Article Archives: Sports Voice

Mighty Biles Has Struck OutO

July 29, 2021 | by Steve Nicewanger

On Tuesday, July 27th the biggest news in the world was the USA Women’s Gymnastic Team losing a gold medal to the Russian team and more importantly Simone Biles withdrawing from Olympic competition due to “health reasons.” Going into the Olympics the U.S. Women’s was considered almost unbeatable and certainly … Read More

Olympics

July 22, 2021 | by Steve Nicewanger

This week the Tokyo Olympic games begin. The biggest mystery is now the COVID-19 virus. There will be no fans in the stands as the athletes will compete in front of the world cameras. There’s lots of testing of athletes and some have tested positive for the virus and can’t … Read More

Indianapolis Baseball History

July 15, 2021 | by Steve Nicewanger

Our Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper The Indianapolis Star has started referring to our local minor league team as the Indianapolis Minor League Team. Don’t know how I feel about this. But until they officially change their name I will call them the Indians. The Indians were formed in 1902. In … Read More

Newgarden Finally Wins

July 8, 2021 | by Steve Nicewanger

Josef Newgarden and Team Penske finally came through with a well earned victory at Mid Ohio. The 29-year-old Tennessean dominated the previous two races only to have a mechanical failure rob him of a victory with just a few laps to go in each race. His luck finally held at … Read More

Penske Curse?

June 24, 2021 | by Steve Nicewanger

If you are a Penske Racing fan and they are legion, after last Sunday’s Road American Race  at Elkhart Lake you have to be wondering what evil spirits the team has offended in order to be cursed with the kind of luck that they have been experiencing this season. We … Read More