内容摘要：Fishermen weave a net to fish in Manaure, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Fishermen weave a net to fish in Manaure, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Miles, the CEO and president of IndyCar and Penske Entertainment, has had a front-row seat to Indy’s evolution — and Irsay’s influence — for decades.The Indy native has seen the city thrive under the glare of two NBA All-Star Games, the CFP national championship game, and dozens of other national and international championships.

But this is the kind of weekend only Irsay may have envisioned when he first came to town in March 1984.and the Indiana Fever will host defending league champ New York in front of a sold out crowd Saturday afternoon. On Sunday morning, an estimated 350,000 fans — including— will fill Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the world’s largest single-day sporting event, the Indianapolis 500. Then on Sunday night, the NBA’s Indiana Pacers will face the New York Knicks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

And it wasn’t just Miles who saw it.“He was more than the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, he was a transformative figure in our city and state, a passionate advocate for the community, and someone whose generosity, vision and spirit touched countless lives,” Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon said in a statement. “Jim helped shape our city into the sports capital it is today, and his legacy, both on and off the field, will continue to inspire us and generations to come.”

Miles saw the passion almost from the moment he and his wife welcomed the Irsay family to Indianapolis following the Colts’ infamous midnight move from Baltimore.

From that moment, Miles sensed a commitment from Irsay to his new hometown — acknowledging Irsay never even threatened to move the Colts as they pressed for a new stadium during the early 2000s.Probably not. Legal challenges like the ones against other executive orders

are likely and on Wednesday,for not complying with the government’s push to ban

in girls and women’s sports.The biggest takeaway is that the Trump administration has empowered the federal government to take aggressive steps to go after entities — be they a school or an athletic association and now a state — that do not comply. Federal funding, and potentially grants to educational programs, could be pulled.