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It has been a while since I’ve published a mailbag post on here. I am active on Twitter answering your questions and interacting after a game, event, or transaction.
It has been a relatively quiet offseason so …
C.J. Miles will decline his player option and is set to become a free agent on July 1, the Pacers’ versatile forward confirmed to VigilantSports.com on Tuesday.
This move was entirely expected considering he was set to pull in $4.772 million for the final year of a four-year deal he signed in 2014 worth $18 million. The news was first reported by Ben Gibson of …
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Spaniard Ferenando Alonso grabbed headlines all month as the two-time World Champion competed in his first Indianapolis 500. If they wanted to ensure this was the top spectacle in racing, they wanted the best to participate. And the full-time drivers needed to put a good fight.
That they did, with Takuma Sato taking the checkered flag at 3:58 ET Sunday afternoon. Three-time …
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Running a few laps behind for much of his time in the race, Buddy Lazier’s day ended early Sunday during the 101st Running of the Indianapolis 500.
Lazier, driving the 44-car sponsored by Pacers point guard and Indianapolis native Jeff Teague, slammed into the Turn 2 wall on lap 122. The single-car accident in Turn 2 cut the race short for Lazier, …
The construction crew is approaching the final month of its project on the Indiana Pacers’ brand-new practice facility, the St. Vincent Center, located adjacent to Bankers Life Fieldhouse across Delaware Street. The $50 million project, which is being privately financed, is scheduled to be completed early this summer.
Every two months (or so), photos will be posted here to keep you updated on the progress …
SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Pike High School product Jeff Teague is more than a basketball player, he’s now entrepreneur. And he has invested money back into the city that has given him so much, and helped open doors for a successful career in the NBA.
Teague, who turns 29 in three weeks, is opening The Factory, a franchise of D1 Sports Training, in mid-August at 6331 …
T.J. Leaf took part in the Pacers’ fourth pre-draft workout. He is just 20 years old, born in 1997 (!!!), and declared for the draft after just one season at UCLA.
Under coach Steve Alford, Leaf averaged 16.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. He made 61.7 percent of his field goals.
He has ties to the state, too. His parents are from Indy and …
Less than six months ago, on January 1, the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles began offering a Pacers license plate. One big Pacers fan got one of his own, and took it to another level.
“BRNRDY” – short for “Born Ready” … Lance Stephenson, who returned to the franchise in late March on a three-year deal.
And no, that’s not Stephenson’s car.
$25 from every …