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With Caitlin Clark and spotlight, Indianapolis to host first WNBA All-Star Game in 2025

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1 year ago

August 14, 2024

With Caitlin Clark and spotlight, Indianapolis to host first WNBA All-Star Game in 2025

A year after hosting the NBA All-Star game, Indianapolis will host the 2025 WNBA All-Star game, according to an ESPN report.

The Indiana Fever, anchored by back-to-back No. 1 overall picks Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston, are the biggest draw in the WNBA, selling out arenas and shattering TV viewership records.

In the 25-year history of the WNBA All-Star game, Indianapolis is one of four cities with a WNBA franchise that has never hosted All-Star weekend, joining Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles.

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ESPN says an official announcement is expected later this week. A Fever spokesman declined to confirm the report, but telling IndyStar, “Indianapolis has a great history of hosting events.”

“Obviously, Indiana is known as a big basketball state, and Hoosier state, so I think having the All-Star Game here for the NBA is awesome,” WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said back in February. “I’ve been experiencing Indiana, and other than the snow yesterday, it’s amazing. The city, from when you land at the airport, the branding when you drive here from the airport, when you arrive at your hotel, the branding I think has been impeccable. Certainly, in my four years at the league, it’s amazing.”

The Fever had three All-Stars this season (Clark, Boston and Kelsey Mitchell) and sit in seventh place in the WNBA standings, hoping to snap a 7-year playoff drought.

At the mid-season break, the Fever were the league’s most-viewed team with 10 broadcasts that broke viewership records. The Fever saw a 264.6% increase in ticket sales (year over year). Indiana is the top WNBA team in total home and away attendance.

The WNBA All-Star game is yet another major sporting event for the city’s downtown, following the NBA All-Star game and U.S. Olympic swim trials. Add it to the Big Ten Championship game staying through 2028, Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments returning and future men’s (2026) and women’s (2028) Final Fours.

The 2024 NBA All-Star Game generated $290 million in economic revenue and $112 million in media exposure for Indianapolis and Central Indiana, according to a report released by Pacers Sports & Entertainment.

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Philip Rivers fell one throw short of storybook ending in his couch-to-Colts return

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11 hours ago

December 15, 2025

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Philip Rivers fell one throw short of storybook ending in his couch-to-Colts return

He had one last throw left in that 44-year-old wing of his. For most of the afternoon, he’d been able to fool Father Time and frighten 68,771 Seattle Seahawks fans inside Lumen Field who’d come to bury Philip Rivers and, instead, watched him push their football team to the very brink of an impossible upset.

There had been a moment when it seemed Rivers might actually pull off the damn thing, too. That was with 1 minute and 55 seconds left in the game. The Colts led for so much of the game and were behind Seattle 15-13, but the ball was in the old man’s hands now. All day, he’d been careful and efficient. It got him a 13-3 lead at one point. Now, he needed to make a play.

And damned if he didn’t make a play.

Damned if he didn’t throw a 16-yard back-shoulder special to wide receiver Alec Pierce. Damned if that ball didn’t mean the Seahawks were now going to burn all of their timeouts because, in the NFL in 2025, just making it past midfield — as that throw did — means you’re in field goal range.

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Philip Rivers comes out of retirement for Indianapolis Colts: NFL world reacts

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23 hours ago

December 14, 2025

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Philip Rivers comes out of retirement for Indianapolis Colts: NFL world reacts

The Indianapolis Colts have cooled considerably as the season has progressed, going from the NFL’s best record to out of the playoff picture entering Week 15 action.

But one of today’s notable storylines is the return of quarterback Philip Rivers after five years away from the NFL. He’s on the Colts’ active roster as they prepare to play the Seattle Seahawks.

The 44-year-old was on Lumen Field hours before kickoff, taking mental reps.

Colts QB Daniel Jones suffered a season-ending injury last week, and backup Riley Leonard suffered a knee injury, though he remains on the active roster. With Brett Rypien the only other QB on their roster and list of available QBs lacking, the Colts called the last signal-caller to lead them in a playoff game (after the 2020 season).

His comeback has piqued the interest of a former Colts coach and players, his former teammates on the Chargers, former NFL quarterbacks and even those from outside football.