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Colts 2010

Posted on August 15th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Sports & Recreation.

For a lot of us, a part of who we are has been laying dormant for a while…since earlier this year to be exact, as the final second ticked off the clock at the Superbowl. Funny how the passing of time has a way of altering your perspective on things. Every year in mid-summer I check out the Colts website to look at their upcoming schedule, and then meticulously type it into my Outlook calendar.

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Hall of Champions

Posted on April 3rd, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Community Feature, Downtown, Sports & Recreation.

Another jewel at White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis is the NCAA Hall of Champions. Of course at this time with NCAA basketball championships, the focus is on round-ball, but whatever college sport or legendary athletes that you identify with, there are tributes and fond memories to encounter. It’s more than a museum, it’s a hands-on experience where sports and memories come alive.

My favorite place there however is the downsized half-court which is made

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Dogs House

Posted on March 29th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Community Feature, Sports & Recreation.

How bout those Bull Dogs! It’s been really fun to watch them rise to the top over the last few years. Just lately though, it seems like there have been a lot of comparisons drawn between the Butler Bulldogs who advanced Saturday to the Final-Four in the NCAA Championship and the Milan High School State Champs of 1954. I guess writers have to come up with some kind of story line to make it

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Hoops Unlimited

Posted on March 18th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Just for Fun, Sports & Recreation.

As tournament play unfolds now on our television screens and newspapers, I can’t help but think about the talk we’ve seen and heard lately about expanding the current 64 team field to 96 for the NCAA Basketball tournament. Since the NCAA national headquarters is here in Indianapolis, it’s local news, and so we get the full discussion in the sports section every day. It’s pretty transparent that a move like that would

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Walking

Posted on February 28th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Community Feature, Sports & Recreation.

The streets have been so icy for a while that eventually my normal routine of jogging was disrupted and instead I’ve just been walking occasionally, running a little when the ice is clear in spots. Sometimes instead I exercised and “ran” using the Wii Fit when it’s been really snowy…which is really fun and a more serious way of getting exercise than you’d think if you haven’t tried it. But today I had some time and

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Colts Plan for Next Season

Posted on February 20th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Just for Fun, Sports & Recreation.

No one will argue that in order to win the Superbowl, the whole team, and especially all your best players, have got to be healthy. And, having home field all through the playoffs can be a huge advantage. Seeing as how the strategy of resting and protecting the starters, even at the cost of giving away a chance at the perfect season, seemed appealing to those calling the shots this last season,

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The Day After

Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Richard. Categories: Sports & Recreation.

Yeah, it wasn’t the conclusion to the season that we wanted…and I know there is a lot of  disappointment about the outcome of the game. But I checked myself, and sure enough, the sun DID come up again this morning, just like it has done for millions of years. The Earth is still rotating on it’s axis and orbiting the Sun, and all the REAL important things are OK. It would have