Category Archives: Featured Story

Top 10 reasons to feel good to very good about IU Football’s immediate future
July 28, 2016

No undergraduate student on Indiana University’s campus was alive the last time the Hoosiers went to a bowl in consecutive seasons. Indiana remains the losingest program in college football history. So did Indiana coach Kevin Wilson lose his mind/slip a cog/have bubbles in his think tank when he boasted about the potential for his sixth IU team […]

Top 10 quotes from the first day of Indianapolis Colts training camp
July 27, 2016

A Super Bowl championship would surprise the experts, but not the Colts themselves.  At least that’s the vibe the Colts communicated yesterday during their first media availability at Anderson University. The quotes flew from players about leadership, expectations, and their love of football. There were two major stories – Art Jones took responsibility for his […]

Top 10 things to look for if you head to Anderson to see the Indianapolis Colts train
July 26, 2016

Indianapolis Colts training camp starts today, and thousands of fans jonesing for some football  will make the short drive to Anderson to get an eyeful of what should inspire substantial hope for a bounce back 2016. Most of what happens in camp is difficult to project toward regular season success or failure, so figuring out […]

Top 10 ways to fix the exceptionally dull Brickyard 400
July 25, 2016

Kyle Busch won the 23rd running of the Brickyard 400 yesterday in front of dozens at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. At least it looked like no more than dozens.  The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a gargantuan facility capable of holding more than a quarter million race fans – as it did for the 100th Indianapolis […]

Top 10 reasons to attend the 23rd Running of the Brickyard 400
July 21, 2016

The Brickyard 400 used to be an event that rivaled the Indianapolis 500 for local excitement.  It was different – slower – but still fun. Then came the mandatory red flags because of tire wear, and an admission by NASCAR that the nine-degree banking of the corners at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are not conducive to […]

Top 10 ways the Indiana Pacers may have become a championship contender this offseason
July 19, 2016

The Indiana Pacers are better today than they were one month ago. That is team president Larry Bird’s job, and on paper he’s improved the Pacers through two trades, (a third trade was executed, but facilitated a salary dump for the Dallas Mavericks), two free agent signings, and the replacement of his coach. The only potential issue is […]

Top 10 best things about playing high school football
July 18, 2016

Today, we begin our annual high school football preview for central Indiana teams.  Every weekday at 3:30p on CBS Sports 1430, we will talk to another high school football coach about the wonderful experience of playing football with classmates. The lessons of high school football will be shared, and the ever-increasing level of competition in […]

Top 10 great tips for sports parents who want their kids to earn scholarships
July 15, 2016

Okay, the headline is a bit of a lie.  If your child is going to be coveted by coaches for his or her athletic ability, you will have virtually nothing to do with making that happen. Coaches know what they want, and they recognize it quickly.  The most helpful thing a parent does for a […]

Top 10 reasons the Indianapolis Colts will either sink or swim in 2016
July 13, 2016

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 […]