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Via @sportswithjohn: “My condolences to the people of Denver. May you find solace in your beautiful mountains, abundant marijuana, and huge supply of patchouli.”

Indy 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay reveals his spending habits, and an NFL player from Muncie is dating professional tennis’s media darling.

Ever wonder how holidays play out in the House of Manning? This looks about right.

Via @1070Bruno: “Seriously, they should hang banner for this #Pacers team this week. It would have to be a quilt, with loose threads everywhere. But still.”

Colts tackle Anthony Castonzo danced—and everyone (except the Patriots) lost.

“I just really want to play football,” he says. “The love and the joy I get out of it eats me up on the inside.”

Wabash and DePauw meet on the football field for the 121st time.

SI and GQ stuff the Pacers, Tony Dungy tweets his wisdom, Hinkle prepares to show off its makeover, and more.

It hit us like a sack from a 300-pound lineman: Interview Bailey—the Colts receiver who nearly caught that Harbaugh Hail Mary—and then talk him into posing for a photo while wearing the shirt that honors his place in Colts history.

Via @JayNilla: “At halftime, the Union leads the Confederacy 27-14.”

“It almost sounds like Jeter and Peyton were sitting down at a candlelit dinner, and that really wasn’t the case.”

“I think it’s just a fundamental need—food, clothing, and shelter,” says Reitz. “It’s something that you hope that everybody in our world, especially our city, has access to.”

In 30 years, Indy has shared as many good times—and bad—with our Colts as Baltimore ever did. We’ve laughed. We’ve cried. Most of all, though, we’ve cheered.

“I was like, ‘Hey, do NOT kick it to him,” Colts defender Robert Mathis recalls. “‘Kick it to him, and I’m going to fight you.’”

The Colts galloped out of the gate and quickly reduced the Broncos to horsemeat. Running back Eric Dickerson racked up 159 yards and four touchdowns in the first 19 minutes.