Dana Benbow

Think of a “big Lego set for a pool” and 2 million gallons of water being pumped in from a fire hydrant on S. Capitol Avenue.

“I’m a shy introvert. How the heck I keep getting up here on stage talking, it’s always been amazing to me,” Bird said. He only does it for the fans.

The Indiana Fever rookie star is helping to revive the iconic “Is It In You” campaign from the 1990s that featured Michael Jordan and colored sweat.

Jonathan Avalos never wanted his terminal battle with glioblastoma brain cancer to be a secret. He wanted to inspire others with his story.

Since Arthur Hauselman first attended the race in 1923, there have been more than a thousand Indy 500s attended by his family members — probably more.

Bryce is James’ second oldest son, who plays on the Nike EYBL tour. Meanwhile, his older brother, Bronny, awaits his fate in the NBA draft.

Among the amenities: A bowling alley, golf simulator, 9-acre lake stocked with trophy bass, sprawling forests filled with turkey, 300 deer and elk.

Carl Erskine was a star pitcher for the Dodgers in the 1950s but his impact on the world as a fierce fighter for human rights was so much more

From the day the Indianapolis Star first published in 1903, operating out of a Victorian-style house on East Ohio Street, it’s been printed in Indy.

Jonathan Avalos was diagnosed with glioblastoma his freshman year at Purdue. He fought hard. He wants people to hear his story.

“It is going to be electric inside there,” said Sarah Myer with Indiana Sports Corp. ”(Hinkle) is like the epitome of college basketball.”

Painter was beaten out for the most handsome Sweet Sixteen coach by Duke’s Jon Scheyer, who scored a 7.13 out of 10. To be fair, Scheyer is only 36.

Bill Elbert went to his first Purdue basketball game as a teenager in the 1940s. Eight decades later he’s still waiting to see team win an NCAA title.

Nelson Hart crafted a wooden traveling plaque to record his family’s NCAA tourney bracket winners. More than 40 years later, the tradition lives on.

Owen Carr’s story of perseverance amid a life of special needs has captured a sports nation, many of them the biggest names in fur and masks.

Owen Carr’s special needs diagnoses go on and on; the mascot uniform gives him life: ‘We stopped praying for God to make him live and started praying for God to fill him with life.’

NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Pacers owner Herb Simon: ‘Few people have influenced the NBA’s growth as much as Herb over these past 41 years.’

IndyStar followed Sadie Smith for nearly a year after she married Chase Smith, her high school sweetheart, who was battling terminal cancer.

A look back at how the city landed the NBA’s marquee event for the first time since 1985.

We’ve got you covered with some really cool, historic, nostalgic basketball stuff to do while in Indiana whether you have NBA All-Star tickets or not.