying to “create some change” to the league’s minority hiring practices.
Dolphins owner dangled $100K to lose games, ex-coach says
Amid a 58-page lawsuit accusing the NFL of pervasive racial bias, Brian Flores alleges he was instructed—and incentivized—to tank games in his first year as head coach of the Miami Dolphins.
Washington’s NFL team unveils new name: Commanders
The new name unveiled Wednesday comes 18 months after the storied franchise dropped its old moniker due to criticism that it was offensive to Native Americans and under pressure from sponsors.
Fired Miami Dolphins coach sues NFL, alleging racist hiring
The lawsuit alleges that the league has discriminated against Brian Flores and other black coaches for racial reasons, denying them positions as head coaches, offensive and defensive coordinators and quarterbacks coaches, as well as general managers.
Longtime Hoosiers PA announcer Chuck Crabb retires at 71
Crabb and his booming, baritone voice became a fixture at football and men’s basketball games after replacing Bert Laws in 1977.
Lack of detailed NIL rules challenges NCAA enforcement
NCAA Vice President of Enforcement Jon Duncan told the Associated Press that letters of inquiry have gone out to multiple schools over the last few months, seeking details about name-image-likeness deals.
NCAA male athletes leading way in NIL money
Six months after the Indianapolis-based NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their celebrity, male athletes are well ahead of their female counterparts in total name, image and likeness compensation, and they have more NIL deals.