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.
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.
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.
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.
The Indiana Pacers will lose out on nine games because of the decision, including four home games at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Here we go again. Billionaires versus millionaires, Round Two.
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.
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.
We’ve got the Big Ten championship, the Crossroads Classic, the Super Bowl … and the possibility of no NBA season.
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.
Unlike the NFL, which is swimming in money, the NBA is drowning in red ink.
Along with players’ salaries and contract terms, revenue sharing among the NBA’s 30 team owners is becoming the wild-card issue that could blow the lid off contract negotiations.
Butler University junior guard Shelvin Mack will declare for the NBA draft, but not hire an agent, keeping his college eligibility as he considers his options.
Much of the credit for the team’s recent upswing—on the court and with fans—is going to the team’s new head coach, Frank Vogel. But he is only the interim head coach, and his future with the team is uncertain.
Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon says team president Larry Bird's job is safe through the rest of the season, and he could be back next year.
Attendance has improved since the team’s league-worst mark in 2007-2008, but cracking the 15,000-per-game mark is a struggle.
Tony Dungy’s class act, the possibilities of NFL expansion, and more.
This year might be Indiana Pacers President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird’s last shot to show that his skill assembling a team is on par with his talent as a player and coach.
Representatives of at least 17 professional sports franchises will be here looking for talent to add to their business teams.
Hoosier basketball legend Keith Smart was appointed by the Golden State Warriors to replace Don Nelson, the head coach with the most victories in NBA history.
