OWNING UP IN INDY: JIM IRSAY MAKING HIS OWN LEGACY

          Colts Owner JIM IRSAY was profiled by Sean Horgan of
     the INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, who wrote that Irsay did not
     have it "simple" being the son of ROBERT IRSAY, who was at
     times "overbearing" and "cruel," but it could "explain" how
     his "passions can run from the genteel -- music, poetry and
     spirituality" -- to NFL football."  Former Colts coach RON
     MEYER: "Bob had to die for Jim to come of age.  That's a
     hell of a thing to say, but living under that yoke was
     impossible."  When his father died, Jim had to sort out the
     "mess" of "underachieving," non-football businesses that he
     inherited, and sell more than a dozen commercial properties
     in Houston, Chicago and Indianapolis.  Today he says he "is
     looking to expand the Irsay empire into areas that
     complement the NFL franchise" such as another sports
     franchise or media properties, though the Colts are his
     "primary focus" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR-NEWS, 11/29).