Word: irsay
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...hate the Cincinnati Bengals' helmets and the Minnesota Vikings' stadium and the Seattle Seahawks' Brian Bosworth. I abhor Bob Irsay, the man who moved the Colts to Indianapolis in the middle of the night. Nondescript, dull teams are out of the question. That means adios to Phoenix, Kansas City, and the Bays--Tampa and Green...
SKEPTICS, THOUGH, doubt that such "troubled" teams are justified in threatening these moves. The teams which squawk loudest about the need to move to greener (astroturf) pastures are usually the most ineptly run franchises in professional sports. Owner-weasel-extraordinare Robert Irsay stole his Colts away to Indianapolis even after the city of Baltimore met all his demands. But even the most-loved and best-supported franchises are threatened by the machinations of greedy owners. The Raiders sold out more than 80 consecutive home games in Oakland before Al Davis took them to Los Angeles...
CREEPIEST EXIT. Apparently convinced that major league teams make a major league city, Indianapolis has been in a positive fever to become some place else. This is certainly understandable, but associating with Robert Irsay--he of the midnight moving vans--seems a curious way to move up in class. One gain: Irsay does not own the Baltimore Colts any more--just the Indianapolis Colts...
Colts General Manager Jim Irsay said offensive line coach Hal Hunter, a Kush assistant for four years, will be the Colts' interim head coach as the team prepares for its NH season finale Sunday against the New England Patriots...
Perhaps the best thing to happen to Indianapolis recently was the defection of professional football's Baltimore Colts last March. Under cover of night, Colts Owner Robert Irsay had his team's equipment piled into a convoy of moving vans (Mayflower movers of Indianapolis) for shipment to the Midwest. Baltimore has filed motions in federal court to block the sale of tickets to Indianapolis Colts games, but this has hardly curtailed the excitement of the Hoosiers over their new National Football League team. Irsay has been hailed as a hero; WELCOME COLTS signs are all over town...