1 month ago
INDIANAPOLIS — Ball State's new starting quarterback, 5-10, 250-pound Keldric ****** er, has gained national attention for his size, but on Tuesday, online betting platform Polymarket posted what the football program says was a photoshopped image of ****** er, which majorly bloated his appearance.
The fake photo of ****** er on X resulted in backlash with people calling out Polymarket for the deception. Polymarket has since deleted the post. IndyStar reached out to the company, which describes itself as "the world's largest prediction market platform for real-time global events," but did not receive a response.
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While ****** er and the Ball State football program declined to comment on the photo, Kevin Messenger, Ball State's ****** istant athletic director of communications, didn't mince words on social media.
"PolymarketBlitz your photoshop is a degrading, false, bullsh** representation of college football. Meet the real Keldric ****** er."
#luster #program
The fake photo of ****** er on X resulted in backlash with people calling out Polymarket for the deception. Polymarket has since deleted the post. IndyStar reached out to the company, which describes itself as "the world's largest prediction market platform for real-time global events," but did not receive a response.
This is the company that ON3 got in bed with Fyi pic.twitter.com/Or3dAXzBJp
While ****** er and the Ball State football program declined to comment on the photo, Kevin Messenger, Ball State's ****** istant athletic director of communications, didn't mince words on social media.
"PolymarketBlitz your photoshop is a degrading, false, bullsh** representation of college football. Meet the real Keldric ****** er."
#luster #program
1 month ago
IndyCar president Doug Boles flew from Ontario to Washington, D.C., the evening of Aug. 16 with as much trepidation as he had optimism. Boles, who typically travels to the site of IndyCar's upcoming race mid-week, wasted no time getting to the nation's capital ahead of the series' second-biggest race of the year, the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
After IndyCar and promoter Green Savoree Racing Promotions made a poor first impression – having to call off Friday's practice session – at their new street race in Markham, Ontario, it wasn't clear what awaited for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, although this race was promoted by Penske Entertainment with ****** istance from Monumental Sports & Entertainment and Harbinger.
"Honestly, I was worried just because how Canada had gone," Boles told IndyStar in an exclusive interview.
But after a dinner with Penske Corporation president Bud Denker and the chance to see the 7-turn, 1.7-mile track come to fruition, Boles realized that IndyCar was "in good shape" for Saturday and Sunday's on-track sessions.
Once President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing the IndyCar race – which was won by Kyle Kirkwood – to occur around the U.S. Capitol Building, the series had less than seven months to check every box for the new street course. (It typically takes a year, sometimes two, to set up new street circuits.)
#street
After IndyCar and promoter Green Savoree Racing Promotions made a poor first impression – having to call off Friday's practice session – at their new street race in Markham, Ontario, it wasn't clear what awaited for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, although this race was promoted by Penske Entertainment with ****** istance from Monumental Sports & Entertainment and Harbinger.
"Honestly, I was worried just because how Canada had gone," Boles told IndyStar in an exclusive interview.
But after a dinner with Penske Corporation president Bud Denker and the chance to see the 7-turn, 1.7-mile track come to fruition, Boles realized that IndyCar was "in good shape" for Saturday and Sunday's on-track sessions.
Once President Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing the IndyCar race – which was won by Kyle Kirkwood – to occur around the U.S. Capitol Building, the series had less than seven months to check every box for the new street course. (It typically takes a year, sometimes two, to set up new street circuits.)
#street
1 month ago
Purdue volleyball serves up a new challenge this season – no longer sneaking up on teams but proving it can meet top 10 expectations in a more competitive ***** e.
Coach Dave Shondell, who is 68 and signed a four-year contract extension in the offseason, said the Big Ten is much better this season and pointed to three of the ninth-ranked Boilermakers' first four matches are against top-20 teams. He also will be challenged with blending young talent to a returning core and redefining leadership, pointing to 10 of his 17 players having not played for Purdue in a regular-season match.
It also will be part of the first-of-its-kind college volleyball event in the Bahamas, where it will face either No. 11 SMU or No. 3 Kentucky, take part in the Big Ten/SEC challenge and a Big Ten Tournament hosted in Fishers. Purdue returns its core leadership with outside hitter Kenna Wollard, opposite Grace Heaney, setter Taylor Anderson and libero Ryan McAleer.
"I think that my approach has been a little bit different in that I'm expecting a little bit more from our team every day in practice than I did a year ago, which is kind of a dangerous move because last year whatever we did seemed to work," Shondell told IndyStar.
Ahead of first serve against No. 13 Creighton at 7 p.m. Friday on a neutral floor at the Sanford Pentagon, here are four things to watch with Purdue volleyball in 2026.
#shondell
Coach Dave Shondell, who is 68 and signed a four-year contract extension in the offseason, said the Big Ten is much better this season and pointed to three of the ninth-ranked Boilermakers' first four matches are against top-20 teams. He also will be challenged with blending young talent to a returning core and redefining leadership, pointing to 10 of his 17 players having not played for Purdue in a regular-season match.
