BENNER: Pacers replace Colts as object of our optimism
It would take at least another season like this for the Colts to experience the amount of ill will that has been tossed the Indiana Pacers’ way.
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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.
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.
Pacer Foster earns reputation as Buffett of basketball
Indiana Pacer Jeff Foster has played in the NBA for 12 years and earned more than $47 million, and he’s done something extraordinary: He’s saved about three-quarters of his take-home pay.
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 talks break down, preseason games wiped out
The National Basketball Association shelved the rest of its exhibition schedule Tuesday. The Indiana Pacers will lose eight preseason games to the lockout, including at least three home games at Conseco Fieldhouse.
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.
Judge tosses wrongful-firing suit against Pacers owner
A lawsuit by a nanny and a chauffeur against Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and his wife has ended with a judge's written ruling confirming that the employees failed to prove their claims of mistreatment.
City would take hit if NBA labor strife cancels season
Indianapolis might find out soon what life would be like without the Indiana Pacers and it won’t be good, say downtown business owners, government officials, marketing experts and sports economists.
Judge tentatively rules against Pacers owner
A Los Angeles judge on Friday tentatively ruled against Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and his wife in the beginning phase of a wrongful dismissal trial involving the nanny that they fired.
Trial starts in nanny’s suit against Pacers owner
A nanny who worked for Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and his wife testified in a wrongful-firing case Monday that the couple knew of her tumultuous life, but decided to keep her on their staff.
Pacers: Lockout won’t sting employees, ticket holders
The Indiana Pacers don’t plan to lay off staff, and they are promising to pay ticket holders cash, plus interest, if any NBA games are canceled during the upcoming season due to the lockout.
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.