Indiana basketball fans will celebrate the end to Tamika Catchings’ illustrious 16-year professional career Sunday as the Fever conclude the 2016 regular season at home against the Dallas Wings at 4:00 p.m. ET. Basketball fans across the country will be able to tune in to see Indianapolis honor her in the best way they know.
Several former teammates and staffers are making the trip to …
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Four-time Olympic gold medalist Tamika Catchings was back at Bankers Life Fieldhouse after a month away with USA Basketball, which included a two-week stretch in Rio for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
With her 11 teammates, the USA Basketball Women’s Olympic Team won their sixth consecutive gold medal as they cruised to their 49th straight Olympic victory.
“That last game it was kind of like, …
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They went into the Olympics having different circumstances. Paul George was fired up to participate in international basketball and represent his country in doing so for the first time. It was a childhood dream.
Tamika Catchings, meanwhile, is in the final months of her professional career — she will retire at the conclusion of the Fever season — and had played a key role on …
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Tamika Catchings thought she was done in London. She thought that it would be her third and final Olympics. They left with a gold medal, earning it in a dominating fashion, and she thought that it was time to turn it over to the young ones.
Later, Diana Taurasi talked her out of it.
“Yeah, we’re coming back for one more,” Taurasi, who was on the last …
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USA Basketball men’s and women’s teams touched down in Rio Wednesday ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games.
Unlike the majority of the athletes competing, they are not being staying in the Olympic Village. Instead, they have a cruise ship all to themselves.
USA Basketball, consisting of some of the best athletes in their sport, is staying on The Silver Cloud, a cruise ship built in …
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The annual Knox Indy Pro Am is set for another season of games, running Tuesday, July 26 through Sunday, August 7. The Indianapolis-based Pro Am typically goes on for several weeks but this year it will be held on seven dates over a two-week period.
Carlos Knox is the man behind the idea. A former pro overseas and standout at IUPUI — he’s in the …
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When the Indiana Fever hit the floor for pre-game warmups Tuesday evening, prior to their 92-82 win over the Los Angeles Sparks, every player was outfitted in a black t-shirt.
“There’s a lot of stuff going on around the world and we just didn’t want to have anything on the shirt that may cause a raucous,” said veteran forward Erlana Larkins. “Leave it to interpretation.”…
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Stephanie White is known for being innovative and ahead of the curve.
Like in her first season as head coach last year, she started to record a pregame video to send out over social media with keys to the game and then provide a quote at halftime to update fans.
Or how in one calendar year she was the Fever coach, an analyst on FOX …
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