It also will be part of the first-of-its-kind college volleyball event in the Bahamas, where it will face either No. 11 SMU or No. 3 Kentucky, take part in the Big Ten/SEC challenge and a Big Ten Tournament hosted in Fishers. Purdue returns its core leadership with outside hitter Kenna Wollard, opposite Grace Heaney, setter Taylor Anderson and libero Ryan McAleer.
"I think that my approach has been a little bit different in that I'm expecting a little bit more from our team every day in practice than I did a year ago, which is kind of a dangerous move because last year whatever we did seemed to work," Shondell told IndyStar.
Ahead of first serve against No. 13 Creighton at 7 p.m. Friday on a neutral floor at the Sanford Pentagon, here are four things to watch with Purdue volleyball in 2026.
#shondell
1 month ago
With Andretti Global's Kyle Kirkwood winning the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, IndyCar's final street race in 2026, there was one common denominator in all six street races: They were won by a car with a Honda engine.
Honda went 6-of-6 on the street circuits (two Kirkwood wins, three Alex Palou wins and one from Marcus Ericsson) while Chevrolet, IndyCar's other engine manufacturer, didn't win any.
To sweep the streets, Honda never really had to scrape by in any race, as a Honda engine led 542 of the 597 (90.7%) of the laps on streets this year while claiming 15 of the 18 podium spots. The manufacturer has won 19 of the last 21 street races dating back to 2023, when it also swept the streets.
Honda has won 10 of the 15 races, including Felix Rosenqvist's win in the Indianapolis 500 for Meyer Shank Racing. After Chevrolet closed the gap with three straight wins in June and July, Honda has separated itself by winning four in a row.
"I think the fact that we won the 500 and we also turn around and we're doing it currently on street courses, it makes me proud for the team," Honda Racing Corporation USA vice president Kelvin Fu told IndyStar. "And a lot of it is, it's just not us, it's Andretti and it's (Chip Ganassi Racing), right? It's a combination of their ability to develop their car control and the drivers and surviving a 147-lap, ******* py street course."
#racing
Honda went 6-of-6 on the street circuits (two Kirkwood wins, three Alex Palou wins and one from Marcus Ericsson) while Chevrolet, IndyCar's other engine manufacturer, didn't win any.
To sweep the streets, Honda never really had to scrape by in any race, as a Honda engine led 542 of the 597 (90.7%) of the laps on streets this year while claiming 15 of the 18 podium spots. The manufacturer has won 19 of the last 21 street races dating back to 2023, when it also swept the streets.
Honda has won 10 of the 15 races, including Felix Rosenqvist's win in the Indianapolis 500 for Meyer Shank Racing. After Chevrolet closed the gap with three straight wins in June and July, Honda has separated itself by winning four in a row.
"I think the fact that we won the 500 and we also turn around and we're doing it currently on street courses, it makes me proud for the team," Honda Racing Corporation USA vice president Kelvin Fu told IndyStar. "And a lot of it is, it's just not us, it's Andretti and it's (Chip Ganassi Racing), right? It's a combination of their ability to develop their car control and the drivers and surviving a 147-lap, ******* py street course."
#racing
1 month ago
INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts training camp at Grand Park is over but media have access to the team's full practices this week at their facility on 56th Street. IndyStar Colts Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown will have all the highlights of the workout here.
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1 month ago
Some stories you know will take off, generating so much reader response that my text message group here with IndyStar readers will overheat. History – 12 years on this job – tells me that. Any time I write about the Indiana Fever, for example. Or about Indianapolis Colts QB Anthony Richardson. Just one of those things you know will happen, before it happens.
Other stories, you know will take off – not from the topic's ubiquity, but its uniqueness. A column on Warren Central two-sport athlete-turned-broadcast journalist Michael Grady, who scraped and hustled his way to the top of this media market and is now doing the same nationally with the WNBA, NBA and NFL? That column is going to take off. People love reading about a local who's made it big.
And then there are stories like the Indiana Pacers coming to terms with DAZN on a deal that guarantees Pacers fans access to games on local TV and guarantees the streaming experience – a problem for Pacers games since 2021 – will be of the highest quality.
That column? You write it, because it's important, but you figure it won't generate a huge response. The column is obvious and happy, and readers would rather complain about Fever trolls or Colts QB's or whatever. Some things, you just know.
But sometimes you're wrong.
#stories
Other stories, you know will take off – not from the topic's ubiquity, but its uniqueness. A column on Warren Central two-sport athlete-turned-broadcast journalist Michael Grady, who scraped and hustled his way to the top of this media market and is now doing the same nationally with the WNBA, NBA and NFL? That column is going to take off. People love reading about a local who's made it big.
And then there are stories like the Indiana Pacers coming to terms with DAZN on a deal that guarantees Pacers fans access to games on local TV and guarantees the streaming experience – a problem for Pacers games since 2021 – will be of the highest quality.
