Category Archives: Indianapolis

Video: 3rd annual celebrity softball game a success, benefiting the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund

Victory Field was full of Indianapolis stars on a beautiful Thursday night, for a celebrated softball game co-hosted by Roy Hibbert and Robert Mathis.

A plethora of players on hand including Dwight Freeney, Pat McAfee, Eric Foster, Jamie Silva, Antoine Bethea, Paul George, Lance Stephenson, Josh McRoberts, Shyra Ely, Katie Douglas, Matt Howard and local media.

The Sluggers and Hitters ended the game in a …

Indianapolis athletes join together for Caroline Symmes Memorial Celebrity Softball Challenge

Tonight, head down to Victory Field to see local celebrities take part in the 3rd annual Caroline Symmes Memorial Celebrity Softball Challenge. The event is hosted by Pacers center Roy Hibbert and Colts defensive end Robert Mathis.

This is a special event with a great celebrity turnout—plus the group definitely puts on a good show.

The game is put on by The Tony Stewart Foundation, …

Video: Indiana All-Stars prepare for annual Kentucky challenge

The border battle returns this weekend with the Indiana girls and boys All-Star games against the best from Kentucky. This is for all the bragging rights.

Yesterday I sat in on both practices before they begin games this week. Soon-to-be Hoosiers Austin Etherington and Indiana Mr. Basketball, Cody Zeller. They both were bigger than I remembered, which is great to see. The interesting note was …

Indy to host Big Ten football championship

Indianapolis continues to add to it’s name as the Amateur Sports Capital of the World, serving as host of the Big Ten football title game from 2012-2015 and the basketball tournament in 2012, 14 and 16.

Indianapolis is no stranger to big events—hosting Final Fours, the NFL Combine, 2004 World Swimming Championships, and the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI. Just last summer, Indianapolis was named host …

Drama Ends Month of May

It is hard to explain what actually happened Sunday afternoon during the final laps of the 100th anniversary of the Indy 500.

An American rookie was a turn away from winning the biggest motorsport race in the world, when he made literally his ONLY mistake the entire month and slapped the wall to give the lead to a previous winner of the race.

But, there …

Covering the Indy 500 remains a highlight in my young sports career

Working my second Indianapolis 500 was again amazing. There is nothing like covering the largest single day sporting event in the world! The access is unprecedented and 95% of the drivers are fun to work with.

This year had the usual drama. How much practice time would the teams have to work with, what driver would be on the verge of missing the race and …

Who Will Drink the Milk?

The wait is finally over. What is being dubbed as “The Most Important Race in History” is finally here! Hours from now is the 100th anniversary of the first Indianapolis 500.

After the long weekend of races across the city (Freedom 100, Hoosier Hundred and Night Before the 500), it’s time for the marquee event. For some of us, it is a day that is …

Community day at the Speedway can’t be stopped by weather

But it was held up a bit.

Community day is always fun for race fans and Indianapolis residents to come out to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and see their favorite drivers up close and personal.

Wednesday was full of weather problems as you have to know by now. Local stations interrupted everything and were on all evening tracking storms. Surprisingly, the weather didn’t impact the …