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Marking Indy’s Monuments and Museums: Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War Museum

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This week’s  Marking Indy’s Monuments and Museums brings us to the heart of Indianapolis, Monument Circle. I won’t be talking about the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, which is the most recognizable landmark at the intersection of Meridian Street and Market Street. But rather what the Monument sits atop of, the Colonel Eli Lilly Civil War [...]

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NFL Football Combine Takes Over Indy

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All right all you Indianapolis sports fans, it is time to talk some football. I know, you still might cringe when forced to relieve the painful ending to the Indianapolis Colts season earlier this month. But, with the National Football League’s Scouting Combine taking over downtown Indianapolis for the next week, it is time the [...]

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Indianapolis Colts Thank You Tour

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The Indianapolis Colts recognize that they have the best fans in all of the NFL, and want to make sure they say thank you personally. While hearts all over Indiana are still in shambles due to the Colts 31-17 Super Bowl XLIV loss, there is much to celebrate about this past season. Even though the [...]

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Bio: Mark Cline

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By day, Mark Cline is a freelance journalist. By night…well he is still just a freelance journalist. Based in the quaint neighborhood of Broad Ripple Village on the north side of Indianapolis, Cline is a relative new comer to Indiana.
Cline was born in New York City, but raised in the epicenter of the world that [...]

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Marking Indy’s Monuments and Museums: The Morris-Butler House

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Each week I will take a look into the history of Indianapolis through the eyes of a different Circle City Monument or Museum. If you have any comments, questions or would like to suggest your favorite Indy house of history, drop me a line below or e-mail me at mcline@funcityfinder.com.
Morris-Butler House
Even though the air was [...]

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Marking Indy’s Monuments and Museums: President Benjamin Harrison Home

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Since the Indianapolis Colts season ended this past weekend, I find myself with way too much free time. In thinking about how I can be a productive member of society, while still forcing my opinions on all you lovely readers, I feel I have come up with a solution we can both benefit from.
The city [...]

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Indianapolis Colts Polian Pulls No Punches: Points Finger in Super Bowl Loss

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In the wake of the Indianapolis Colts disappointing 31-17 loss to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV last weekend, Colts team president Bill Polian let his feelings be known as to why the Boys in Blue could not bring home Lombardi Trophy number two.
Speaking to reporters from the Indianapolis Colts headquarters in downtown [...]

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Indianapolis Colts Come Oh So Close…

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Indianapolis sports fans all over the Circle City are still trying to fully recover from what almost was a perfect ending to a near perfect season. Downtown Indianapolis as a whole seems to be moving a bit slower, heads seem to be hanging just a tad lower and the impending snow storm that will touchdown [...]

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Indianapolis Colts Look to Close the Deal with Super Bowl Victory

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Indianapolis Colts fans all around the Circle City have a nervous confidence going into this weekend’s Super Bowl matchup against the New Orleans Saints. They have played out this game in their heads over and over again ever since Garrett Hartley hit the 40-yard field goal in overtime of the NFC Championship against the Minnesota Vikings. Even when cerebrally simulating the [...]

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Indianapolis Colts Fandom and Super Bowl Party Planning

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As you read this, the opening kickoff to Super Bowl XLIV is less than 72 hours away. While most of Indy’s residents know they will be in front of a TV and grossly over-eating, exactly where they’ll be watching the Indianapolis Colts might still be in question. If you’re unsure whether or not to throw [...]

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Indianapolis Colts Kyle De Van: From Substitute Teacher to Super Bowl Starter

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What were you doing this time one year ago? If you’re a big Indianapolis sports fan, then you were most likely still cursing the San Diego Chargers and their disposal of the Indianapolis Colts in the playoffs for a second straight year. Has your life changed all that much? New house, new car, new job [...]

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IMA Shows their Support for Super Bowl Bound Colts

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For years there have been hours and hours of precious time wasted reading about the side bets between clashing Super Bowl cities. Usually these non-creative bets are between local politicians who only follow local sports because an adviser suggests it would be a good publicity stunt; a chance to rub elbows with the blue-collar common [...]

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Indianapolis Colts Defense Might Play Dwightless

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Super Bowl week in Miami, Florida certainly kicked off with a bang last night, or perhaps it is more fitting to say it started with a pop. Right before the Pro Bowl started last night, news hit that Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney is questionable for the big game due to a torn ligament [...]

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Peyton Planning Payback: Colts Owe Jets

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This weekend’s AFC Conference Title Game between the New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts is about payback. It is about payback for past indiscretions that left the Colts franchise scratching their collective head. Since the Jets pulled the playoff upset of the year against San Diego last Sunday, both Indianapolis media and national outlets [...]

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Colts Beat Up Baltimore: Advance to Conference Championship

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Several dozen primates were seen running wild throughout downtown Indianapolis on Saturday night. And no, they did not escape from their enclosure over at the Indianapolis Zoo.  The newly freed monkeys had been residing on the backs of Colts players and front office executives for the last three years; but thanks to a 20-3 handling [...]

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Colts Countdown to Kickoff: This Weekend’s Playoff Preview

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Since a Week 12 victory over the Houston Texans, we knew the Indianapolis Colts were in the playoffs. Two weeks after that, Indy dispatched the Denver Broncos in a Week 14 match-up that guaranteed the Colts home field advantage throughout the postseason. Since then, Indianapolis sports fans have seen their Boys in Blue beat Jacksonville,–always [...]

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