That column? You write it, because it's important, but you figure it won't generate a huge response. The column is obvious and happy, and readers would rather complain about Fever trolls or Colts QB's or whatever. Some things, you just know.
But sometimes you're wrong.
#stories
2 months ago
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Indiana high school football is back!
And these teams are jumping right into it with high level matchups highlighted by Lawrence North and 5-star recruit Monshun Sales at defending Class 6A state champion Brownsburg. There's also traditional rivals Center Grove and Warren Central meeting in Indianapolis.
IndyStar has wall-to-wall coverage with live scores, recaps, video highlights and loaded photo galleries from Friday night into Saturday morning. And be sure to subscribe to our IndyStarTV: Preps YouTube channel.
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#monshun
Indiana high school football is back!
And these teams are jumping right into it with high level matchups highlighted by Lawrence North and 5-star recruit Monshun Sales at defending Class 6A state champion Brownsburg. There's also traditional rivals Center Grove and Warren Central meeting in Indianapolis.
IndyStar has wall-to-wall coverage with live scores, recaps, video highlights and loaded photo galleries from Friday night into Saturday morning. And be sure to subscribe to our IndyStarTV: Preps YouTube channel.
HIT REFRESH FOR UPDATES
#monshun
2 months ago
As part of our coverage of high school football season, the "IndyStar Game of the Week" will be shown on IndyStar.com through production from IndianaSRN.
The game will be broadcast live on IndyStar.com each Friday, along with updates from games around Central Indiana in our live blog. Friday's game will be Alexandria at Greenfield-Central.
Football fans can check IndyStar.com on Friday starting just before 7 p.m. to watch the game and check on updates from other games around the area.
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: 'IndyStar Game of the Week' added to coverage through partnership with IndianaSRN
#indystar #week
The game will be broadcast live on IndyStar.com each Friday, along with updates from games around Central Indiana in our live blog. Friday's game will be Alexandria at Greenfield-Central.
Football fans can check IndyStar.com on Friday starting just before 7 p.m. to watch the game and check on updates from other games around the area.
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: 'IndyStar Game of the Week' added to coverage through partnership with IndianaSRN
#indystar #week
2 months ago
WESTFIELD -- The Colts hold their second of two joint practices with the Atlanta Falcons at Grand Park. IndyStar Insiders Nathan Brown and Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights from the workout here.
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#westfield
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#westfield
2 months ago
The Colts are expected to sign longtime Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen, a source confirmed to IndyStar. It adds a six-time Pro Bowler who in eight of his 13 seasons in the NFL has caught at least six touchdowns and at least 80 ***** seven times – including last year.
Allen lands in Indianapolis after a one-season return to Los Angeles in 2025 to rejoin the franchise that drafted him 76th overall in 2013 and where he spent the first 11 seasons of his career – and 12 of 13 overall. Allen was traded to the Chicago Bears in March of 2024 and played a single season with the NFC North team before opting to sign with the Chargers just over a year ago during Los Angeles' training camp as a free agent.
That one-year deal made the 34-year-old again a free agent this spring, and he remains unquestionably the top free agent wideout on the market – not to mention seemingly a premier fit in head coach Shane Steichen's offense.
For a coach who prizes separation at the top of routes and a trusted pair of hands above just about anything else, Allen still fits the bill as he nears the end of his career. Though he's been one nearly his entire career, the Colts don't need Allen to be a No. 1 receiver with unquestioned WR1 Alec Pierce ascending to a more all-around this role this year coming off a season where then-rookie tight end Tyler Warren led the Colts in targets (112) and two seasons ago when starting slot receiver Josh Downs led the team in receptions (72).
But after the loss of Michael Pittman Jr. in March to a salary-dump trade to the Steelers, it was widely-believed the Colts had not done enough to replace not only his production – 80 catches for 784 yards and seven touchdowns – but his veteran leadership and presence in a room where the oldest players – free agent signee Nick Westbrooke-Ikhine (29 years old), Ashton Dulin (29) and Laquon Treadwell (31) had been fighting in training camp for the Nos. 3 and 4 WR spots in the Colts offense.
#free #receiver #seasons
Allen lands in Indianapolis after a one-season return to Los Angeles in 2025 to rejoin the franchise that drafted him 76th overall in 2013 and where he spent the first 11 seasons of his career – and 12 of 13 overall. Allen was traded to the Chicago Bears in March of 2024 and played a single season with the NFC North team before opting to sign with the Chargers just over a year ago during Los Angeles' training camp as a free agent.
That one-year deal made the 34-year-old again a free agent this spring, and he remains unquestionably the top free agent wideout on the market – not to mention seemingly a premier fit in head coach Shane Steichen's offense.
