106.7 WTLC Sports with Kim Wells

@kwellscomm @1067WTLC TLCNaptown.com Sports —  It’s basketball madness for local colleges and the pros on this St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Indiana University is turning the page in their men’s basketball program leaving coach Tom Crean in the last chapter. IU fired Crean on Thursday after nine seasons in Bloomington. They made this move on the same day that […]

@kwellscomm @1067WTLC TLCNaptown.com Sports —  It’s a big day for Boilermakers, Bulldogs & Fighting Irish! The NCAA Tournament ‘Round of 64’ tips off on this pre-St. Patty’s Day Thursday leaving lots of teams looking to exhibit skill while welcoming a bit of luck usually associated with the Irish. Three Indiana schools are getting in on today’s action. Purdue is […]

@kwellscomm @1067WTLC TLCNaptown.com Sports  —  Good Day to you… The Indianapolis Colts are moving on without veteran linebacker D’Qwell Jackson. The team released Jackson, who spent three seasons in Indy.  The move clears some salary cap space as Jackson was set to make $5.5 million in the final year of his current contract in 2017. The […]

@kwellscomm  TLCNaptown.com Sports — Happy Birthday shouts to former NFL player and coach Tony Dungy who celebrates his 61st birthday today. Dungy led the Indianapolis Colts to a victory in Super Bowl 42 over the Chicago Bears in South Florida, becoming the first African-American coach to win the Super Bowl. The busy retired coach is a […]

@kwellscomm  TLCNaptown.com Sports —   An Indiana Pacers great does not leave any questions unanswered about his position on the current protest against racial injustice and police brutality helmed by popular NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Click the media player below to hear the latest from retired NBA shooting guard Reggie Miller: The Indianapolis Colts ‘do battle’ […]

@kwellscomm TLCNaptown.com  News & Sports  On bended knee. Unanimously. This is how the Indiana Fever team started its WNBA playoff run at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The team, set to play the Phoenix Mercury at home took a knee Wednesday night during the National Anthem, supporting NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s movement. Joining them, according to the […]

@kwellscomm TLCNaptown.com Sports Take a listen to the latest with the Indiana Fever, the Colts and the NFL’s challenges while honoring 9/11 victims and protesting racial injustice at the hands of police at the same time. WTLC’s Kim Wells has all the scoop in the media player below. #(@1067WTLC)# : KimWellsMedia : 091216 Send your […]

@kwellscomm  TLCNaptown.com News & Sports  — Good day to you on this ‘Blue Friday’ ahead of the Colts Season Opener. Indy Metro Police are investigating a body found at White River Recycling and Transfer. A worker told police the man was found underneath a piece of cardboard on a conveyor belt. The cause of death hasn’t […]

@kwellscomm  TLCNaptown.com News & Sports  — So the next wave of ‘Attack Kaepernick’ is underway. Now the San Francisco 49ers superstar quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, is defending himself and his message again so it doesn’t get swept up and lost in the chatter. Kaepernick says he is not a Muslim and is attributing the rumor to […]

@kwellscomm TLCNaptown.com’s #Olympic Proportions The New Jersey native who became the first U.S. athlete to wear a hijab during the Olympics, won’t be moving forward in the women’s sabre tournament. Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad was eliminated in her second bout on Monday, losing to French fencer Cecilia Berder 15 to 12. She told reporters after her individual […]

@kwellscomm tlcnaptown.com Sports The WNBA has withdrawn fines given out to teams and players for wearing black warm-up shirts before games in a show of support for citizens and police involved in recent shootings across the country and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The teams fined included the Indiana Fever, New York Liberty, and Phoenix Mercury. (The […]

@kwellscomm TLCNaptown.com Sports Update… Lawrence North High School graduates Ashely Spencer and Felisha Johnson are heading to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Spencer will run the 400-meter hurdles for Team USA after finishing second at the Olympic Trials Sunday in Oregon. Johnson will compete in the shot put after clinching her spot at the Trials last […]