Mark Montieth: Returning to his roots
Why would a 12-season NBA veteran coach a high school team? Teague earned nearly $100 million, so it’s not about the money.
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Mark Montieth: A word to describe the late Bob Knight? Complex.
He’ll ultimately be remembered for his coaching acumen, of course. His teams featured what for his era was the ultimate brand of basketball. Controlled pace, crisp ball movement, careful shot selection and stout defense.
Mark Montieth: ‘A solid nucleus’
The Pacers haven’t suited up for a postseason game since 2020 when they lost in the first round to Miami in the COVID bubble in Orlando.
Mark Montieth: These Hoosier sports myths need to be put out to pasture
Sports myths are usually harmless enough, and they usually are more dramatic than the truth. But the truth should always win out in the end.
Mark Montieth: Faltering footsteps: Allen among well-meaning but eccentric coaches who fail to find long-term success
The calls for Allen’s coaching scalp are growing louder as he heads toward a third consecutive losing season.
Mark Montieth: Recruiting refs
According to a report in May from the National Federation of State High School Associations, based in Indianapolis, nearly 80% of high school referees and umpires quit within three years.
Mark Montieth: 1987 was some kind of Hoosier sports convergence
It was indeed a glorious time. Simpler, too.
Mark Montieth: Spirited storytellers
Two prominent and local ex-athletes are among the expanding roster of participants in the ever-growing industry of spirits, but they’re doing more than lending a name to a label or cutting a commercial.
Mark Montieth: Trade demands in Indianapolis have way of working themselves out
History has shown, at least around these parts, that these conflicts tend to work out for all parties in the long run.
Mark Montieth: He’s come full circle
Howard Kellman’s broadcast journey, built on initiative, hustle and postage stamps, can go toe-to-toe with nearly anyone’s.
Mark Montieth: Almost-fab five never reached potential
It’s widely believed to be their most promising collection of talent since the team that advanced to the conference finals in 2013 and 2014
Mark Montieth: Best of luck: Some NBA draft picks might never see a game
Reality of one kind or another will set in as time goes on, but for now, let everyone enjoy their hat-donning photo ops and family celebrations and press conferences.
Mark Montieth: Lucky No. 7? Pacers’ options are endless for next week’s draft
The only certainty is that Thursday promises to be an eventful evening for the Pacers, potentially one of the most significant in franchise history because of the menu of opportunities that awaits them.
Mark Montieth: Kanaan family all in on public-school commitment
Kanaan and his wife, Lauren, consider themselves nothing special amid the parents whose kids attend the same elementary school as Deco, a second-grader, and Max, who is in kindergarten.
Mark Montieth: The 1973 ABA champion Pacers were drama kings to the end
Ultimately, they had enough talent and experience to go all the way. But just barely.
Mark Montieth: ‘The greatest guy who ever walked in shoe leather’
The Indianapolis News writer was so respected that his passing in October 1962 was treated as a major story in the local newspapers, even one he didn’t work for.
Mark Montieth: ‘An old Indiana custom’
There’s just something about the nets hanging from basketball rims that makes them too tempting to leave behind.
Mark Montieth: Knight’s first Final Four team at IU set the stage for future success
Fifty years ago, Indiana University reached the Final Four of the NCAA Basketball Tournament with the first and unlikeliest of Bob Knight’s five Final Four teams.
Mark Montieth: Sport is no fad
There’s no better proof of pickleball’s ivy-like encroachment into the sporting landscape than what’s happening at every Life Time Fitness location across the country.
Mark Montieth: Mount’s 61-point performance part of Purdue basketball lore
It remains the single-game scoring record for a Big Ten player and stands as one of college basketball’s all-time-greatest shooting performances when the game’s meaning and opponent’s quality are considered.