The 2024 All-Star Host Committee picked 24 projects across Indiana to receive funding meant to benefit youth. Each received up to $50,000—except one, a project at Crisamore House—that received more.
Known as NBA House, the 9,000-square-foot club at the northwest corner of Meridian and Georgia Streets will be fully taken over by the league for the NBA All-Star Weekend.
The approach from the Indiana Economic Development Corp. is similar to those taken for prior events such as the Indianapolis 500, the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship game and the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four.
This year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame class includes elite pass rushers Freeney and Julius Peppers, linebacker Patrick Willis, receiver Andre Johnson and all-time Chicago Bears greats Devin Hester and Steve McMichael.
The slumping Philadelphia 76ers have acquired Hield in exchange for two players and three second-round draft picks, according to a person familiar with the decision.
At 6-foot-11, former Indiana Pacers center Scot Pollard’s size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. Now, it might be killing him.
The service does not yet have a name or a price, but it is the greatest move to date toward sports content being available outside of cable.
The volume of betting participation is projected to be 35% higher than last year, which was the previous record, according to the American Gaming Association.
Musical performances are planned in conjunction with a special TNT “Inside the NBA” telecast at the Indiana Conventions Center.
Part of All-Star weekend in Indianapolis—including the entire All-Star Saturday Night lineup—will be played on a state-of-the-art, full video LED court that will be installed at Lucas Oil Stadium, the league said Monday.
A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled on Monday that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes.
IBJ arts and entertainment writer Dave Lindquist talks about the All-Star Weekend schedule of concerts and other entertainment so far and explains what central Indiana residents can do to enjoy the festiities—even if they don’t have a ticket to the game.
Coach Rick Pitino, 71, who a history of run-ins with the Indianapolis-based NCAA, said he believes it’s time for the enforcement staff to stand down when it comes to policing member schools.
The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee claims the NCAA is “enforcing rules that unfairly restrict how athletes can commercially use their name, image and likeness at a critical juncture in the recruiting calendar.”
Chancellor Donde Plowman called it “intellectually dishonest” for NCAA enforcement staff to pursue infractions cases as if students have no NIL rights or institutions are “willfully violating” a “clear and unchanging set of rules.”
Stephen Curry, the NBA’s all-time 3-point king, will take on the reigning WNBA 3-point shootout queen and single-season record holder Sabrina Ionescu in a battle they both have encouraged.
Jumbo QR codes on the hotel’s exterior will provide access to behind-the-scenes content and the chance to win prizes.
The Jordan Brand jerseys and shorts were “designed from the idea that basketball was raised in Indiana,” the NBA said.
Harbaugh, who nearly led the Indianapolis Colts to the Super Bowl as a player three decades ago, is leaving the University of Michigan after nine seasons as coach and a national championship.
Fuson plans to depart as CEO on June 18, the same date he began working for the franchise 40 years ago as director of special events at Market Square Arena.
