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Sneak Preview: New Baseball History Exhibit Hits Home Run

The exhibit includes a picture of women playing baseball in the 1890s, five decades before the movie characters portrayed by Geena Davis and Madonna had a “League Of Their Own” during World War II.

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Cracking Indiana's New Area Code

After 930 is introduced, Southern Indiana shouldn’t need another area code for at least 70 years.

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Colts Audible: 30 Years of Football in Indy

From Eric Dickerson to Jim Harbaugh to Peyton Manning to Super Bowl XLI to Andrew Luck, Rubino and West recapped how our city fell in love with its NFL franchise.

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Peyton Manning Reflects on Colts Glory Days

“I threw a touchdown pass to Marvin Harrison, and I thought in my head, ‘I think we can throw the ball to Marvin Harrison,'” says Manning. “‘It’s a pretty good idea because good things can happen.’ That’s pretty much what happened every time I threw to him all for those years—good things.”

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Bragging Rights: Indy Photographer Shoots New SI Cover

Assuming that Andrew Luck would show up sporting his famous neckbeard, John Bragg prepped for the event by inviting his hirsute buddies into the studio for trial runs to see how the lighting would play on their whiskers.

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Robert Mathis Picks the Best Three Colts Comebacks

“It was a scene for No. 12,” Mathis says of one play by Andrew Luck. “He matured.” Luck is more modest: “That was a very fortunate bounce. We really don’t want that to happen again.”

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Photos: WARMfest 2014

Dozens of music acts, as well as Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace vendors, food trucks, and more populated Broad Ripple Park August 29 through September 1 for the second-ever WARMfest.

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Colt Following: Four Memorable NFL Encounters

Besides Peyton Manning’s press conference announcing he was leaving the Colts, the only other televised event that ever preempted one of my high-school classes was Barack Obama’s first inauguration speech.

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The Hoosierist Answers a Burning Question

The St. Elmo shrimp cocktail sauce is always hot, but I swear that some days it’s hotter than others. Is that possible?

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Unspoken Rules of Farmers Markets

Some people will never wake up at 7 a.m. on Saturday, and those people will never score any of Wild Alaska’s salmon at the Broad Ripple market.

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Putnam Park Road Course Satisfies Need for Speed

Xtreme Xperience event is bringing supercars to Putnam Park Road Course in Greencastle, allowing car enthusiasts with expensive taste—but not necessarily the means to buy them—a chance to whip around corners and scream down the straights on a 1.8-mile, 10-turn track designed to challenge skill and nerve.

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Street Savvy: Monument Circle

Where to find peace and quiet, exclusive concerts, and the best lunch in the heart of downtown.

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Common Threads Between Indy and Tijuana

It turns out that the border town modeled its street plan after the Circle City’s in 1889.

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The Story of Us

In the introduction, Madison explains that he set out merely to “update” his first comprehensive account of the state’s past, published in 1986. “But simply updating that book proved unwise,” he writes. “Because Indiana has changed. So has the knowledge of our past.”

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Will Nice Girl Finish First? Valerie Rockey in 'So You Think You Can Dance' Finale

Valerie Rockey should win because the show crowns America’s Favorite Dancer, not the best dancer on the show. Choreographers don’t give her much to do in group numbers, but her gift all season has been personality.

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