Big Ten coup much bigger score for Colts than Pacers
Colts' owner Jim Irsay likely will score more than 10 percent of the total economic impact from the Big Ten Championship football game with little capital outlay.
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Is Pacers ticket price increase a reach?
Indiana Pacers increase season ticket prices despite declining attendance. Decision on single game tickets forthcoming.
Pacers games earn highest TV ratings in five years
Local NBA team nets 35 percent ratings increase in games on Fox Sports, with almost 70,000 households tuning in to Pacers-Bulls playoff game.
Pacers’ attendance declines paint puzzling picture
When the Blue and Gold was on the rise this year under coach Frank Vogel, crowd sizes within Conseco Fieldhouse were on the decline. Reversing this trend is among team's biggest off-season challenges.
Fresh-faced coach ready to breathe new life into Pacers
Frank Vogel talks like a man of conviction and looks like he just walked off the set of the movie Hoosiers. If only he can string together a few victories, he could be just what the franchise needs.
Pacers’ attendance still lagging
Despite an improved team from last year, Indiana Pacers fans are showing up at Conseco Fieldhouse in smaller numbers this season.
NBA’s plan to cut salaries is double-edged sword for Pacers
If NBA Commissioner David Stern makes good on his promise to cut player salaries, Larry Bird's plan to rebuild team could take a big hit.
O’Reilly Auto Parts wants to kill ORP racetrack moniker
Auto parts retailing giant bought the naming rights to the NHRA facility in Indianapolis, and it wants its money's worth.
But the transition could be challenging.
Is latest Pacer arrest an indictment on Larry Bird?
Larry Bird, Jim Morris and even Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard must be feeling the heat after another Indiana Pacer runs
afoul of the law.
Isiah Thomas hire could mean end of road for Walsh in N.Y.
Knicks President Donnie Walsh wanted to hire Chris Mullins as general manager. Instead his boss stuck him with a man who has
been a disaster on numerous levels of professional basketball management.
Indians, Pacers and Colts attendance is only part of story
There's a debate over which one of the city's professional sports teams delivers more bang for the buck in terms of economic impact.
Will LeBron hype pump up Pacer pride?
The spotlight has burned brighter and hotter on the NBA this summer than during any off-season in recent memory. But will
all the free agent hype light a fire under local hoops fans or just plain burn them out?
NBA lockout could leave city’s CIB exposed
The agreement between NBA players and owners governing players' salaries expires one year from today. If a new deal doesn't
get done, any money the city pays to operate Conseco Fieldhouse could have a diminished return.
Pacers’ Paul George may be cornerstone rejected by others
It's stylish these days to critcize Pacers player personnel boss Larry Bird. But those observing closely can see that
he's changing the culture within the Blue and Gold franchise. And his latest draft pick should accelerate the change.
Hayward’s rising stock presents Bird with difficult dilemma
Gordon Hayward's NBA draft stock is soaring. But it will take guts for Larry Bird to draft the Butler product, even if
he thinks he's the best player when the Pacers pick at No. 10.
Watching Artest win title painful for Pacers fans
Ron Artest's 20-point performance that helped the L.A. Lakers beat the Boston Celtics for the NBA title has Indiana Pacers
fans asking two questions. What might have been? Is there no justice?
NBA union boss says owners’ loss claims are “baloney”
As the city's Capital Improvement Board negotiates a lease deal with the Indiana Pacers, NBA Players Association chief
Billy Hunter claims league owners are being less than forthright about their financial status.
CIB, Pacers dancing toward a new Fieldhouse lease deal
Newly released economic impact study gives city officials hammer they need to pound out a deal, and hopefully win some taxpayers'
support.
Pacers fighting two wars, praying for allies on either
NBA team owners are seeking to reduce player pay by as much as 40 percent. What happens to that proposal has as much to do
with the Pacers' survival as anything the Capital Improvement Board decides concerning Conseco Fieldhouse.
Larry Bird will build Pacers around his head coach
There's a simple reason Indiana Pacers basketball operations boss Larry Bird didn't fire coach Jim O'Brien. And it has a lot to do with Rick Carlisle.