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Roy Hibbert And David Lee Kindly Express Their Distaste For Each Other
David Lee tore his hip flexor in Saturday's playoff game against the Nuggets, an injury that will keep him out for the rest of postseason. Despite his rocky history with Lee, Pacers center Roy Hibbert was sad to see one of his fellow players go down with an injury, so he sent Lee a tweet expressing ...

Hookers Vs. The Klan: Why Earl "The Pearl" Monroe Chose NYC Over Indy
Excerpted from Earl the Pearl: My Story, available tomorrow from Rodale....

Competitive Fire Leads Kobe Bryant To Play Despite Ankle Injury, Ankle Injury Leads Him To Play Terribly
Fans and media often talk about Kobe Bryant's burning desire to win at all costs as a way of favorably comparing his reckless passion to others who might have a more holistic approach to the game, and just as often, to chide him for the willful tunnel-vision that causes him to lapse into hero-mode....

Some Of The Greatest Games in NBA History, Re-Scored Under North Korean Rules
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post misstated one of North Korea's unique scoring rules. Scores within the last three seconds, not minutes, count for eight points. The corrected version is below....

Stephen Curry Pulls Off Two Sublime Crossovers, Is Brilliant
With respect to the shoving party that spilled into the first row, the most entertaining thing about last night's Warriors-Pacers game was Stephen Curry crossing up his opponents with extreme prejudice. His first victim was George Hill, whose valiant attempt to play good transition defense ended w...

Brawl Breaks Out In Warriors-Pacers Game After Roy Hibbert Goes On A Shovin' Spree
Violence erupted in the fourth quarter of tonight's Warriors-Pacers game in Indianapolis after David Lee, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, David West, and Roy Hibbert got into a massive rumble that carried itself into the seating sections and resulted in Hibbert's ejection....

Will Bynum Suspended One Game For Punching Tyler Hansbrough
What do you do when you want to take a swing at a guy nine inches taller? Do what Will Bynum did and slug Tyler Hansbrough in the gut. Pow. Not so tall now, is he?...

Here's A Pretty Between-The-Legs Bounce Pass
Paul George executed this slick between-the-legs bounce pass in the first quarter of the Pacers game against the Bulls. George found fellow Pacer George Hill for a an easy layup....

Pacers Rookie Ben Hansbrough's Older Brother Tyler Totally Embarrasses Him In Front Of His Friends
There are two ways to look at this incident, which took place during the Pacers-Cavs game last night, in which Tristan Thompson (probably inadvertently) elbowed Pacers rookie Ben Hansbrough, and Pacers psychopath Tyler Hansbrough intervened and admonished Thompson with gusto....

NBA Ref Joey Crawford Made A Terrible Foul Call, Celebrated It With A Ridiculous Dance
Our friends over at With Leather once called referee Joey Crawford "the worst thing about the NBA." It's hard to argue with them after seeing his latest stunt. After a night of showboating in the Pacers-Lakers game tonight, he capped off his performance with a questionable blocking call—one that p...

The Life Cycle Of NBA Point Guards During Free Agency
Goran Dragic leaves Houston to sign with the Suns. Steve Nash leaves Phoenix and signs with the Lakers. Ramon Sessions, who opted out of his Lakers deal, signs with Charlotte. Charlotte withdraws its qualifying offer to D.J. Augustin, who signs with the Pacers, who had just renounced their rights to...
![Tyler Hansbrough At The Bar Chugging A 40 In A Brown Paper Bag? Tyler Hansbrough At The Bar Chugging A 40 In A Brown Paper Bag. [UPDATE]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/17qdklux9cltwjpg.jpg)
Tyler Hansbrough At The Bar Chugging A 40 In A Brown Paper Bag? Tyler Hansbrough At The Bar Chugging A 40 In A Brown Paper Bag. [UPDATE]
The photo above was sent to us by a reader named Chris, who said it was taken Saturday night at Red Dog's in Wrightsville Beach, N.C. It's Tyler Hansbrough at the bar chugging a 40 in a brown paper bag....

This Is The Face Of Pacers Fan Denial
Oh, sure, this is supposedly an image of Ryan Briscoe, the Aussie driver who will sit the pole for Sunday's Indy 500, but then a bespectacled Roger Sterling in a "Gold Swagger" t-shirt (which the real Roger Sterling would totally wear) decided he needed to be in on the fun. He also appears to have ...

LeBron James Cattily Responds To Lance Stephenson's Choke Gesture
Here's an example of that silly 24-hour news cycle we were chatting about earlier. Lance Stephenson made a choking gesture the other night as LeBron missed some free throws and now it's a federal case. Stephenson actually felt the need to apologize for the performance and has vowed to keep all futu...

Roy Hibbert Says The Pacers Are The NBA's "Best-Kept Secret"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: We like Indy's chances against Orlando....

Let's Watch David West Send The Cavs' Mascot To The Hospital By Punching The Shit Out Of Him
We told you yesterday morning about what happened to poor Moondog, the Cleveland Cavaliers' mascot who had to go the hospital the night before after being punched in the eye by the Pacers' David West. A different video, shot from a distance, has been making its way around the Internet since then, ...

The Cavaliers' Mascot Had To Go To The Hospital Because David West Punched Him In The Eye
It's all fun and games until an NBA player lands a punch that sends a man in a giant dog costume to the hospital. This was the scene before last night's Pacers-Cavs game at Quicken Loans Arena, according Tom Reed of the Plain Dealer, who reported the story with the all the seriousness it deserved:...

The Pacers-Pistons Brawl Was 20 Times Worse In Person Than It Was On TV
Grantland has a fine oral history of the 2004 Pacers-Pistons brawl up today. Jonathan Abrams talks to almost all of the interested parties—Jermaine O'Neal, Steven Jackson, Scot Pollard, Joe Dumars, Jim Gray, Larry Brown, Tim Donaghy—save the forward formerly known as Ron Artest, and we learn many th...

Larry Bird Has Only Cried Three Times In His Life, And Each Time Was Because Of Magic
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Bird did get beat by Magic a few times, I guess....

Pau Gasol Passes Like Ricky Rubio
There must be something in the water, since all shaggy-haired Spaniards seem to have a preternatural ability to find an open teammate without having to actually see them. A cutting Gasol drew both his man and Andrew Bynum's, and a nifty little over-the-shoulder dump to Bynum was pretty and pretty ...