SOUTH BEND – Three more Notre Dame players and a local highlighted day three of the NFL Draft.

FORT WAYNE — For a third consecutive season, the Indianapolis Colts will visit Parkview Field for a TinCaps game, as part of the team’s traveling marketing campaign, ”Colts At Bat,” featuring players and cheerleaders.

Nick mocks the draft in a special edition of Nick’s Picks.

INDIANAPOLIS — Robert Mathis announced his retirement this past weekend and earned himself one more accolade before leaving the Colts for good.

Weekly prep, college and pro picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

Weekly prep, college and pro sports picks from IFN writer Nick Goralczyk.

Weekly prep, college and pro picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

INDIANAPOLIS — Just off Interstate 70 on the east side, the organic farm at Indy Urban Acres made South Carolina’s Kelcy Quarles feel right at home.

Weekly prep, college and pro picks from IFN writer Nick Goralczyk.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts secured Andrew Luck’s contract for the next few seasons on Wednesday afternoon.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts will induct Pro Football Hall of Famer and former President/Vice Chairman Bill Polian into the team’s Ring of Honor during halftime of the Colts Week 17 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, January 1, 2017.

[weaver_youtube mS5DoFoSRao rel=0]   WINONA LAKE — It was a morning of inspiration, humor, music and even a little bit of imitation at the Kosciusko Community YMCA Community Good Friday Breakfast, which will become an annual event. Over 275 people gathered at Christ’s Covenant Church this morning, March 25, for fellowship and to hear Hunter …read more.

ELKHART — Thousands of visitors tour Elkhart County’s Quilt Gardens and Amish Acres Historic Farm and Heritage Resort in Nappanee every year. The visitors come from all over the U.S. and, of course, Indiana. You can count Blue as one of the visitors, at least in a new illustrated children’s book starring the Indianapolis Colts’ …read more.

LITTLETON, COLO. — When the Patriots won the Super Bowl in 2005, Marcie and Brian Weibler of Littleton named their first born son Brady, after one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — The Salvation Army “Friday Night Challenge” will kick-off this Friday, Dec. 4, at Wal-Mart Supercenter, Warsaw, with Star Wars theme — Rebels vs. The Empire ringing bells at both doors.

The Indianapolis Colts will play a divisional game over seas next season.

Weekly picks of local prep, college and pro football games from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

INDIANAPOLIS – Another former Cardinal makes the cut for an NFL roster.

Weekly picks of local prep football games, college and NFL matchups from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.

NEW YORK — After nearly nine months, the NFL scandal that would not go away is finally over. Tom Brady has been cleared of the charges set against him about “Deflategate,” and his four-game suspension has been overturned.

Jeff Saturday will become the 12th member to be inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor during halftime of their September 21st contest against the New York Jets.

FORT WAYNE – Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri and long snapper Matt Overton will be at Parkview Field on Thursday, June 11, when the TinCaps host the Kane County Cougars at 7:05 p.m. As part of “Colts at Bat,” Vinatieri and Overton will kick the game off with the ceremonial first pitch. The kicker, long …read more.

CHICAGO – The 2015 NFL Draft began Thursday night in the Windy City. The first round began as Florida State’s Jameis Winston was selected first overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Winston won the Heisman Trophy in 2014. The 2015 Heisman recipient, Oregon’s Marcus Mariota, was selected second overall by the Tennessee Titans. Football fans …read more.

FORT WAYNE – For the 12th consecutive year, the Indianapolis Colts will have a traveling marketing campaign this summer featuring players and cheerleaders, and for the first time in 2015, it will include a visit to a TinCaps game. Colts players and cheerleaders will be signing autographs at Parkview Field on Thursday, June 11, when …read more.

It’s been nearly a month since I’ve written a picks article. So, the important questions need to be asked up front. How have you survived, Kosciusko!? I was not there for you during the first two rounds of the NFL playoffs. I was not there when you needed me most for the Golden Globes picks, …read more.

The good news is that I hit on every pick last week, a perfect 7-0. The bad news is that many of my picks went against local teams. So, it was a relatively bad week for the local athletes. The best news, however, is that I was successful in beating Ink Free’s very own Mike …read more.

