
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.
Why would a 12-season NBA veteran coach a high school team? Teague earned nearly $100 million, so it’s not about the money.
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.
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.
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.
The calls for Allen’s coaching scalp are growing louder as he heads toward a third consecutive losing season.
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.
It was indeed a glorious time. Simpler, too.
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.
History has shown, at least around these parts, that these conflicts tend to work out for all parties in the long run.
Howard Kellman’s broadcast journey, built on initiative, hustle and postage stamps, can go toe-to-toe with nearly anyone’s.
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
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.
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.
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.
Ultimately, they had enough talent and experience to go all the way. But just barely.
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.
There’s just something about the nets hanging from basketball rims that makes them too tempting to leave behind.
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.
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.
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.