Nancy was brought up more times than can be counted in the service Wednesday by Pacers Sports & Entertainment titled Boom Baby! The Life and Times of Bobby Slick Leonard. It was a public celebration of life for the Hall of Fame coach who won three ABA titles with the Pacers and was the longtime team broadcaster who died April 13 at 88.
The format was fashioned after a basketball game Leonard s life in game form first quarter, second, halftime, third, fourth and then overtime.
But it was in that overtime that Nancy took the stage and, amid tears and laughter, she remembered her husband.
May 11, 2021 / 04:56 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) Pacers Sports & Entertainment will Wednesday host a celebration of life for Bobby “Slick” Leonard, who passed away last month.
The event will feature remarks and video tributes from friends, former players and fans honoring the former Pacers head coach and broadcaster.
The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Limited tickets are being sold with proceeds benefiting the Dropping Dimes Foundation.
Leonard was part of the 1953 NCAA Championship-winning team at Indiana University and spent seven years as a professional. He coached the Pacers in the American Basketball Association for more than a decade, earning three ABA championships.
INDIANAPOLIS – Pacers Sports & Entertainment announced today that KeyBank has joined the Pacers in partnering with Ascension St. Vincent for another major meal delivery to central Indiana healthcare heroes.
Over three days, more than 600 meals will be delivered to nurses and front-line healthcare heroes at Ascension St. Vincent s 86th Street campus. The first group was delivered on May 6, National Nurses Day, with more deliveries scheduled for National Hospital Week on May 10-11. KeyBank has long been an exceptional partner, and they are a wonderful addition to this collaboration with our friends at Ascension St. Vincent, said Pacers Sports & Entertainment President and CCO, Rick Fuson. Our healthcare workers have been the all-stars for all of us this season, and this is an opportunity for us to show just how appreciative we all are.
Hoops for Troops auction Presented by Yuengling.
NBA Cares Hoops for Troops, a year-round initiative led by the NBA in collaboration with the Department of Defense, USO, TAPS and other military and veteran-serving organizations, is designed to honor active and retired service members and their families. During Hoops for Troops Weekend, May 28-30, the Indiana Pacers and the Indiana Fever will join the NBA and the Department of Defense in recognizing members of the military and work side-by-side to positively impact central Indiana.
Hoops for Troops presented by Yuengling is the centerpiece of this year s Military Appreciation Month, May 1-31, with Pacers and Fever activations that also include: