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Virtually no city official wants to lose a pro franchise on his or her watch—especially with a bid to host another Super Bowl in 2018 still in play.

The two-time X Games gold-medal winner claimed his second in slopestyle skiing over the weekend. He’ll also compete in Sochi at the Olympics next month.

Some observers are already saying this will go down as one of the NBA’s all-time top dunks.

After receiving his team’s short-program results at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, LeDuc added a new expression to his repertoire: Jim Carrey Face.

Says Bird about his return to the NBA team based in Indianapolis: “I don’t know if I’d be doing this if it was anywhere but here.”

Fans should love wearing the new short-sleeve jersey more than the players do.

Bid on designer purses. Make a new holiday tradition. Get a tan. Buy a knockout party dress. Jazz up your Colts game-day outfit. Conquer cabin fever. And more!

Pop star Pink stormed Indy with her gravity-defying live act, and NFL observers sent up the Colts’ inept effort today on the heels of their NBC sitcom repeat appearance.

Colts fans won’t have to go through the emotionally stunting experience of having to spend weekdays with Meg Irsay and weekends and holidays with Jim. (Even so, we bet holidays with Jim are never dull.)

Despite the country’s unconditional passion for “the beautiful game,” college sport is simply not a big deal there. Aside from the teams, players, and trainee media students looking to make names for themselves, interest is virtually nonexistent.

A designer-jewelry pop-up, new leather goods from a local artisan, and a Pacers-Beatles mashup.

Everything you do is an event, chronicled on Twitter. Colts games. Pep rallies. Visiting a high-school chemistry class. Even now, as you are snorting, huffing, drooling, Michael tweets to your 10,000 followers, pretending to be you.

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

A slam-dunk stocking-stuffer for any true-blue Bulldog fan.

Accompanied by video clips, this list of hits highlights not only the super-human forces involved in football, but also the importance of the research that Purdue University scientists are now conducting.