For a coach who prizes separation at the top of routes and a trusted pair of hands above just about anything else, Allen still fits the bill as he nears the end of his career. Though he's been one nearly his entire career, the Colts don't need Allen to be a No. 1 receiver with unquestioned WR1 Alec Pierce ascending to a more all-around this role this year coming off a season where then-rookie tight end Tyler Warren led the Colts in targets (112) and two seasons ago when starting slot receiver Josh Downs led the team in receptions (72).
But after the loss of Michael Pittman Jr. in March to a salary-dump trade to the Steelers, it was widely-believed the Colts had not done enough to replace not only his production – 80 catches for 784 yards and seven touchdowns – but his veteran leadership and presence in a room where the oldest players – free agent signee Nick Westbrooke-Ikhine (29 years old), Ashton Dulin (29) and Laquon Treadwell (31) had been fighting in training camp for the Nos. 3 and 4 WR spots in the Colts offense.
#free #receiver #seasons
2 months ago
IndyStar will be recognizing the top volleyball players in Indiana with our players of the week poll.
Scroll to the bottom of the article to vote. Voting is open until noon Friday.
Congratulations to Guerin Catholic's Emery Cardinal on being voted Preseason Player of the Year! Cardinal, an Iowa commit, clocked 73 blocks and a career-high 335 kills on .424 hitting. She also notched 15 digs and her first career ****** ist, and enters her senior year with 152 blocks and 531 kills for her career.
Here are the top performers from Saturday.
The senior libero served up 16 aces and logged 18 digs in her first six sets of the season. Baker, whose efforts contributed to wins over Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Northrop and New Haven, also had a couple ****** ists. She has 707 career digs.
#cardinal #year #kills #first
Scroll to the bottom of the article to vote. Voting is open until noon Friday.
Congratulations to Guerin Catholic's Emery Cardinal on being voted Preseason Player of the Year! Cardinal, an Iowa commit, clocked 73 blocks and a career-high 335 kills on .424 hitting. She also notched 15 digs and her first career ****** ist, and enters her senior year with 152 blocks and 531 kills for her career.
Here are the top performers from Saturday.
The senior libero served up 16 aces and logged 18 digs in her first six sets of the season. Baker, whose efforts contributed to wins over Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Northrop and New Haven, also had a couple ****** ists. She has 707 career digs.
#cardinal #year #kills #first
2 months ago
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Colts plan to start Anthony Richardson against New England in Thursday's preseason opener, then turn to Riley Leonard in the second half.
Leonard will start and play the entire first half against Atlanta in next week's preseason home opener, then turn it over to Richardson for the second half.
Daniel Jones will not play in either of the first two preseason games. Indianapolis head coach Shane Steichen does not want to risk any injury to Jones, who is coming off a torn right Achilles tendon.
Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown cover the Colts all season. Get more coverage on IndyStarTV and with the Colts Insider newsletter.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts announce preseason plan for QBs Anthony Richardson, Riley Leonard, Daniel Jones
#richardson
Leonard will start and play the entire first half against Atlanta in next week's preseason home opener, then turn it over to Richardson for the second half.
Daniel Jones will not play in either of the first two preseason games. Indianapolis head coach Shane Steichen does not want to risk any injury to Jones, who is coming off a torn right Achilles tendon.
Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown cover the Colts all season. Get more coverage on IndyStarTV and with the Colts Insider newsletter.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts announce preseason plan for QBs Anthony Richardson, Riley Leonard, Daniel Jones
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2 months ago
FOXBOROUGH -- The Colts hold their first joint practice, traveling to Foxboro, Mass., to face the New England Patriots. IndyStar Insider Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights from the workout here.
09:35 AM ET, August 11 2026, Chris Sims and Cameron Cocquyt
The Colts will be camping from July 29 to Aug. 20. A ticket is required to attend, go to colts.com/camp to claim tickets. Primetime practices cost $5, all other practices are free. Parking is $5 in advance, $10 on site. All practices are free to children 17 and under. Dates and time are subject to change. Colts City is an area adjacent to the practice field with activities, cool down stations, and more for fans attending practice.
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09:35 AM ET, August 11 2026, Chris Sims and Cameron Cocquyt
The Colts will be camping from July 29 to Aug. 20. A ticket is required to attend, go to colts.com/camp to claim tickets. Primetime practices cost $5, all other practices are free. Parking is $5 in advance, $10 on site. All practices are free to children 17 and under. Dates and time are subject to change. Colts City is an area adjacent to the practice field with activities, cool down stations, and more for fans attending practice.
#colts #practices #england #indystar
2 months ago
FOXBOROUGH -- The Colts hold their first joint practice, traveling to Foxboro, Mass., to face the New England Patriots. IndyStar Insider Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights from the workout here.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts hold joint workout with New England Patriots, all the highlights here
#hold #highlights #here
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts hold joint workout with New England Patriots, all the highlights here
#hold #highlights #here
2 months ago
Marshall Manning may follow a familiar path in his football career. He has transferred to the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee — not far from the University of Tennessee, where his father, Peyton Manning, played.
