FOX Sports Indiana, the television home of the Indiana Pacers, has received an all-time high eight nominations for the 2018 Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards. Seven of those are for its coverage of Pacers basketball throughout the 2017-18 season.
In addition to its telecasts of Pacers basketball — airing all 82 games for the second time in franchise history — FSI received a nomination for …
Hall of Famer Slick Leonard plans to get behind a microphone for the first time in 2018 on Sunday when the Pacers host the Miami Heat to Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5:00 pm).
This was a date Slick had considered and he informed his radio partner, Mark Boyle, of his intentions Saturday afternoon.
“Just spoke to Slick five minutes ago. Tomorrow is now a definite go,” …
It will be eight weeks on Friday, March 2 since Slick Leonard, alone in his church’s parking lot, slipped on ice when unloading boxes to recycle. He forgot to put his car in park, slipped, and shattered the trochanter in one of his hips and says the pain has been “a monster.”
Slick was admitted to a central Indiana hospital and placed in room 529, …
Don Fischer, the Voice of the Indiana Hoosiers, was named Indiana Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.
It’s the 25th year that Fischer — in his 45th season at IU calling football and men’s basketball games — has earned the title, easily the most in association history. The selection is based on voting from members of NSMA.
Eric Hansen of the …
For the second time in franchise history, FOX Sports Indiana will televise all 82 regular season Pacers games.
Add in two preseason games — Oct. 4 at Milwaukee, Oct. 10 vs Maccabi Haifa of Israel — and FSI will be the home to at least 84 games this season.
Last year, the FSI originally planned to air 78 games but later added more as the …
Three years ago, when Michael Grady joined WRTV-6 in Indianapolis as a sports reporter, I wrote: “If I was ESPN or FOX Sports 1, I’d hire Grady immediately and not look back.”
Turns out a sports network finally took that advice.
It wasn’t a matter of if, only when…
The uber-talented and versatile Michael Grady, a graduate of Warren Central High School, is moving to …
Mark Boyle has re-signed with the Indiana Pacers to remain the radio voice of the team.
Boyle — a five-time Indiana Sportscaster of the Year award winner, including in each of the last three years — shared on social media that he had “officially signed to extend my tour with The Blue and Yellow Empire” Monday morning.
The upcoming 2017-18 season will be a notable …
With Kent Sterling taking a much-deserved day off on Friday, I had the privilege of rolling solo on CBS Sports 1430AM in Indianapolis. While this time of the year is typically quiet, with very view leagues in season, there still was plenty to talk about.
Especially on the NBA front.
Earlier Friday, the Pacers acquired Cory Joseph in a trade with Toronto. I explained why …