Indy's emotional week: Mourning Colts owner Jim Irsay, celebrating Pacers owner Herb Simon, admiring Tyrese Haliburton in NBA Finals. Let's Mailbagg.

The weekly Mailbagg comes from Gregg Doyel's text message group with IndyStar subscribers. Doyel sees every text; readers see only what he shares: mainly first column links, and peeks behind curtain.

Other top reader topics: Pacers coach Rick Carlisle's defense of ESPN's Doris Burke, the correct grammar of dad-jokes – hyphenated or not? – and the Pacers' very own Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Here comes a peek behind the curtain, as I call these occasional notes – these glimpses into the way I do my job – I share with my text message group here for IndyStar readers

Colts owner Jim Irsay died a few weeks ago, as you know, and his funeral was

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