2013 Playoffs: Pacers-Hawks Game 6 viewer’s guide

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers are looking to clinch against the Hawks, who defended at a high level in their two previous home games in the series. Can the Pacers bring grit and toughness, as Frank Vogel talks about, to close out a first-round victory on the road? By now, everyone is aware […]

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2013 Playoffs: Pacers inject defense into series DNA

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS – It took the Indiana Pacers a few games to feel it out, but feel it they did. At long last the series felt like a classic, slug-it-out Eastern Conference matchup, not one of fast breaks and 3-pointers. The NBA’s best defense is back. After the high-flying Atlanta Hawks […]

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Welcome, Mrs. Craden’s third graders!

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Founder Hello, Abby, and the rest of Mrs. Craden’s third-grade class at Long! I’m excited to hear that you all are studying online news sources. People like me go to events and talk to the people who make decisions in the world and make the difficult things they do easy to […]

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First Thoughts: Indiana 106, Atlanta 83

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Indiana Pacers outclassed the Atlanta Hawks 106-83 on Wednesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The Pacers take a 3-2 series lead. WHY IT HAPPENED:  The Pacers rode a 50-43 halftime lead to […]

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2013 Playoffs: Pacers-Hawks Game 5 viewer’s guide

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent The Pacers will try to reestablish control on Wednesday night when they take on the Atlanta Hawks in Game 5 of this Eastern Conference first-round series. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Here are the trends to monitor in what shapes up as a terrific 48-minute […]

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Pacers relive old themes to fall into series tie

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Well, it was nearly a replay. Write up a list of all the things the Pacers saw happen Saturday night and put a check mark next to them, and you’ll see Indiana improved on very little in Game 4 and was thus denied the road win it needed to control […]

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First Thoughts: Atlanta 102, Indiana 91

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent Let’s take a quick look at how the Atlanta Hawks knocked off the Indiana Pacers 102-91 on Monday night at Philips Arena in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first round series. The series is now 2-2. WHY IT HAPPENED:  The Pacers again were pitiful in the first half, trailing […]

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Samples: Big Ten realignment makes sense

By CHUCK SAMPLES ISL Correspondent Well, then. No more Legends and Leaders in college football. I’m among a lot of college football fans relieved to see the naming changes to the Big Ten conference. Now, we  move to the simple, yet effective titles of East and West. Being a fan of the newest guy in town […]

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2013 Playoffs: Pacers-Hawks Game 4 viewer\’s guide

By CHRIS GOFF ISL Correspondent If the Pacers win on Monday, their first-round series is essentially a wrap. If they lose, they’ll fall into a tie and face heaps of pressure in Game 5 on Wednesday in Indianapolis. Here’s what to look for in a pivotal Game 4 in Atlanta: Going West: Surprisingly, outside of […]

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