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Limbaugh already down 1 vote in bid to buy Rams (AP)

Admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:24:22 +0000

AP – Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay doesn’t want Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams.
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Doo-doo doo-doo, Doo-doo doo-doo…

Admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:12:48 +0000

In American pop culture, If you want to point out that we’re not in Kansas anymore and that things are happening way beyond your understanding, you only need to repeat a tiny snippet of sound, and people still get it.

It was exactly 50 years ago tonight that Americans tuned in to get a first glimpse at a TV show called “The Twilight Zone.”

Rod Serling, the genius behind the series, paved the way for amateurs like me, letting us cheapen his concept but still make the point that some pretty weird doo-doo doo-doo is still going down.

Here is where I’d like to insert my own recollection of that distant October evening, as a small boy gratefully learning I wasn’t alone in seeing a strange world around me.

What a cosmic eye-opener. To paraphrase Serling, “You’re traveling through another dimension – a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s a signpost up ahead: your next stop: Northside Indianapolis!”

Yes, I’d like to share that memory, but I can’t. I wasn’t watching the show.

Instead, like most Americans I was glued to an average private eye series called ”77 Sunset Strip.”

It would be years before I appreciated what I had missed. And “The Twilight Zone,” so much a part of our culture today, was a ratings disaster back then.

It defies comprehension, huh? “Doo-doo doo-doo, Doo-doo doo-doo…”

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Above: A televised Rod Serling is projected on an illuminated ball in the air at the unveiling of a new attraction, “The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror,” at a Disney theme park in 2004. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

Below: “Twilight Zone” DVD cover

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Report: Danica Patrick to stay with IRL team (AP)

Admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:52:45 +0000

AP – Danica Patrick agreed to a three-year contract to remain at Andretti Green Racing and stay in the IndyCar Series, according to a report in the Indianapolis Star.
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Manning leads Colts past Dolphins 27-23 (AP)

Admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:40:25 +0000

AP – Peyton Manning spent most of the night on the sideline and just enough time reaching the end zone.

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Colts and Dolphins tied 7-7 after 1st quarter (AP)

Admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:39:04 +0000

AP – Peyton Manning connected with Dallas Clark for his longest completion since 2005 on the first play from scrimmage, and the Indianapolis Colts were tied 7-7 with the Miami Dolphins after one quarter Monday night.

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NCAA president Myles Brand dies from cancer at 67 (AP)

Admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:49:47 +0000

AP – Firing Bob Knight gave Myles Brand the pulpit to critique college athletics.

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Sports group will use, maintain park’s fields (The Indianapolis Star)

Admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:57:45 +0000

Zionsville — The Zionsville Sports Alliance is still in its growing stages, but it is beginning to make an impact.
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Another chick with huge mugs…

Admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:00:09 +0000

Blog Guy, if it’s August, it’s just about Oktoberfest over there in Germany. Isn’t this about the time they show some cute chick with those huge – watcha-call ‘ems?

They call those big things mugs.

Mugs? Yeah, I guess so. I never heard that euphemism before. So tell us about Oktoberfest.

They say it’s the “world’s biggest beer festival,” which I guess means they’ve never been to the Indianapolis 500.

Anyway, folks start drinking the beer in September, and then wake up to find out it’s October already.

Your grasp of international culture is impressive. What does that ”Hacker-Pschorr Himmel Der Bayern” banner mean?

I believe it translates to, “Yeah, my calves are kind of large, learn to live with it.”

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Model Sandra Schuster presents the official Oktoberfest beer mug in Munich August 25, 2009. The Oktoberfest, the world’s biggest beer festival, runs from September 19 until October 4 this year. REUTERS/ Michaela Rehle

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Sports writer Reed to teach at IUPUI (The Indianapolis Star)

Admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:35:23 +0000

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky public relations executive and former hall of fame sportswriter has agreed to teach two introductory courses in sports journalism this fall in Indiana.
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Bills to fix Indy sports board hits hurdle (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:55:29 +0000

A proposal to help a struggling Indianapolis sports board hit a legislative speed bump Tuesday, while a plan to move a Gary casino seems to have reached a dead end.
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