Danny Granger

It's A Season of No Excuses

Maybe the NBA had the right plan in place after all. In a shortened season the opportunity for some team to catch a break or make one for themselves has been there. For the Indiana Pacers it has been about opportunity. After the dust settled on the...

Tags: NBA Playoffs, George Hill, Leandro Barbosa, National Basketball Association, Indiana Pacers

Pacers beat Magic to advance to the second round

INDIANAPOLIS - The opportunity was six years in the making but the pace of the closeout game was five games in the making. Yet again the Pacers led early, only to get another comeback from the Magic. Its the rhythm of what's been a solidly contested...

Tags: New York Knicks, NBA Playoffs, George Hill, Jameer Nelson, Indiana Pacers

Orlando Magic's turbulent season ends with road loss to Indiana Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS — The questions about the Orlando Magic's future gathered momentum as blue and gold streamers fell from the Bankers Life Fieldhouse ceiling, as fans started cheering, "Beat the Heat! Beat the Heat! Beat the Heat!" Undone by fatigue...

Tags: Basketball, Jameer Nelson, Indiana Pacers, Darren Collison, Stan Van Gundy

Pacers Playoffs Notebook: Indiana soaks in the moment of advancing past Orlando to round two

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A final boxscore can tell you a lot about a basketball game. Every key stat is measured in some way shape or form, from the leading scorers, a quarter-by-quarter breakdown of the final point total, the amount of lead changes, and even the amount of...

Tags: Basketball, New York Knicks, Concerts, George Hill, Paul George

College-football scandals pale in comparison to FAMU band case

Running off at the typewriter … Sadly, the FAMU band-hazing death that took place during last year's Florida Classic at the Florida Citrus Bowl is, tragically, turning into the biggest intercollegiate-sports scandal this state has ever seen. Band...

Tags: Craig Ferguson, Basketball, Indiana Pacers, College Sports, Robert Champion

Pacers Playoffs Notebook: Granger gets MVP'd by James in game one

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As NBA Commissioner David Stern handed Lebron James the Most Valuable Player trophy on Sunday afternoon at the American Airlines Arena, you could almost feel the aura and mystique of basketball greatness hanging in the air. As the MVP chants poured down...

Tags: New York Knicks, Basketball, Concerts, NBA Playoffs, Indiana Pacers

Pacers dodge the spotlight after win over the Heat

INDIANAPOLIS - While the national basketball pundits clamor with the notion that the Heat dropped a game at home to the Pacers, the instigator is trying to keep things calm. Sure there we're some fist pumps and high-fives on the court following the 78-75...

Tags: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Basketball, NBA Playoffs, Sports, Miami Heat

Pacers show swagger in big Game 3 victory

INDIANAPOLIS - The gold was for show. The Pacers had enough swagger themselves to send a capacity crowd home with smiles. In front of a unified front of fans mostly sporting "Gold Swagger" t-shirts the Pacers enjoyed one of the more decisive victories in...

Tags: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, George Hill, Miami Heat, National Basketball Association, Indiana Pacers

Tags: Basketball, Health, Indiana Pacers, Paul George, Tyler Hansbrough

Big Two lead Heat to Game 5 win over Pacers

MIAMI - The "White Hot" crowd had plenty of reasons to be in a Game 5 they probably weren't expecting. A competitive upstart Pacers team who a had a newly emerging villian for the basketball fans in South Beach turned what many believed would be a...

Tags: Basketball, Health, Indiana Pacers, Tyler Hansbrough, David West

Pacers-Heat series takes a turn toward the physical

MIAMI - There were no pleading of the fifth or asking for forgiveness from either party-even when the accused became the victim. Sitting in this peculiar position at American Airlines Arena on Tuesday evening was Tyler Hansbrough, the Pacers guard who...

Tags: Basketball, Health, Tyler Hansbrough, David West, Dexter Pittman

Pacers try to toughen up, get healthy for Game 6

MIAMI - With his weakened ankle holding him up for questions, Danny Granger took the hard road when answering a not-so-soft question. "I agree with his assesment," said Danny Granger when speaking about comments made by Pacers president Larry Bird to the...

Tags: Miami Heat, Health, Indiana Pacers, Mike Wells, David West