Weekend Hot Reads....

The INDIANAPOLIS STAR's Stephen Holder writes in Colts co-Owner & Vice Chair Carlie Irsay-Gordon, the organization appears to "have someone whose makeup is tailor-made to lead." Those who know Irsay-Gordon, who will fill her father Jim Irsay's role with the team while he is in rehab, say that she "possesses a rare ability to be gracious and caring while not mincing words nor speaking ambiguously." Meanwhile, 30 years after the Colts relocated to Indy, the INDIANAPOLIS STAR and the Baltimore SUN offered contrasting retrospectives.

The BOSTON GLOBE's Baxter Holmes writes the question persists of how useful SportVU's data is to the NBA, and an answer "is hard to find, especially because teams are protective of their methods." What the data "can and can’t do is at the center of a debate about not just SportVU but analytics in general."

Elsewhere:

• Late Bills Owner Ralph Wilson Jr. "had some great friendships among the media."
• Turner Sports' Ernie Johnson "embraces 'wonderful life' with disabled adopted son."
• Baseball's return to Montreal proves to be an emotional experience for one writer.
• Soccer-specific stadium deals seen as a "mixed bag for cities around the country."
• Study: MMA fighters may incur a "higher incidence of brain trauma" than boxers.
• MLB Fan Cave's Chris Distefano featured in N.Y. TIMES' Sunday Routine.