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Pagano visits Colts again, two days before showdown with Patriots

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Colts coach Chuck Pagano surprised his team earlier this month.  He surprised them again on Friday. Via the Associated Press, Pagano showed up at practice, two days before the Colts face the Patriots in a battle of 6-3 teams. “It was a beautiful moment…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

David West and George Hill each scored 15 points to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Dallas Mavericks 103-83 on Friday night.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

During the November 4 Colts-Dolphins game, referee Tony Corrente yelled an obscenity at one of his fellow referees. Corrente is far from the first person to yell an obscenity at a co-worker, but Corrente made one big mistake: He forgot to turn his micro…

indystar.com

Defensive end Cory Redding was too absorbed in practice to notice, but when he did, he wondered. Who's that standing next to Indianapolis Colts general manager Ryan Grigson?

Spencer Lund, dimemag.com

It’s too early in the season to say for certain which teams will and won’t make the playoffs, but we can confidently say some teams are still a lock, or they’re going to at least be in the running as the season progresses. One team that’s almost c…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Jaguars defensive tackle Terrance Knighton was fined $25,000 for last week’s hit on Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. Knighton’s fine letter said he “made helmet-to-helmet contact with a defenseless player,” and it was the second time the hit cost hi…

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

It probably isn't a smart assertion to ask you to pay attention, quickly, to the Milwaukee Bucks' division-leading start. It's true that the team has made its hay with a series of wins against lottery types in the East, plus two impressive wins over the…

CNNSI.com

The Colts head into their Week 11 showdown against the Pats with a surprising 6-3 record. Peter King explains why the young Colts are ready for Tom Brady and Co. in his Game Plan.

Final Word: AFC South

Nov 16, 2012

ESPN.com

Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 11: Big rookie test: Andrew Luck will attempt to become the first rookie starting quarterback to win at New England since Kerry Collins for the Panthers in 1995. Since then, Peyton Manning, Byron Leftwich and Mark Sa…

Peter King, CNNSI.com

INDIANAPOLIS -- Well, if the Colts are nervous about the showdown of 6-3 AFC teams with the big, bad Patriots on national TV Sunday, they're hiding it well. In the middle of the locker room Thursday afternoon, guard Mike McGlynn and long-snapper Matt Ov…

Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com

Indianapolis will be able to score against New England, but will the Colts be able to stop Tom Brady?