Steve Nicewanger’s Story Archive

IndyCar Comings and Goings

October 12, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

As the off season in IndyCar racing is progressing there has already been definite movement among drivers and teams. Perhaps the biggest move is that of 2017 Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato from Andretti Autosports to Rahal-Letterman-Lanigan Racing for 2018 where he will be a teammate of Graham Rahal. Sato … Read More

REBORN: The Pacers and the Return of Pro Basketball to Indianapolis

October 5, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

Veteran Hoosier journalist Mark Montieth has woven a narrative that takes us back to those thrilling and tumultuous days that marked the beginning of the Indiana Pacers and the American Basketball Association. Not only does the story include the 1967 birth of the team and the league, but it goes … Read More

FALL Sports Stuff

October 5, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

Marian University Knights Football Marian University is 2-2 on the season with a victory on the road and one at home at St. Vincent’s Field in NAIA action. Robert Morris University fell to the Knights at home 49-28 on September 9. September 23 the Knights beat Olivet Nazarene 40-21 in … Read More

Taking a Knee in Protest

September 28, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

In 2009, the U.S. Defense Department gave the National Football League $12 million to stage patriotic pregame ceremonies involving flag waving and the national anthem. The military hoped that this would help recruitment in the various service branches which had dropped off. Before this time NFL players didn’t come on … Read More

Newgarden is the 2017 Champ

September 21, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

Simon Pagenand won the last IndyCar race of the 2017 season at the Sonoma CA road course, but it was his teammate Josef Newgarden who came away with the series championship. The GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma, the last race of 2017, had been promoted as a possible battle between … Read More