Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
For the fourth consecutive season, the Indiana Pacers are guaranteed a losing record. But despite their recent failings, the Pacers annually manage to win meaningless games late in the season, assuring themselves of a low-end lottery pick.
It drives Pacers fans mad. I should know, I live in Indy.
In fact, Indiana ...
Posted in Indiana Pacers, Jim O'Brien, NBA, NBA Draft, NBA Draft Lottery, Rik Smits, Thurl Bailey, Utah Jazz | 3 Comments »
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Indiana is a basketball proud state. There's a lot of tradition around between high school basketball and IU's multiple national championships.
Purdue has been impressive at times in the past and now has the most impressive college basketball program in the state. Butler is very good. Even Notre Dame has its ...
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Jessie James is apparently the hottest new thing in country music. I can see why.
Patrick Patterson: the face of UK hoops - Strait Pinkie
Fantastic headline - With Leather
Kareem Abdul Jabbar performs the rare but beautiful Celebrity Jeopardy Fail - No Guts, No Glory
Your preview of the 09-10 Indiana Pacers - ...
Posted in Chicks Man, Jessie James, Link Dump | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Mel Simon, the co-owner of the Indiana Pacers and the founder of Simon Property Group, died Wednesday at the age of 82.
Simon, who bought the Pacers in 1983, made his fortune in commercial real estate, building malls across the country along with his brother Herb.
Mel belonged to my synagogue in ...
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Last week, we touched on the Indiana Pacers', and more specifically Larry Bird's affinity for an endangered species - the caucasian American professional basketball player.
A month ago, Bird drafted North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough to bring the team's white count to a league-leading six. (Jeff Foster, Troy Murphy, Travis Diener, Josh ...
Posted in Boston Celtics, Brian Scalabrine, Indiana Pacers, Larry Bird, NBA, NBA Rumors, Rumors | 15 Comments »
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
I'm sure with Michael Jackson's recent passing you've probably heard on average four MJ songs an hour. So I'm sure you've heard the 1991 hit "Black or White." In it, a chromatically confused Jackson belts, “It don’t matter if you’re black or white.”
Paging Larry Bird.
In last month’s NBA Draft, the ...
Posted in Indiana Pacers, Larry Bird, NBA, Tyler Hansbrough | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
6:50 - Evening. This is around the 5,000th live blog of the NBA Draft going on tonight, and at least 1,000 of those are more qualified to dissect tonight's picks than I am. But hey, screw it, I need something to do tonight. I'll be live-blogging with a heavy heart ...
Posted in 2009 NBA Draft, Live Blog, Live Blogs, NBA | 9 Comments »
