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Welcome to The Score, your place for hard-hitting sports business news, fast-breaking updates and fuel-injected debate. Buckle up. I'm your host, Anthony Schoettle, IBJ sports reporter.
Indiana Pacers Blog Posts
Pacers fans thump Knicks boosters in TV ratings
May 8, 2013
Comments(6)Pacers postseason TV ratings are up across the board over last year. The draw of the Pacers-Knicks playoff series was strong
enough Sunday to steer a strong NASCAR fan base away from the race over to NBA Playoffs.
MoreThere's good reason for Pacers fans to love Knicks
May 6, 2013
Comments(5)Every hero needs a villain. And the Knicks have always been the perfect villain to galvanize the Pacers' fan base. The
big-city Knicks are the bad guys again this year at a crucial time for the Pacers in Indianapolis.
MoreNBA owners must convince fans jersey ads not cash grab
February 7, 2013
Comments(9)NBA owners like Pacers' Herb Simon must explain that fans are getting something out of the deal to bring jersey ads into
the league. Otherwise, the reaction could give the league and its teams a black eye.
MoreIndians should holler loudest about ticket tax increase
January 29, 2013
Comments(5)Is Indianapolis' minor league baseball team getting a raw deal from the city? A look at their lease deal compared to the
Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts might make you think so.
MoreEarly home attendance troubling sign for Pacers
November 15, 2012
Comments(6)With star forward Danny Granger injured and the Indianapolis Colts and IU men's basketball team gaining lots of attention
from local sports fans and media, the Indiana Pacers may be in danger of losing some of the momentum they gained during last
year's playoff run.
MorePacers snag highest TV ratings since 2007
November 8, 2012
Comments(3)Still juiced from last season's playoff run, Pacers fans packed Bankers Life Fieldhouse for the team's home opener
and are watching games on TV in bigger numbers than they have in years.
MoreLoss of Hibbert would be tough for Pacers fans to stomach
July 2, 2012
Comments(5)Pacers' new basketball operations boss Donnie Walsh faces his first difficult decision concerning restricted free agent
Roy Hibbert.
MoreDespite tepid fan response to draft, Pacers hope to sell 'team'
June 29, 2012
Comment(1)Less than five minutes into his new job as Pacers basketball operations boss, Donnie Walsh was already trying to sell fans
on paying to see five guys play as one. Next season we'll see if that sales pitch works in the star-driven NBA.
MoreBird, Simon responses raise questions about Pacers ownership
June 28, 2012
Comments(6)On Wednesday, Larry Bird told a group of reporters that he isn't interested in owning the Pacers. But team owner Herb
Simon said he'd keep "an open mind" about the possibility.
MoreIs Bird's last act a betrayal of Herb Simon?
June 26, 2012
Comments(7)If it's true that Larry Bird is leaving the Indiana Pacers, it's easier to figure out why he might be exiting than
the way he's slamming the door on his bosses.
MoreABC's Jeff Van Gundy gives MSA nod of appreciation
June 13, 2012
Comments(5)Former New York Knicks coach tells national TV audience there were no louder NBA venues than the old Chicago Stadium and Market
Square Arena in Indianapolis.
MorePacers reach critical time to showcase character
May 23, 2012
Comments(7)It would be easy for the Indiana Pacers to seek revenge during Thursday's game for assaults leveled in this playoff series
by the Miami Heat. But it's a crucial time to for the team to show this market how much class they have, whether in victory
or defeat.
MorePacers becoming locals' dream, NBA's nightmare
May 17, 2012
Comments(4)In terms of TV viewership and media coverage, there could be nothing worse for the NBA and its big-city sponsors than a Pacers-Spurs
final. Naturally that makes Hoosiers smile all the more.
MoreNBA's Stern offers contradictory message on flopping, Pacers coach
May 14, 2012
Comments(12)It seems odd that while NBA Commissioner David Stern said Sunday that flopping in the league is a problem, Pacers Coach Frank
Vogel is writing a check to the NBA for essentially saying the same thing.
MoreAuction firm says Miller, Manning items could spike
April 23, 2012
Comments(0)New York-based Clean Sweep Auctions says Peyton Manning's Broncos memorabilia will never touch the value of his Colts
items. Value of Reggie Miller items likely to rise after Hall of Fame induction.
MoreSlap from national media could galvanize Pacers faithful
April 20, 2012
Comments(5)Here in Indiana, it's us against them. Just like 1994. And Larry Bird kind of likes it that way. He's not alone.
MoreIf Bird retires, is it Miller time?
April 9, 2012
Comments(5)While some have argued that Reggie Miller doesn't have the resume to take over as Pacers' basketball operations boss,
others think he would be the connection that draws fans back to the Fieldhouse in droves.
MoreMiller's Hall of Fame induction about more than 8.9 seconds
April 3, 2012
Comments(12)Backing from the East Coast media is what put Reggie Miller into the Hall of Fame. But that's not why he deserves to be
enshrined in Springfield.
MoreAre Indy's sports fans fickle, frugal or something else?
March 27, 2012
Comments(25)Colts season ticket renewal rates are at a 10-year low. Pacers attendance is among the worst in the NBA. Is Indianapolis really
the sports town it professes to be?
MoreIU hoops, Colts fight for spot as state's top sports brand
March 22, 2012
Comments(13)The value of sports brands fluctuates as violently as stock prices during economic upheaval. In Indiana, the IU and Butler
basketball brands have risen while the Colts' has taken a hit and the Pacers fight for their place in the sun.
MorePacers' two Georges launch fan zone, TV show
March 21, 2012
Comments(0)Pacers' Paul George and George Hill have partnered with Gatorade to launch the G2 Zone inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
The duo also will have a TV show on the team's web site.
MoreRoller derby bout crashes Bankers Life Fieldhouse
March 13, 2012
Comments(2)With a growing following, locally based Naptown Roller Girls brings its rough and tumble sport out of the Fairgrounds to the
center stage in downtown Indianapolis.
MoreOdd chapter of Conseco Fieldhouse coming to a close
December 20, 2011
Comments(5)More than a year after changing its name from Conseco to CNO Financial, the Carmel-based company finally decides to make its
naming-rights investment in Pacers' venue pay-off. The only question is, what took so long?
MoreIndiana poised to become a basketball state once again
December 16, 2011
Comments(7)With the Pacers and IU re-emerging as contenders and the Colts floundering, Indiana sports fans are primed to re-embrace their
Hoosier hysteria roots. But what happens when Peyton Manning returns or Andrew Luck is drafted is anybody's guess.
MoreNBA owners need right to put franchise tag on players
December 9, 2011
Comments(3)If teams like the Indiana Pacers have no chance to hang on to star players, there will never be competitive balance in the
NBA. And fans will tire of the current level of player-dictated nonsense in the league.
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You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.
For those who let this information strike a nerve, remember that this is still the America that allows the freedom to achieve dreams and goals. Should you really chastise those who are given a perk on a deal that is supported by the consumer (that is until they don't like the deal anymore due to envy) or should the dream of rewards for working be looked at a little closer? I say lets stick to the deal, go to work,earn our keep, shoot for dreams, change our jobs to have that dream or shut up about others achievements ..............while we are still afforded this liberty of America !
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Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.