Idiocy, heresy, stupidity, lunacy, buffoonery. Yep, last night at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game brought all those words and more to mind. By now, we all know the NFL Hall of Fame Game between the Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers was cancelled last night due to unsafe field conditions caused by the […]
Student-athletes at the University of North Carolina were enrolled in classes that awarded excellent grades without requiring any work. That is academic fraud. Because of fancy lawyering by those representing the school, the NCAA will likely look the other way, and that’s too bad for the athletes who are promised an education in exchange for […]
Indiana University’s football program is the losingest in the history of college football. I bring that up only to reinforce the difficulty of executing a longterm pivot from terrible to bad to mediocre to good to championship contender. It’s taken a long time to get here – wherever on that continuum you believe the Hoosiers to […]
I hate losing, so I am not a fan of casinos as a rule. After all, casinos weren’t built to give away money to those who gamble there. But as a person who has a genetic disdain for rules, I occasionally follow my wife and friends to French Lick to try my hand at a […]
Welcome to Colts season. Training camp begins in two weeks at Anderson University and the Pacers free agent frenzy has run it’s course, so this is the time Indianapolis nimbly shifts gears into talking about the pivotal 2016 season that lies ahead. It doesn’t take long to pivot to the NFL once the NBA Finals end […]
What a year of hoops action Indiana basketball fans have to look forward to. So much potential for thrills and heartbreak with every shot, pass, and recruiting visit. This is why we love basketball – virtually anything can happen, and it likely will over the next 10 months. Some of the biggest stories in Indiana that […]
Everything about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway makes imperfect sense. The 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 is six days away, and while the race will be the star – as it always is – the traditions that have been built over the previous 99 Greatest Spectacles in Racing are a huge part of the fabric […]
I found myself alone yesterday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Jonathan Byrd Racing’s garage with four fully functional and (one would assume) fueled IndyCars. The track was empty because of the rain that washed out practice, but by the time my radio show ended, the grounds were dry. It occurred to me that I had […]
Meet the new boss – same as the old boss. Nate McMillan will become the next head coach of the Indiana Pacers as soon as the mundane dickering over terms and the insertion of the ubiquitous force majure clause is inserted in the contract. For a franchise that required change, according to team president Larry […]
I like Frank Vogel. You do too. He’s a really good guy and coach who never put his self-interest ahead of the Indiana Pacers. That doesn’t mean he is the absolute best candidate to lead the Pacers in 2016-2017 and beyond, but it doesn’t mean he isn’t either. There is a chance that Bird hires […]