Another week of being ink free has come and gone. It has been a difficult journey for everyone here to keep up this ink free lifestyle. We had to fight back the pro-ink propagandists outside of our office this week. Eventually the unruly group of six disbanded and went to lunch, but it was an …read more.

Ink? We don’t need no stinking ink! Okay, so technically all of my picks articles have been “ink free” but this one is extra ink free since it’s the first picking action to be on our new site. It’s also not called the Ink Free News edition because, well, none of what I’m doing here …read more.

Not too long ago I proclaimed the third week of high school football to be the best week that we would see all year, and I was very very wrong. Very wrong. I proclaimed very little going into last week and it turned out to be, perhaps, the best week we will see all season. …read more.

Still not a Rutgers fan… Last week I was very mediocre. In fact, I’m beginning to think that this whole “picking games” idea is a real shot in the dark. Last week my picks were blown up by the likes of Bowling Green, Indiana State and both the Bears and Colts let me down in …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Due to inclement weather in Friday’s forecast, and to ensure the safety of their fans, the Indianapolis Colts have announced that their second annual Kickoff Concert, featuring Blues Traveler, has been moved to Lucas Oil Stadium. The event, originally scheduled to take place on Georgia Street, is scheduled for 6-10 p.m. this Friday, …read more.

This week I am skipping the usual routine of picking local games and will instead be giving you a spot-on mock draft for this weekend’s 79th annual National Football League Player Selection Meeting. (That’s the technical name for the NFL Draft. See, you learned something today.) Let me just say a few things before I …read more.

Who loves picking sporting events?Nick loves picking sporting events!Is it true?Mmmhmm, I do, I do, I doo-ooo!(That was for all you Keenan and Kel fans) I absolutely love sports, I really do. I was lucky enough to be in attendance at Lucas Oil Stadium last Saturday night as Andrew Luck led the Indianapolis to a …read more.

We (me) are back (not front)! Okay, now that I have cleared that up, Happy New Year to everyone! I hope a happy holiday season was had by all and hopefully the good spirits continue well into 2014. It has been a while since I last used my picking ability (sometimes referred to as my …read more.

This week is going to be a little different, I have an itch to rant. In 2014 the Big Ten Conference will be adding Rutgers University (and the University of Maryland, but nobody cares about that right now) and I have a problem with this addition. In the past year Rutgers has been hit with …read more.

Happy Halloween! I am back with another amazing set of picks for your reading delight. A lot of trick ‘r’ treating was canceled tonight so I pushed off the article a little more for two reasons. The first reason is because I was at the office all day and quite frankly I believe the place …read more.

Well, does it? Can a weekend of sports possibly have more stuffed into it? Three local prep teams are playing for conference titles, two League Championship Series will come to a close in the MLB Playoffs. Boys and girls cross country and soccer teams will be competing for regional titles. USC and Notre Dame renew …read more.

Last week I was grandstanding. This week I am grabbing the soap box. Maybe next week I will start “Tebowing” just for kicks. I have noticed that we, as fans, too often get caught up in the passion we have for our teams. In the past few weeks I have covered several prep contests where …read more.

 Ahoy, mateys! Today is the day we have pined for all year, International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Yes, it is an official holiday and, yes, you should participate in the festivities. While I would like to write my entire article in pirate lingo, I do not want to annoy you readers. When I annoy …read more.

As Indianapolis heads into its 12th season in the AFC South and aims to make the playoffs for the 13th time in the last 15 years, it will open the 2013 regular season by hosting Oakland on Sunday, Sept. 8. This marks the 16th time the Colts have opened a season at home, the first since …read more.

Colts fans have one week left to register for the 13th annual Bleed Blue Blood Drive and Health Fair, which will take place Saturday, Dec. 8, at Lucas Oil Stadium. As the largest single-day blood drive in Indiana, this year’s event holds special meaning for the Colts community and Indiana Blood Center given Head Coach Chuck …read more.

Coach Jeff Shriver wants to keep the fun in football for players in his Tippecanoe Valley High School program. He also wants to make sure his players make the most of their opportunities. Success was achieved on both fronts Saturday for about a dozen Vikings who  took part in a truly unique experience in Indianapolis. …read more.