Steve Nicewanger’s Story Archive

Lauren Pressley Up Close and Personal

July 3, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

Two weeks ago I wrote an article about Irvington Preparatory Academy’s Lauren Pressley, who has been a star athlete for the Ravens and is a now a graduating senior.  I used information supplied to me from her basketball coach Jim Sturgeon and from the MaxPreps High School Sports Web site. … Read More

Indiana in the Movies

June 26, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

I just saw The Fault in Our Stars yesterday. It is a very well made film about a very strong subject, juvenile cancer. It is set in Indianapolis in the present. John Green who authored the book on which the film is based, was born in Indianapolis, although his family … Read More

The Sims Boxing Gym & Anthony Sims Jr.

June 26, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

The Sims Boxing Gym is a new sports training facility and school for teaching the art of comparative self defense. Located at 4615 E. 10th Street across from the Emerson Theater, it is a rather unassuming building from the outside, accept for serious minded young people carrying gym bags and … Read More

Book Review: All Those Years Ago

June 19, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

It doesn’t seem possible that it was half a century ago four lads from Liverpool came to Indianapolis to perform at the 1964 Indiana State Fair. The Beatles played two concerts at the Coliseum on the Fairgrounds on August 3 of that year on the 10th stop of their 24 … Read More

Irvington Preparatory Academy’s Lauren Pressley & More Sports News

June 19, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

One of the really exciting things about this job is getting to call my reader’s attention to an outstanding young person who is also an outstanding athlete. So it is with Irvington Preparatory Academy’s Lauren Pressley. A graduating senior, Lauren has been one the most productive and versatile players on … Read More