INDIANAPOLIS–The Indianapolis Colts have a 60% coronavirus vaccination rate, which is 31st in the NFL (second-worst). On Tuesday at training camp, some Colts players shared their thoughts on getting vaccinated. Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner contracted coronavirus last year and he said that played a factor in his decision to get vaccinated. “Last season when […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson is hoping to work his way onto some oval tracks down the road in his career in IndyCar racing. Johnson says his Chip Ganassi Racing team is planning to gauge his comfort level on an oval track in a test session coming up in August at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Florida. The […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With the announcement of Brad Keselowski moving to Roush-Fenway Racing for the 2022 season onward, the future is now uncertain for South Bend, Indiana-native Ryan Newman. Newman, a graduate of Purdue University, has been with Roush-Fenway as the driver of the #6-car since 2019. Keselowski will be taking over the driving duties […]
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The NTT IndyCar Series is staying with NBC as its exclusive TV broadcast partner. The new multi-year agreement will guarantee that NBC will broadcast 13 of the series’ planned races for the 2022 season on network television with NBC. This includes the Indianapolis 500. The remaining races will be broadcast on the […]
INDIANAPOLIS—If you listened to 93.5 and 107.5 The Fan on 1070 AM, before we transitioned to our FM signals, or grew up listening to WIBC on 1070 AM, you will soon hear nothing on that frequency. The familiar crackle of those AM airwaves will go silent indefinitely on Aug. 2. The land where The Fan […]
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The NTT IndyCar Series is getting into the video game industry. The series has announced a new partnership with Motorsport Games to create a new video game, which is expected to be released in 2023 and will be available on Xbox, Play Station, and PC. “Our partnership with Motorsport Games will bring […]
(INDIANAPOLIS) – The Indianapolis Indians’ season will run two weeks longer than expected. Instead of traditional playoffs, Triple-A teams will play five extra road games and five at home. The Indians will start their extra homestand September 29 against the Nashville Sounds. They’ll finish October 3, the same day as the major-league regular season. The […]
SPEEDWAY, Ind.–It is no longer The Brickyard 400. Now it is the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. The race also won’t happen on the oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this year. Instead, it will be on the 14-turn road course. NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick has always been a fan of Indycar driver Rick Mears, […]
FISHERS, Ind.–There were two baseball players from Indiana selected in the first round of Sunday night’s Major League Baseball Draft. Sam Bachman is from Fishers and attended Hamilton Southeastern High School. After that, he went to Miami University in Ohio where he became an integral part of the team’s pitching rotation. Bachman was selected by […]
LEXINGTON, Ohio. — The run of bad luck for Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden finally came to an end on Sunday at Mid-Ohio. He led all but a handful of laps at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course en route to his 19th career IndyCar win and Team Penske’s first win since Newgarden’s win in the 2020 […]