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.
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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.
BENNER: Fixing dysfunctional NBA will take time, flexibility
Unlike the NFL, which is swimming in money, the NBA is drowning in red ink.
Pacers’ Simon at center of NBA labor fight
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’s Mack to test NBA waters without agent
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.
New coach amps up fan interest in Pacers
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.
Pacers owner to keep Bird as team president
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.
Pacers still fighting to draw bigger crowds
Attendance has improved since the team’s league-worst mark in 2007-2008, but cracking the 15,000-per-game mark is a struggle.
BENNER: Indiana State football reigns … and other thoughts
Tony Dungy’s class act, the possibilities of NFL expansion, and more.
Bird still has boss’ support, but also plenty of critics
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.
Indiana Pacers launch combine to scout for top salespeople
Representatives of at least 17 professional sports franchises will be here looking for talent to add to their business teams.
Smart gets his first shot as NBA head coach
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.
New NCAA boss wants to change NBA draft rules
After overhauling the NCAA's executive staff, Mark Emmert sets his sights on talks with National Basketball Association
officials
about adopting a pro-eligibility policy that would keep players in school through their junior years.
CIB deal won’t fix all of Pacers’ woes
The $33.5 million the Capital Improvement Board is providing the Indiana Pacers is merely a Band-Aid that will do little to
solve serious short-term and long-term issues facing the team.
Speedway native launches professional basketball team
Speedway businessman Tim Hicks will launch the Indianapolis Drive next fall as part of the ABA’s 11th season.