Through his love for football, classic rock and, most of all, Indianapolis, Irsay left an indelible impression and turned the Hoosier State into a football hotbed.

As I look back at Jim Irsay's life and my brief time in it, I'm still glued to that seat in his back-corner West 56th Street office looking at a guitar once owned by Kurt Cobain and realizing that it,

Much can and will be said about the late Jim Irsay, who died on Wednesday at 65. As it relates to one of the most important things any NFL owner can do, he let his football people do their jobs. During a Thursday visit to PFT Live,

Jim Irsay took over as owner of the Indianapolis Colts in 1997 and he was in charge of the team for nearly 30 years before passing away on Wednesday at the age of 65.

Longtime Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has died at 65, the team announced in a statement Wednesday. "We are devastated to announce our beloved Owner & CEO, Jim Irsay, passed away peacefully in his sleep this afternoon," Pete Ward, the team's chief operating officer, announced.