Marshall will be the backup quarterback this season to Keegan Croucher, a 2027 recruit committed to Ole Miss. The 15-year-old Manning appears headed for the starting lineup next fall.
Watch him — better yet, close your eyes and listen — explain his role this season. It's almost like listening to any of the commercials the Indianapolis Colts legend starred in over the years.
"It's hard, having to work all summer and all year," Marshall said, "but maybe not get to go on the field. I feel like it's helped me grow so much."
Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown cover the Colts all season. Get more coverage on IndyStarTV and with the Colts Insider newsletter.
#marshall #baylor #school
Marshall will be the backup quarterback this season to Keegan Croucher, a 2027 recruit committed to Ole Miss. The 15-year-old Manning appears headed for the starting lineup next fall.
Watch him — better yet, close your eyes and listen — explain his role this season. It's almost like listening to any of the commercials the Indianapolis Colts legend starred in over the years.
"It's hard, having to work all summer and all year," Marshall said, "but maybe not get to go on the field. I feel like it's helped me grow so much."
Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown cover the Colts all season. Get more coverage on IndyStarTV and with the Colts Insider newsletter.
#marshall #baylor #school
2 months ago
WESTFIELD -- The Colts hold their ninth 2026 training camp practice at 10 a.m. Sunday, August 9, 2026.
Practice will last 90 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insiders Nathan Brown and Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights for you here.
09:31 AM ET, August 9 2026, Cameron Cocquyt and Chris Sims
#colts #sunday
Practice will last 90 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insiders Nathan Brown and Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights for you here.
09:31 AM ET, August 9 2026, Cameron Cocquyt and Chris Sims
#colts #sunday
2 months ago
WESTFIELD -- The Colts hold their eighth 2026 training camp practice at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 8, 2026.
Practice will last 95 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insider Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights for you here.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts hold eighth 2026 training camp practice, all the highlights are here
#hold #eighth #training #here
Practice will last 95 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insider Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights for you here.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts hold eighth 2026 training camp practice, all the highlights are here
#hold #eighth #training #here
2 months ago
WESTFIELD -- The Colts hold their eighth 2026 training camp practice at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 8, 2026.
Practice will last 95 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insider Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights for you here.
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#camp #saturday
Practice will last 95 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insider Joel A. Erickson will have all the highlights for you here.
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#camp #saturday
2 months ago
WESTFIELD -- The Colts hold their seventh 2026 training camp practice at 8 p.m. Thursday, August 6, 2026.
Practice will last two hours and IndyStar Colts Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown will have all the highlights for you here.
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Practice will last two hours and IndyStar Colts Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown will have all the highlights for you here.
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2 months ago
WESTFIELD -- The Colts hold their sixth 2026 training camp practice at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
Practice will last 75 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown will have all the highlights for you here.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts hold sixth 2026 training camp practice, all the highlights are here
#training #highlights
Practice will last 75 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown will have all the highlights for you here.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts hold sixth 2026 training camp practice, all the highlights are here
#training #highlights
2 months ago
WESTFIELD -- The Colts hold their sixth 2026 training camp practice at 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
Practice will last 75 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown will have all the highlights for you here.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts hold sixth 2026 training camp practice, all the highlights are here
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Practice will last 75 minutes and IndyStar Colts Insiders Joel A. Erickson and Nathan Brown will have all the highlights for you here.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Colts hold sixth 2026 training camp practice, all the highlights are here
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2 months ago
The Indianapolis Colts announced on Friday that the team has signed running back Roydell Williams, who is an undrafted rookie free agent out of Florida State.
The 5'10", 214 pound running back played for both the Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida State Seminoles in his collegiate career. He had 275 total carries for 1,264 total rushing yards (4.6 ypc. avg.) and 13 rushing touchdowns, as well as 28 receptions for 217 total receiving yards and 2 touchdown receptions for both programs collectively.
He was a CFP National Champion for the Crimson Tide in 2020.
Williams was among the offensive skill position players that the Colts reportedly worked out on Thursday.
Per the IndyStar's Nathan Brown, the Colts also worked out running backs Marcus Major and Kenny McIntosh a day later on Friday.
#colts #Friday #williams #tide
The 5'10", 214 pound running back played for both the Alabama Crimson Tide and Florida State Seminoles in his collegiate career. He had 275 total carries for 1,264 total rushing yards (4.6 ypc. avg.) and 13 rushing touchdowns, as well as 28 receptions for 217 total receiving yards and 2 touchdown receptions for both programs collectively.
He was a CFP National Champion for the Crimson Tide in 2020.
Williams was among the offensive skill position players that the Colts reportedly worked out on Thursday.
Per the IndyStar's Nathan Brown, the Colts also worked out running backs Marcus Major and Kenny McIntosh a day later on Friday.
