As the coronavirus rages, our country sends a clear message: We care more about the safety of athletes than the safety of everyone else.
Author: Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star
Opinion: Colts punter Rigoberto Sanchez faces cancer the way he plays football, with courage, strength
Colts punter Rigoberto Sanchez will do what Chuck Pagano and Tyler Trent did before him: He will fight cancer, inspiring with grace and strength.
Opinion: Big Ten cancels nonconference games to save itself, signaling beginning of the end of 2020 season
The Big Ten’s decision to cancel nonconference games to protect itself amid the COVID-19 pandemic will crush smaller schools who lack resources.
Doyel: After chaos in the Brickyard 400 pits, a wife waits for a phone call in North Carolina
An ugly Brickyard 400 crash on pit road sent a Ryan Blaney crew member to the hospital and had his nervous wife answering the phone in North Carolina.
Opinion: A handful of people at IMS watch Scott Dixon dominate GMR Grand Prix
Scott Dixon won the 2020 GMR Grand Prix at empty Indianapolis Motor Speedway, using tire strategy to bend the field to his will.
Opinion: Want football this fall? Don’t be selfish. Wear a mask to slow COVID-19 spread
COVID-19 is a killer. The best two ways to slow its spread, from everything we know, are these: social distancing and masks.
Opinion: Rick Pitino skates while Louisville sweats in broken NCAA justice system
It’s the age-old problem with NCAA enforcement: The innocent keep getting punished. The guilty keep getting away with it. Fixing it would be so easy.
Opinion: NCAA’s new independent infractions structure is complicated and terrifying
A new, independent infractions structure for the NCAA to police schools sounds great, doesn’t it? Check the fine print. It’s terrifying.
Opinion: NCAA softens name, image and likeness stance, and chaos will follow
The NCAA’s name, image and likeness stance is a real-life chaos theory, and the T-Rex in our rear-view mirror is much closer than it appears.
Opinion: Philip Rivers’ trash-talk is a window into mind of Colts’ new QB
Can Colts fans learn to love trash-talking Philip Rivers? Let’s revisit that infamous incident in 2019 between Rivers and Jaguars DE Yannick Ngakoue.