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Sports observers waxed sarcastic and mournful about the Colts’ ugly home loss to the Rams—but hey, they won four nights later! Meanwhile, Dario Franchitti closed his IndyCar and 500 racing career as the Indiana State Museum’s resident mastodon tweeted, “I’M STILL HERE.”

The Colts punter can add “professional family-reuniter” to his resume after Sunday’s Veterans Day ceremony at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Luck’s fourth-quarter and overtime comebacks since last year make for the the most by a quarterback in his first two seasons in NFL history.

Sporty, contemporary, and luxe, this horseshoe cuff scores major style points.

Super Bowl for Saturday’s Kids benefited burn victims, a cause that hits close to home for the former Colt and his wife. See the parade of current and erstwhile Colts, IndyCar stars, and more celebrities who attended, including a reality-TV star and a kid reporter.

It’s that #UpperBodyOfAnAdolescent hashtag that truly sets McAfee apart from his colleagues, and his tweeting peers, these days.

As for Chuckstrong’s future, the Colts are following Pagano’s lead—and his priority is to restore normalcy. “We need to get back to Coltstrong,” Pagano says. “That’s where the focus should be.”

The leaders who gathered today to announce Indianapolis’s intent to bid for another Super Bowl in 2018 hope the good showing from last year gives the city a leg up.

Just watch out for that cameo from the top Manning in charge: Archie shows up late in the clip, and looks a bit too comfortable and natural wigging out.

Excitement for the Andrew Luck–Peyton Manning showdown at Lucas Oil Stadium in October is already reflected in the market. Here’s what you’ll pay to see it live.

We’re already well into this droll, sporty, and yet downright painful 2013—St. Elmo and soccer and Lance, oh my—and so here, without further ado and based on pageviews, are the top 12 stories of 2012 at IndianapolisMonthly.com as determined by you, our readers:

Pat McAfee won’t use urinals in public restrooms, and he always washes his hands. Because you never know who’s watching. “What usually happens is, people see me, and then tweet about it,” he says.