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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Q&A: What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidance
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Carmel distiller turns hand sanitizer pivot into a community fundraising platform
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Lebanon considering creating $13.7M in trails, green space for business park
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
Earn $35,000 a year: become a top NBA 2K League player
In an effort to attract fans of esports to the game of basketball, the Indiana Pacers are one of 17 NBA teams fielding a gaming team in the league’s inaugural season.
Pacers tickets skyrocket on secondary market for Friday’s Cavs game
Fans believe the Blue and Gold can upset the Cavaliers in their first-round series and are willing to pay elevated prices to see it, according to a local broker.
Afternoons heating up in local sports-talk radio battle
WFNI’s JMV show had dominated the sports-talk radio airwaves during the afternoon drive time but was surpassed in February by WNDE’s Jake Query and Derek Schultz.
Pacers draw fewer fans than last season, despite on-court success
Attendance rebounded, though, with 13 capacity crowds at Bankers Life Fieldhouse after a slow start caused by low expectations following the trade of All-Star Paul George.
Mayor Hogsett teams with Pacers Oladipo to promote cleaner city
The public service announcement plays off of the iconic “Hudnut Hook,” a PSA in the late 1970s that featured former Mayor Bill Hudnut “putting litter in its place.”
Pacers on-court success translates to higher television ratings
More fans are tuning in this season to watch the Pacers play as the team heads toward the playoffs guaranteed no worse than a fifth seed in the Eastern Conference.
WISH, WNDY to broadcast 20 Indy Eleven games this season
The pro soccer team hosts its first home game, against FC Cincinnati, Saturday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium. WNDY-TV Channel 23 will televise the match.
Indy Eleven expecting record attendance for home opener
The team should easily beat its previous high of 11,000, when it plays its home opener on Saturday in spacious Lucas Oil Stadium.
Networks score big with men’s basketball tournament broadcasts
In prime time, first-round action for the tournament averaged 4.98 million total viewers on CBS, according to Nielsen, up 11 percent from last year’s 4.47 million on the comparable nights.
Indy Eleven inks deal with MainGate for merchandise, online shop
The Indianapolis-based manufacturer and seller of licensed products will develop a full line of apparel and novelties, in addition to a new e-commerce site, for the soccer team.
Colts season-ticket renewals dip precipitously; more premium seating offered for Indy 500
A 4-12 record last season and uncertainty over whether Andrew Luck will play this season is likely contributing to a significant decrease in season-ticket renewals at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Prices for Pacers tickets surge on secondary market as team overachieves
From the start of the season to mid-February, the average cost of tickets outside the box office increased nearly 42 percent. That gain was the fifth-best in the NBA, according to national brokerage TickPick.
City contingent collects intel on hosting NBA All-Star Game
Pacers officials, along with the host committee, traveled to Los Angeles last week to watch the game and to learn about staging the festivities in preparation for the event’s return to Indianapolis in 2021.
Playing basketball tourney on East Coast presents big challenge for Big Ten, again
After experiencing tepid interest last year in Washington, D.C., the conference takes its show to the Big Apple, where pundits expect another bleak turnout from fans.