Three former presidents of the city’s Capital Improvement Board—Pat Early, Bob Grand and Ann Lathrop—are fighting an effort by attorneys for the IRS to depose them about what they learned about the Indiana Pacers' finances during discussions with the team.
Gov.-elect Eric Holcomb and Lt. Gov.-elect Suzanne Crouch paid for their tickets out of an “abundance of caution” for state ethics rules, a spokesman said. But there are no state rules to prohibit the people who are helping Holcomb shape his administration from taking freebies.
The team is working with a startup called WaitTime, which will use cameras and artificial intelligence to send fans to the shortest lines. If it works, the Pacers could stand to make a lot more money.
Emails appear to buttress the IRS’ case that Herb Simon received a sweetheart deal when he acquired his ailing brother Mel’s 50 percent ownership in the Indiana Pacers in early 2009.
A local marketing and technology firm is putting its name on an upscale club area that team officials expect to debut near the beginning of the upcoming season in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
It will be the first time the Pacers have traveled overseas for a regular-season NBA game.
Sports marketers say George’s successful recovery from a serious injury has given his marketing prowess an extra boost.
The legal fallout stemming from Melvin Simon’s decision to unload his half of the Indiana Pacers to his brother Herb just a few months before his September 2009 death is getting crazier by the day.
Still trying to remold and toughen the Indiana Pacers, Larry Bird has cut a deal with center Al Jefferson for $30 million over three years.
The offseason pace has kept new Indiana Pacers coach Nate McMillan almost as busy as he was during the actual season.
The city’s Capital Improvement Board approved and will pay for the $2.8 million project at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Former Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel Vogel fits what the Magic were looking in a coach. His Pacer teams were usually one of the top defensive clubs in the NBA, finishing in the top six in field-goal defense in each of his five full seasons as head coach.
The Indiana Pacers have promoted assistant Nate McMillan to head coach, ending the search for Frank Vogel's replacement after less than two weeks.
The Toronto Raptors did the clawing and grinding as they cruised past Indiana on its home court 101-85 to take a 2-1 lead in the series.
A three-year pilot program for the ads will begin in the 2017-18 season, which coincides with Nike replacing Adidas as the league’s official uniform supplier.
City and Indiana Pacers officials will decide after they get bid requirements later this summer whether to pursue the NBA All-Star Game for Indianapolis.
In a sign of the city’s serious intent to host the game, Pacers President Rick Fuson will be accompanied by presidents and vice presidents of Visit Indy and the Indiana Sports Corp. as he travels to Toronto this week.
The NBA is trying to make Dec. 25 as much about basketball as Santa. It now features five televised games drawing some 30 million viewers. Ticket prices are double those of other regular-season games.
Indianapolis hasn’t hosted the NBA All-Star Game since 1985—when it was in the Hoosier Dome—something the league’s commissioner, Adam Silver, wants to change. But local officials haven’t pulled the trigger on a bid.
“It’s impressive,” Indiana’s C.J. Miles said after the Pacers gave up 131 points. "There’s some video game type stuff going on over there."
