Gregg Doyel
Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, IN, United States
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Recent articles by Gregg:
Doyel: Bring us your college basketball bubble – Indianapolis is open for business
The college hoops season is scheduled to end in Indianapolis with the Final Four, but may need some help to get there. Enter the downtown Indy bubble. → Read More
Doyel: Frank Reich kneels during anthem because it's not Black communities problem to fix
Colts found a unique way to protest social injustice before the Jags game: Players stood and linked arms for the anthem while coach Frank Reich knelt. → Read More
Doyel: COVID has dropped a curtain on college football all over Midwest, but at Notre Dame, the show went on
“One of the great comebacks in Notre Dame history" made this game possible, and from there, the Irish beat Duke 27-13 to open the 2020 season. → Read More
Doyel: NFL players will keep kneeling until we listen, so maybe it's time to listen
Four years after Colin Kaepernick knelt for the national anthem the racial divide in America feels worse than ever. How do we get where we need to go? → Read More
Doyel: 'Greatest game ever pitched' starred Sandy Koufax ... and my high school coach
Meet the losing pitcher in "the greatest game ever pitched," Sandy Koufax's 1965 perfect game against Bob Hendley, who threw a one-hitter and lost. → Read More
Doyel: NBA boycott of Kenosha shooting is another shocking move that can save lives
After forcing us to take the coronavirus seriously, the NBA is leading again by boycotting games to protest police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. → Read More
Opinion: Big Ten swings and misses on a brand-damaging Monday, looking dumb and weak
Scorned by its own coaches and trolled by President Trump, the Big Ten backed down after reportedly voting to cancel the 2020 college football season. → Read More
Doyel: Let's hope for the best, because the 2020 Indianapolis 500 is happening with fans
Attending 2020 Indianapolis 500 at 25% capacity at IMS comes down to a personal choice to make that risk, and a community commitment to minimize it. → Read More
Doyel: After chaos in the Brickyard 400 pits, a wife waits for a phone call in North Carolina
An ugly Brickyard 400 crash on pit road sent a Ryan Blaney crew member to the hospital and had his nervous wife answering the phone in North Carolina. → Read More
Doyel: Remember racist traitors, don't honor them with Garfield Park monument
The monument at Garfield Park honored our ancestors who turned on America in the Civil War, maybe even Gregg Doyel's ancestor. Good riddance, he says. → Read More
Doyel: Help this country heal, or get out of the way
We are not saying enough about racism – but when we do say something, we say something stupid. We are white people, and we are not helping. → Read More
Indianapolis in troubled times: 'Why are you crying?'
How do I explain Friday night in Indianapolis -- the looting that started, the frustration over George Floyd's death that fueled it -- to a little girl? → Read More
Doyel: Missing our Memorial Day tradition of the beautiful Indianapolis 500
The coronavirus has taken the 104th Indianapolis 500 from its normal May slot, but it cannot take our memories of this Memorial Day staple in Indiana. → Read More
Doyel: Rooney Rule proposal to improve NFL diversity hiring can't be serious
NFL's proposed rule giving draft-day incentives to teams hiring — and then not firing — minority coaches, GMs is a bad idea for a legitimate problem. → Read More
'Doyel & Derek' podcast: Can Pacers finish season, or Colts start one?
Indiana Pacers face a key juncture and Indianapolis Colts know their 2020 schedule. Gregg Doyel and Derek Schultz offer opinions about both. → Read More
again -- while Louisville sweats in broken NCAA justice system
It’s the age-old problem with NCAA enforcement: The innocent keep getting punished. The guilty keep getting away with it. Fixing it would be so easy. → Read More
Opinion: NCAA's new independent infractions structure is complicated and terrifying
A new, independent infractions structure for the NCAA to police schools sounds great, doesn't it? Check the fine print. It's terrifying. → Read More
Doyel: NCAA softens name, image and likeness stance, and chaos will follow
New NCAA name, image and likeness stance is real-life chaos theory, and the Tyrannosaurus Rex in our rear-view mirror is much closer than it appears. → Read More
Doyel and Derek podcast: Colts draft, ESPN-on-Eason crime, NBA coming back — sort of
Gregg got a boxing heavy bag for his birthday, and he’s ready to beat up Derek — hey, that’s what he said! — on the latest Doyel and Derek Podcast. → Read More
Doyel on #SeniorClass: Surgery can wait for Tri-West softball star pitching through pain
Tri-West's Hannah Forrest became one of the area's best softball pitchers despite a severe case of scoliosis that has her on the verge of surgery. → Read More