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Heading into the 2025 NFL season, it'll be nothing short of a critical year for Daniel Jones and the future of his career, now joining the Indianapolis Colts for his first season.

Jones has certainly had his turbulence within the first stint of his NFL career with the New York Giants, but now, stage could be set for the former sixth-overall pick to be on the verge of a resurgence of sorts with the Colts–– notably due to his stronger supporting cast in Indianapolis, and perhaps more importantly, his fit with head coach Shane Steichen.

In fact, Steichen leading the charge as Jones' playcaller in Indianapolis could even be the biggest reason for optimism surrounding his new fit with the Colts. In the eyes of one anonymous AFC scout interviewed by The Athletic's Mike Sando, it could they could even be a "perfect match" with one another.

"This is a perfect match,” an offensive coach said of Jones and Steichen. “They do not have to change game plans for him because that guy (Jones) can do some of what (Anthony) Richardson can do running around. That is how Jones had his best year in New York anyway.”

Jones' time in New York wasn't all bad. Through the ups and downs, the Giants did end up going to the postseason in 2022 at his lead under center, and even landed a playoff victory over the Minnesota Vikings. However, fast forward only two seasons, the next year would unravel quickly into chaos and end in six games due to injury, and 2024 led to his eventual mid-season release from New York.

It was a mixture of errors and mismanagement in New York that eventually led Jones' tenure with the Giants turning sour, and in the eyes of The Athletic beat reporter Dan Duggan, their coaching staff may have even "broken" their former first-round quarterback, leading to his time with the team ending as poorly as it did.

“I honestly think Jason Garrett (the Giants offensive coordinator from 2020-21) and Joe Judge (the Giants coach from 2020-21) might’ve broken him," Duggan wrote. "They came in during his second year, and he got so concerned about turning the ball over that he became ultra-conservative, and he never really broke out of that, not even when (current Giants coach Brian) Daboll got here.”

However, now in 2025, there's a lot more to bank on with Jones and his potential upside under center as he'll have a breath of fresh air in this Colts offense.

Jones has a wildly different supporting cast on the field with virtual upgrades at every position, a brand new coaching staff to lead him, and in the eyes of some, could have the best man for the job calling his plays with Steichen.

Perhaps, that could be the perfect storm to help the former Giants quarterback get back into the postseason mix since his debut in 2022, and get this franchise back into the AFC playoffs for the first time since 2021.

Swim IN Safety Day will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 15 at Frederick Douglass Park, Riverside Park, Garfield Park and Ellenberger Park.

"As many of these barriers that we can remove to make the pools unintimidating as possible and as accessible is really the goal," Sam Reel with Indiana Sports Corp said.

The goal of the event is to provide resources to those attending so they can prevent drowning, as well as to promote safe swimming.

"The water is a lot of fun but there are a lot of dangers that come with it and unfortunately one of the leading causes of death is drowning," Reel said.

Sunday's free day is the start to a year's long initiative until the U.S. Swim Trials come back to Indy. Sports Corp hopes this shows families swim safety is important at all levels.

"The sport of swimming is really the only one that can save your life, being in a pool is a great time but we want to make sure everyone is able to do it safely and do it the right way," Reel said.

If you would like to partake in Swim IN Safety Day, all you have to do is preregister on Indiana Sports Corp's website and take their Swim IN Safety pledge.

Swim IN Safety Day is presented by Eli Lilly and Company and in partnership with Indiana Sports Corp, The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis and Indy Parks.

Caitlin Clark is doubly disappointed about how the NBA Finals are going right now. One, the Indiana Pacers lost Game 4. Two, Clark can’t be there for Game 6.

INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark is doubly disappointed about how the NBA Finals are going right now.

Two, Clark can’t be there for Game 6.

Clark and the Indiana Fever have a good reason for why they won’t be at the Pacers’ last home game of the season on Thursday, when Indiana — which will be either up 3-2 or down 3-2 to the Oklahoma City Thunder by then, depending how Game 5 on Monday goes — plays host to Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

The Fever will be at Golden State that night, playing the expansion Valkyries.

“I was hoping they'd win it in five,” Clark said.

That can't happen now. But somehow, some way, the Fever will be paying some sort of attention to what’s going on at home Thursday night. The Pacers and Fever aren’t just neighbors. They’re basically basketball family. They have the same ownership, play their games in the same building, cross paths with the other all the time.

And they rave about one another, with players from one team almost always cheering on the other.

“I think young kids, if you watch basketball, you turn on and watch the Pacers,” Clark said. “It’s unselfish. They play for each other. They play fast. They play up-tempo. They do things the right way. Whether you’re a starter or whether you’re coming off the bench, you’re giving everything you can to your team. It’s really fun to watch.”

Much has been made of how this is a special time for basketball in basketball-mad Indianapolis, and the Pacers and Fever are both reveling in it.

The Pacers played host to the 2024 NBA All-Star Game and went to the Eastern Conference finals last season. The Fever flipped how many people think about the WNBA last season in Clark’s rookie year, with swarms flocking to their games — home and away — to see the former Iowa star play. There’s the NBA Finals going on now. The WNBA All-Star Game is coming to Indy this summer, and it’s not hard to envision Clark and the Fever making a deep playoff run of their own this year.

“She’s an incredible player, someone that I have a ton of respect for, also a good person,” Pacers guard T.J. McConnell said. “I’ve been following her career, especially when she got drafted by the Fever. We all are happy to have her in Indy. It’s been fun to watch.”

Clark and Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton are close friends, and that’s just one of the many real and deep ties between the franchises. It’s not a big deal to see Pacers players at Fever games; it always happens. It’s not a big deal to see Fever players at Pacers games; they’re always there, too.

“It’s been amazing watching the Pacers,” Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said. “They’re so much fun to watch. I think we resemble their team quite a bit in the way we move the ball and the way we’re trying to play.”

Fever coach Stephanie White played her high school and college basketball in the state of Indiana, then spent the bulk of her WNBA playing career with the Fever. Nobody needs to explain to her what the game means in the state.

“I was here the last time the Pacers were in the finals, back in 2000,” White said. “I remember being in the building and just feeling all that energy. It’s exciting. There’s no better place, the epicenter of basketball in Indiana and Indianapolis.”

She sees some parallels between how the Pacers built a contender and how the Fever are trying to become one again.

“The way that they’ve built and rebuilt with the roster, the patience that they’ve shown in the roster and in roster movement, the adversity that they faced early in the year,” White said. “They were this fast, exciting offensive team a year ago to being a solid defensive team that has won regular-season games and playoff games for them when the offense wasn’t really flowing.”

Soon, the Fever will be the only game in town again. The NBA season is nearly over. There are either two or three games left. And then, the Pacers will take their seats in the crowd to watch the Fever for the next few weeks.

Clark made it clear: The teams really do get a benefit from being around the other.

“More than anything they’re just really good people,” Clark said. “They’re good guys. So, I’ve been really fortunate to be here during this time.”

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Tuesday was a warm, humid day with highs in the 80s in spite of the combination of clouds and haze. The haze is due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. Canadian wildfire season runs from May through October and the season is off to an active start with 1,727 wildfires so far. 203 fires are active as of this writing and 104 of them are considered to be out of control. 2.2 million acres across Canada have been burned so far, roughly the size of the state of Delaware, and more than 25,000 people have been evacuated.

Some relief from the haze is likely as a cold front approaches the state. Scattered showers and storms are likely this evening ahead of the front. The frontal boundary will stall across the Ohio Valley and give us a daily chance for rain through Saturday and up to an inch and a half rain is likely. Severe storms are not expected but heavy downpours will be likely from some of the stronger storms. We ended meteorological Spring (March, April and May) above average on rainfall by 2.59″ and on the average, June is our wettest month of the year with 4.95″ of rain. Now that we are into June, the solar angle is stronger. That, combined with longer daylight hours, makes this the time of the year when we lose nearly a quarter-inch of moisture per day due to increase evaporation. So the rain is needed.

Highs will be in the 80s Thursday and in the 70s Friday. Along with the rain and warm temperatures, humidity will be high as well. The cold front will move across the state Saturday morning and bring an end to the rain. Behind the cold front we’ll have sunny skies, lower humidity and temperatures in the 70s this weekend.

The Pollen Count and Air Quality were in the moderate range Wednesday.

Wildfire smoke has brought haze to the Ohio Valley and we need some rain.

Scattered showers and storms will continue through Friday.

Rain will clean the air, cool temperatures down and lower the humidity by this weekend.

The 6 to 10 day outlook is calling for a warm, dry weather pattern.