#colts #Friday #williams #tide
2 months ago
The 2026 Indiana high school football season begins on Aug. 21. Six schools (Brownsburg, New Palestine, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Cascade, Andrean and South Putnam) are looking for a second consecutive state championship on Thanksgiving weekend.
IndyStar has no shortage of preseason coverage. Kyle Neddenriep reveals the best players statewide and in Central Indiana, and teams that shouldn't be dismissed. Also, if you're looking for a game to attend in Week 1, Neddenriep offers a lot of possibilities.
A lot of Big Ten recruits, coveted quarterback prospects and tremendous skill position players on the list of players of watch for the No. 1 jersey. A few of them meet in Week 1 matchup. Check out the favorites.
We counted down the top 25 high school football recruits of the first quarter century of the 2000s from Indiana. There were the four- and five-star prospects that came out of high school with a lot of promise, pressure and expectations.
Here's the countdown: Nos. 6-10 | Nos. 11-15 | Nos. 16-20 | Nos. 21-25
#neddenriep #recruits
IndyStar has no shortage of preseason coverage. Kyle Neddenriep reveals the best players statewide and in Central Indiana, and teams that shouldn't be dismissed. Also, if you're looking for a game to attend in Week 1, Neddenriep offers a lot of possibilities.
A lot of Big Ten recruits, coveted quarterback prospects and tremendous skill position players on the list of players of watch for the No. 1 jersey. A few of them meet in Week 1 matchup. Check out the favorites.
We counted down the top 25 high school football recruits of the first quarter century of the 2000s from Indiana. There were the four- and five-star prospects that came out of high school with a lot of promise, pressure and expectations.
Here's the countdown: Nos. 6-10 | Nos. 11-15 | Nos. 16-20 | Nos. 21-25
#neddenriep #recruits
2 months ago
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Caitlin Clark will have to remain on her best behavior for the rest of the WNBA regular season.
The Indiana Fever appealed the technical foul Clark received during their 123-88 victory over the Connecticut Sun on July 22, hoping the league would remove it from her season total. However, the WNBA reportedly denied that appeal, leaving Clark with seven technical fouls and only one more separating her from an automatic one-game suspension.
"The WNBA will not rescind the technical foul ****** sed to Caitlin Clark during last Wednesday's win over the Connecticut Sun, a league source confirmed to IndyStar," Brian Haenchen of the Indianapolis Star reported.
Clark avoided another technical during Indiana's 103-93 win over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday. Still, the league's decision means the threat of a suspension will follow the Fever star into every remaining game of the regular season.
#clark #sporting #connecticut
Caitlin Clark will have to remain on her best behavior for the rest of the WNBA regular season.
The Indiana Fever appealed the technical foul Clark received during their 123-88 victory over the Connecticut Sun on July 22, hoping the league would remove it from her season total. However, the WNBA reportedly denied that appeal, leaving Clark with seven technical fouls and only one more separating her from an automatic one-game suspension.
"The WNBA will not rescind the technical foul ****** sed to Caitlin Clark during last Wednesday's win over the Connecticut Sun, a league source confirmed to IndyStar," Brian Haenchen of the Indianapolis Star reported.
Clark avoided another technical during Indiana's 103-93 win over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday. Still, the league's decision means the threat of a suspension will follow the Fever star into every remaining game of the regular season.
#clark #sporting #connecticut
2 months ago
Dystany Spurlock continues to be a disruptor. The 34-year-old will make her fifth ARCA Menards Series start of the year at Indianapolis Raceway Park on Friday.
In March, Spurlock (whose first name is ******* ounced Destiny) became the first Black woman to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned series when she raced in the ARCA Menards Series East at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina. After doing two races in the East series, Spurlock made it to the premier ARCA series in April, when she finished 10th at Kansas Speedway.
Less than a year after Spurlock raced in her second NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle race at IRP, she’ll return to the track, but in a stock car this time.
“To be able to know that I raced over there on the drag strip and now I'm over here on the circle track,” Spurlock told IndyStar, “that means so much to me because I did not know that this would happen so fast within a year’s time.”
Most of Spurlock’s experience before this year came in motorcycle drag racing. She has also raced arena carts and drove in Skip Barber’s Formula 4 series in 2023.
#year #arca #raced #hickory
In March, Spurlock (whose first name is ******* ounced Destiny) became the first Black woman to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned series when she raced in the ARCA Menards Series East at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina. After doing two races in the East series, Spurlock made it to the premier ARCA series in April, when she finished 10th at Kansas Speedway.
Less than a year after Spurlock raced in her second NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle race at IRP, she’ll return to the track, but in a stock car this time.
“To be able to know that I raced over there on the drag strip and now I'm over here on the circle track,” Spurlock told IndyStar, “that means so much to me because I did not know that this would happen so fast within a year’s time.”
Most of Spurlock’s experience before this year came in motorcycle drag racing. She has also raced arena carts and drove in Skip Barber’s Formula 4 series in 2023.
