Category Archives: Podcast

Ep. 17: Matt Dollinger

This week on the Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast, Matt Dollinger of SI.com joins to discuss the push to the playoffs, the Pacers’ season, and big storylines around the NBA. Dollinger, who has worked at SI since 2010, is an Indiana native and a graduate of Indiana University.

Also, hear from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

He was at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Monday for the NCAA …

Ep. 16: C.J. Miles, Rick Mahorn

On this week’s episode of the Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast, I go one-on-one with the best interview in the Pacers locker room, C.J. Miles … and I talk to the Bad Boy himself, Rick Mahorn.

With the Pacers’ season wrapping up, it’s a good time to have two individuals on to offer their perspective as a current and former player.

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Ep. 15: Rick Fuson, Tamika Catchings

This week on the Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast, I’m joined by two special guests: Pacers Sports & Entertainment President Rick Fuson and Fever star Tamika Catchings.

The Pacers and the city of Indianapolis would like to host NBA All-Star Weekend, and so Fuson, along with several other city officials, traveled to the 2016 NBA All-Star game across the border in Toronto last month to take …

Ep. 14: Scot Pollard on his ‘Survivor’ experience

Scot Pollard played in the NBA for 11 seasons, including three for the Pacers, and he won an NBA Championship in his final season, 2008, while with the Boston Celtics.

He’s on the latest season of Survivor, which currently airs at 8:00 p.m. ET on CBS. The group of 18 is gone for seven weeks and isolated on Kaoh Rong, the second largest island of …

Ep. 13: NBA Trade Deadline, Pacers VP Peter Dinwiddie, Bobby Marks

NBA executives were busy this week in the final days leading up the Trade Deadline at 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday. Most teams remained out of it, including the Pacers (28-25). They decided their best option was to not pull the trigger on any trade.

In this episode of the Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast, I give you my take on what did — and didn’t …

Ep. 12: Michael Husain

ESPN will air a 30 for 30 short on the “Save the Pacers” telethon held in 1977. They were out millions of dollars and needed money from folks in Indianapolis to keep the franchise afloat, and in town.

In turn, it was incredibly important to the development of downtown Indianapolis and the sports landscape in the city.

Indianapolis filmmaker Michael Husain was compelled to tell …

Ep. 11: Bill York

Bill York is a staple around Indianapolis sports teams. When there’s a home game, Bill York is sure to be there working.

He began working the stats room at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957 and has been with the Pacers since the beginning (1967). He says that he even helped unload the Mayflower trucks with the Colts moved to town in 1984.

Sports reporters …

Ep. 10: Nate Taylor

Nate Taylor is a fresh voice now covering the Indiana Pacers. His first day with the Indianapolis Star was in September at Pacers training camp.

Taylor, a graduate of the University of Central Missouri, previously was a do-it-all journalist for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He is married and has an infant son, Hayden.

This week on the Vigilant Sports Pacers Podcast, I talk with Taylor, …