NBA will pay former ABA players $25 million: ‘This will be life changing for them’
“I was shaking. Is this really happening? For the ones who need the help the most, this is life changing and, in some cases, even life saving.”
Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star
‘I was a pawn’: Girls volleyball team used Title IX to play him as a hitter and won state
The flipside of Title IX: South Bend Adams used the law to allow boys to play on its girls volleyball team in 1976. They won state. Outrage ensued.
You can live in an old high school gym for $299K. It’s half basketball court, half house
‘This is an honest to goodness treat,’ the F.C. Tucker listing for the old Wilkinson High gym boasts.
First girl to letter in Indiana high school football: ‘What the hell is going on here?’
Kathleen Trumbo says she wasn’t trying to make waves in 1989 as a defensive tackle at Corydon Central. “I just wanted to play football.”
Peyton Manning’s nephew Arch Manning commits to Texas. ‘He’s a little better than Peyton’
The college football world will soon get to see how good the 6-4, 215-pound quarterback bred from Manning football royalty is.
WIBC news anchor Stan Lehr retires after 28 years, a week after Emmis sells to Urban One
‘Stan’s voice has been with Indy through 9/11, the war in the Middle East, the loss of space shuttle Columbia, the inaugurations of four presidents.’
Nancy Leonard goes public with behind-the-scenes story of Pacers not drafting Larry Bird
Nancy Leonard: “It was a disaster. I thought, ‘We just ruined the franchise.’ We could have had a wonderful gold coin in the palm of our hands.”
Title IX passed, women athletes stripped, D1 coaches were furious, Jay Berman smiled
Jay Berman was Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh’s chief aide when Title IX passed. He helped write the language and watched as it began transforming sports.
Had Donnie Walsh gotten who he really wanted, Reggie Miller might never have been a Pacer
“This kid was good,” Walsh said. “So if I could have gotten him, I probably would have taken him. But I realized…we weren’t going to get him.”
Marvella Bayh was Title IX’s secret weapon: She died at 46, never seeing the impact it had
There was no way Marvella Bayh could’ve known a bill passed with little fanfare would change the landscape of academia and athletics for women.