Indianapolis officials and the Indiana Pacers have reached a deal under which the team will stay in Conseco Fieldhouse the next three seasons while the city pays $10 million a year for running the arena. The city's Capital Improvement Board also will ...

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Butler's chances of winning the national championship over Duke revolve around a soft-spoken, baby-faced kid who has not shaved since the West Region final 10 days ago. "There's a little bit of scrub there," Gordon Hayward said Sunday, rubbing his face in an effort to convince reporters -- with success -- there was at least a trace of ...

Police arrested a 19-year-old woman on charges that she yanked the beard from a man portraying Santa Claus outside Conseco Fieldhouse before an Indiana Pacers game. Indianapolis police said officers watching the crowd Monday night saw the woman take a photo of the Santa Claus ...

Melvin Simon, co-owner of the National Basketball Association's Indiana Pacers and one of the largest US shopping mall firms, has died aged 82. Together with younger brother Herb, Simon operated an Indianapolis-based group which managed and developed more than 250 properties in 37 states and backed the Pacers, an elite-level team in a state known for loving basketball ...

Larry Bird's housecleaning project is complete. The Indiana Pacers announced that they waived point guard Jamaal Tinsley on Wednesday, and a team spokesman said the NBA will process the request Thursday. If he clears waivers in seven days, he will become a free agent. The move was an important one for Bird, Indiana ...

Indiana Pacers co-owner Herb Simon passionately says he doesn't want to see the city without his franchise. His wishes and the bottom line appear to be at odds. Among the key issues for the struggling franchise is its operation of Conseco Fieldhouse. The building where the team plays its home ...