Author: Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star

Purdue’s Rod Woodson didn’t know what a combine was when he came to Indy’s first NFL Scouting Combine in 1987. “I just did what they asked me to do.”

“There’s nothing for me in the past. The only thing for me is in the future,” said Lucas Grounds. And that future means racing again.

Dakich’s Twitter handle was trending after the Twitter exchange garnered thousands of responses and many more calling for his firing by Emmis.

Finally. This might be his time. “You will be sitting with my family in our box,” Chris Ballard wrote to Eric Yazel. “Get your arm warmed up.”

“It makes me much more appreciative of the time that I have and how I spend it,” Chris Sciaudone, 55, said as he battles brain cancer.

“We were not ready for John DeVoe to go.” He was a tireless advocate of bringing professional basketball to Indianapolis and co-founded the Pacers.

“I’m not going to do games at ESPN and that was as much my choice as their choice,” Dan Dakich, the often controversial radio host and analyst, said.

Manning shares his flag football coaching plan (genius) and details on his new ESPN2 show that launches Monday with brother Eli.

As part of his parole, Art Schlichter was required to sign a contract agreeing not to own guns, use illegal drugs or leave the state.