does anyone have experience with the canon 50mm 1.4 indoor sports

The 50mm f/1.8 is not cheap. It is a bargain for the price. Cheap implies junk and not good. It is great and tack sharp. Nothing beats it for the price. It is sharper than the 20X the price 24-70 f/2.8

The biggest issue is that the 50d really failed at having great noise control. It was light years behind Nikon and I hope the 60d is much better for Canon's sake. ISO 800 should be usable and I think that you need to define what is usable for you. Pixel Peeping Peter who looks at all his photos at 200X zoom will not even be happy with ISO 400 on a D3S!!
 
gsgary, Here is some RAW data. I dont think its really underexposed according to the histograms.
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rules that one out as well....this was with my 70-200 2.8L
 
Although the histograms aren't terrible, you still have room to stack it to the right which may gain you a little less noise.
 
Chances are that one of the individual color channels is at least 1 stop under-exposed. Artificial light does not have a full spectrum. I think you're expecting quite a lot from a 1.6x sensor with over 15 MP on it.
 

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