Bird reportedly leaving as Pacers executive
Despite a recent endorsement from his bosses, Larry Bird is set to step down as Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, a newspaper is reporting.
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Playoff run pushes Pacers closer to profitability
The Indiana Pacers’ playoff run and a decreased player payroll—along with $10 million from the city’s Capital Improvement Board—have brought the team closer to breaking even this year, but not out of the red, sports business experts say.
Pacers’ Bird named NBA’s executive of the year
Indiana Pacers President Larry Bird was voted National Basketball Association Executive of the Year on Wednesday, becoming the first person to win the award after also receiving the league's MVP and Coach of the Year honors.
Pacers launch big ad campaign at unusual time
The Indiana Pacers this month launched a six-figure advertising campaign—their biggest by far this season—featuring Larry Bird, coach Frank Vogel and a host of players. The blitz comes at an unusual time in the season.
Are corporate gift policies inhospitable?
Sober times have made no-no’s of many of the perks that once greased business relationships.
LOU’S VIEWS: Live on Broadway it’s … Larry Bird?
Often stilted, often hokey, and just as often charming, “Magic/Bird” is a Broadway oddball—a biographical drama without romance and without family conflict, but with an ample supply of game clips and a very mobile backboard.
Review: Broadway’s ‘Magic/Bird’ charms without soaring
The new play examines the evolving rivalry and friendship between Magic Johnson and Indiana hoops icon Larry Bird (now head honcho of the Pacers). The French Lick scene is a winner, but the on-court highlights are often a blur.
Bulls, Pacers to open preseason with charity game
The Indiana Pacers will open the long-delayed preseason Dec. 16 by hosting the Chicago Bulls at Conseco Fieldhouse. All proceeds from the game will go to the United Way of Central Indiana.
Labor deal not a panacea for Pacers
Sports business experts with knowledge of the new collective bargaining agreement expected to be ratified by NBA owners and players this week think it will push the Indiana Pacers toward breaking even but won’t ensure the team’s long-term profitability.
NBA owners, players reach tentative deal
Both sides of the NBA labor impasse reached an agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season with a marquee tripleheader Dec. 25. Most of a season that seemed in jeopardy of being lost entirely will be salvaged if both sides approve the handshake deal.
NBA owners, players reach tentative deal
NBA players and owners reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season with a marquee tripleheader Dec. 25. Most of a season that seemed in jeopardy of being lost entirely will be salvaged if both sides approve the handshake deal.
Ex-ABA team seeks more from old TV-rights deal with Pacers
The Spirits of St. Louis Basketball Club LP, a defunct American Basketball Association team, claims it is owed even more TV revenue from the Indiana Pacers and three other NBA expansion teams than the teams are currently paying as part of a 1976 settlement.
More games lost as NBA players file antitrust lawsuit
The Indiana Pacers have already lost eight preseason games and eight regular-season games, with half of those events scheduled for Conseco Fieldhouse. Extending the stoppage through Dec. 15 will cost the Pacers another 15 games, including six at home.
Players reject NBA’s offer, begin to disband union
National Basketball Association players rejected the league's latest offer Monday and have begun the process to disband the union. The decision likely jeopardizes the season.
NBA cancels all games through November
The Indiana Pacers will lose out on nine games because of the decision, including four home games at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
BENNER: NBA players, owners show no regard for customers
Here we go again. Billionaires versus millionaires, Round Two.
NBA scraps first two weeks of regular season
Team owners and players were unable to reach a new labor deal Monday and end the lockout. The cancellation includes all games scheduled to be played through Nov. 14. The first seven games on the Indiana Pacers’ schedule will be lost.
NBA postpones camps, cancels 43 preseason games
The cancellations will cost the Indiana Pacers three preseason games, including home games Oct. 11 vs. the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks and Oct. 15 against the Orlando Magic.
BENNER: This winter might be best and worst of times
We’ve got the Big Ten championship, the Crossroads Classic, the Super Bowl … and the possibility of no NBA season.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Pacers’ new coach preaches overachieving
Why base the team's identity on a scene from "Rocky"? Is he soft on discipline? What "stupid human tricks" can he perform? Frank Vogel has answers.