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.
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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.
Mark Montieth: University of Indianapolis wrestler prepares for national championship
Lofty ambition flows through Derek’s veins, passed on from multiple sources and generations.
Mark Montieth: Two freshmen thrive for No. 1-ranked Purdue
It’s rare for freshmen to have such an impact in the history of college basketball, in fact, with the notable exception of Michigan’s Fab Five team of the 1991-1992 season.
Mark Montieth: Coaches of the past were a different breed
Some people will tell you today’s players are softer, less respectful of authority, hold themselves less accountable and are as likely to quit as fight through adversity.
Mark Montieth: Remembering the games of past decades
The games of past decades weren’t as good as many people would like to remember, but nostalgia is a powerful force that filters out negative memories.
Mark Montieth: Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame to be expanded
Construction has begun on an expansion that will add 6,600 square feet to the facility, with 2,600 of that devoted to museum space.
Mark Montieth: Road sweet road
Still, NBA road trips are far more grueling than in other professional sports. Teams play four, five, even six or seven games in a row, hopscotching from city to city.
Mark Montieth: Jeff Saturday has the ‘it factor’
Fans of Indiana sports teams haven’t seen many coaching hires such as this one. It would be helpful if the past results offered a prediction of how Saturday’s Sundays will go, but the results have been mixed.
Mark Montieth: Stories begging to be told
There are plenty of Indiana-related stories hiding in plain sight that have not been given a thorough examination.
Mark Montieth: Expect an exciting but underperforming Pacers season
The average age of the core players expected to get consistent playing time is the youngest in franchise history. But that group also is the most athletic.
Mark Montieth: Young Pacers could give Myles Turner chance to shine
While NBA trade rumors are cheap, there was enough smoke surrounding Turner’s name over the summer to justify a fire in his belly.
Mark Montieth: Boxer’s move ‘a big loss for the city’
Sugar Ray Seales, the only American boxer to win gold in the 1972 Olympics, is leaving Indianapolis for the West Coast.
Mark Montieth: IU broadcaster Don Fischer marks 50th season
Don Fischer is the nation’s only working play-by-play announcer who has called at least 49 consecutive seasons of both football and basketball.
Mark Montieth: Ray Donaldson’s career at center was notable
He played 17 seasons, starting with the Baltimore Colts in 1980 and ending with the Dallas Cowboys in 1996.
Mark Montieth: ‘Like a dog chewing on a bone’
His crusade, joined by many others locally and nationally, had begun informally in 2014, and he had been involved in serious negotiations with the NBA for more than a year.