#year #arca #raced #hickory
2 months ago
Dystany Spurlock continues to be a disruptor. The 34-year-old will make her fifth ARCA Menards Series start of the year at Indianapolis Raceway Park on Friday.
In March, Spurlock (whose first name is **** ounced Destiny) became the first Black woman to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned series when she raced in the ARCA Menards Series East at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina. After doing two races in the East series, Spurlock made it to the premier ARCA series in April, when she finished 10th at Kansas Speedway.
Less than a year after Spurlock raced in her second NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle race at IRP, she’ll return to the track, but in a stock car this time.
“To be able to know that I raced over there on the drag strip and now I'm over here on the circle track,” Spurlock told IndyStar, “that means so much to me because I did not know that this would happen so fast within a year’s time.”
Most of Spurlock’s experience before this year came in motorcycle drag racing. She has also raced arena carts and drove in Skip Barber’s Formula 4 series in 2023.
#spurlock #series #year #speedway
In March, Spurlock (whose first name is **** ounced Destiny) became the first Black woman to compete in a NASCAR-sanctioned series when she raced in the ARCA Menards Series East at Hickory Motor Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina. After doing two races in the East series, Spurlock made it to the premier ARCA series in April, when she finished 10th at Kansas Speedway.
Less than a year after Spurlock raced in her second NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle race at IRP, she’ll return to the track, but in a stock car this time.
“To be able to know that I raced over there on the drag strip and now I'm over here on the circle track,” Spurlock told IndyStar, “that means so much to me because I did not know that this would happen so fast within a year’s time.”
Most of Spurlock’s experience before this year came in motorcycle drag racing. She has also raced arena carts and drove in Skip Barber’s Formula 4 series in 2023.
#spurlock #series #year #speedway
2 months ago
When the NBA's calendar turned over on June 30, one of the first things the league made a point to do was announce the selection of Hinkle Fieldhouse as the first host of the NBA Cup Final outside of Las Vegas.
The IndyStar contacted the NBA to get a better sense of the process by which the league arrived at the decision to choose Hinkle. The league responded by e-mail with answers to the Star's question's from NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Global Events Kelly Flatow.
The Q&A follows.
Question: I recall Commissioner (Adam) Silver suggesting college arenas as a possibility last year. What sparked his and the league's interest in making the change out of Las Vegas and what drove the league to look at college arenas?
Answer: (The NBA referred to commissioner Adam Silver's quote from an interview in December, 2025.) “We’re talking with Amazon Prime about whether it makes sense to maybe go to some unique locations for the final game. They have suggested, for example, some storied college arenas so we’re just looking at other ways we can do this.”
#college
The IndyStar contacted the NBA to get a better sense of the process by which the league arrived at the decision to choose Hinkle. The league responded by e-mail with answers to the Star's question's from NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Global Events Kelly Flatow.
The Q&A follows.
Question: I recall Commissioner (Adam) Silver suggesting college arenas as a possibility last year. What sparked his and the league's interest in making the change out of Las Vegas and what drove the league to look at college arenas?
Answer: (The NBA referred to commissioner Adam Silver's quote from an interview in December, 2025.) “We’re talking with Amazon Prime about whether it makes sense to maybe go to some unique locations for the final game. They have suggested, for example, some storied college arenas so we’re just looking at other ways we can do this.”
#college
2 months ago
When the NBA's calendar turned over on June 30, one of the first things the league made a point to do was announce the selection of Hinkle Fieldhouse as the first host of the NBA Cup Final outside of Las Vegas.
The IndyStar contacted the NBA to get a better sense of the process by which the league arrived at the decision to choose Hinkle. The league responded by e-mail with answers to the Star's question's from NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Global Events Kelly Flatow.
The Q&A follows.
Question: I recall Commissioner (Adam) Silver suggesting college arenas as a possibility last year. What sparked his and the league's interest in making the change out of Las Vegas and what drove the league to look at college arenas?
Answer: (The NBA referred to commissioner Adam Silver's quote from an interview in December, 2025.) “We’re talking with Amazon Prime about whether it makes sense to maybe go to some unique locations for the final game. They have suggested, for example, some storied college arenas so we’re just looking at other ways we can do this.”
#adam
The IndyStar contacted the NBA to get a better sense of the process by which the league arrived at the decision to choose Hinkle. The league responded by e-mail with answers to the Star's question's from NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Global Events Kelly Flatow.
The Q&A follows.
Question: I recall Commissioner (Adam) Silver suggesting college arenas as a possibility last year. What sparked his and the league's interest in making the change out of Las Vegas and what drove the league to look at college arenas?
Answer: (The NBA referred to commissioner Adam Silver's quote from an interview in December, 2025.) “We’re talking with Amazon Prime about whether it makes sense to maybe go to some unique locations for the final game. They have suggested, for example, some storied college arenas so we’re just looking at other ways we can do this.”
#adam
3 months ago
Look, everyone, you need to come to grips with the reality that Indiana really did win the College Football Playoff National Championship under Curt Cignetti, and it might do it again.
This isn't stopping.
Anecdotal, I know, but let me sum up the prevailing attitude of just about all the various media hits I've done since the Hoosiers had, arguably, the greatest season in the history of college football.
Wonderful story, amazing job done by Cignetti. Now Ohio State, Alabama, Notre Dame, and the other bluebloods will restore order, and Indiana will go back to waiting for basketball season.
Well done, Hoosiers, here are your commemorative t-shirts, off you go ...
Nope.
Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
It's not just that Indiana took a blowtorch to everything the stodgy world of college football knows to be holy, right, and true.
It's that now everyone - from Kentucky to UCLA to insert-your-Power-Four-school-here - has some glimmer of hope that maybe, with the right mix of miracles, can have the type of success that fans of most schools have been generationally conditioned to not dare dream possible.
It's also that the bar has been raised for the powerhouses.
Alabama didn't just lose in the College Football Playoff. Ala-FREAKING-Bama is still recovering from the atomic wedgie applied by ... Indiana?! It offends the sensibilities.
And if you think that's not sitting well for an Alabama, try Nebraska, and USC, and Florida and all the other traditional football schools that expect to compete for giant things every year, and can't.
But no, this doesn't necessarily mean Indiana will win the national ****** le again this year, or next year, or five years from now. It means that it'll at least be in the mix.
Ohio State doesn't win it all every year. Texas still hasn't won one since Vince Young. Notre Dame hasn't won one since 1988.
#alabama #done #playoff
This isn't stopping.
Anecdotal, I know, but let me sum up the prevailing attitude of just about all the various media hits I've done since the Hoosiers had, arguably, the greatest season in the history of college football.
Wonderful story, amazing job done by Cignetti. Now Ohio State, Alabama, Notre Dame, and the other bluebloods will restore order, and Indiana will go back to waiting for basketball season.
Well done, Hoosiers, here are your commemorative t-shirts, off you go ...
Nope.
Grace Hollars/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
It's not just that Indiana took a blowtorch to everything the stodgy world of college football knows to be holy, right, and true.
It's that now everyone - from Kentucky to UCLA to insert-your-Power-Four-school-here - has some glimmer of hope that maybe, with the right mix of miracles, can have the type of success that fans of most schools have been generationally conditioned to not dare dream possible.
It's also that the bar has been raised for the powerhouses.
Alabama didn't just lose in the College Football Playoff. Ala-FREAKING-Bama is still recovering from the atomic wedgie applied by ... Indiana?! It offends the sensibilities.
And if you think that's not sitting well for an Alabama, try Nebraska, and USC, and Florida and all the other traditional football schools that expect to compete for giant things every year, and can't.
But no, this doesn't necessarily mean Indiana will win the national ****** le again this year, or next year, or five years from now. It means that it'll at least be in the mix.
Ohio State doesn't win it all every year. Texas still hasn't won one since Vince Young. Notre Dame hasn't won one since 1988.
#alabama #done #playoff
3 months ago
Caitlin Clark returned to the court on Wednesday night for a road matchup with the Los Angeles Sparks after missing some games with a back injury that she suffered in what has become an extremely controversial game against the Phoenix Mercury.
However, Clark didn't perform at the same level she was competing at before the injury. She shot 4-for-12 from the field, including 1-for-6 from the three-point line, and recorded only three **** ists in a 106-92 loss. Clark played just 16 total minutes in the game, rotating in and out in short spurts of just a few minutes.
Clark said after the game that the decision to play in her such short rotation "was not my decision. That was somebody else's decision," per IndyStar's Chloe Peterson.
Clark feels that the quick rotations made it difficult for her to ever get a feel for the game.
"It's just really hard when you're playing three minutes, (sub) out, three minutes, three minutes, then you're on the bench," she added. "It's really, really hard to get into a flow. For the most part, I got good looks; some of them went, some of them didn't. I probably didn't get to have a feel for the game as I usually do, like it's just really, really hard for me to play in that scenario, but overall, my body feels great, so that's the positive I can take from today."
However, Clark didn't perform at the same level she was competing at before the injury. She shot 4-for-12 from the field, including 1-for-6 from the three-point line, and recorded only three **** ists in a 106-92 loss. Clark played just 16 total minutes in the game, rotating in and out in short spurts of just a few minutes.
Clark said after the game that the decision to play in her such short rotation "was not my decision. That was somebody else's decision," per IndyStar's Chloe Peterson.
Clark feels that the quick rotations made it difficult for her to ever get a feel for the game.
"It's just really hard when you're playing three minutes, (sub) out, three minutes, three minutes, then you're on the bench," she added. "It's really, really hard to get into a flow. For the most part, I got good looks; some of them went, some of them didn't. I probably didn't get to have a feel for the game as I usually do, like it's just really, really hard for me to play in that scenario, but overall, my body feels great, so that's the positive I can take from today."
