Michael Rubino

Pictures are worth a thousand words, but in basketball it’s points that count—Hibbert finished with 28, Stephenson bounced back with 12, and Arenas had zilch.

Sadly, that’s not the only shot Hibbert or his teammates took on social media last night. Here’s a sampling of the sporty spice tweeted about them.

The purgatorial Pacers have put their fans through much since March, and tonight we see if they have the bite to climb back and level the series.

At stake tonight: possible home-court advantage in the upcoming NBA Playoffs. Who wants it? Who knows?

“I feel like we are doing this by ourselves and fighting a losing battle,” says Rev. Charles Harrison.

He worries that the controversy has gotten to the point where he and like-minded supporters of a ban are considered “bigots.”

Miller has operated the Dorman Street Saloon for a decade and is now venturing out with her second establishment, the Liberty Street bar, in a Mass Ave building she and her husband have owned for 30 years.

Despite the accolades and compliments, the 18-year-old has kept his focus: “I try not to pay too much attention to that stuff.”

Bangkok transplant Sasathorn Rudisell is the secret ingredient in three of Indy’s top kitchens.

Being one of the “it” guys does have its downside. Haters, says Robinson, want to hate. “I’ve stood next to people—who didn’t know who I was—while they talked shit about my beer,” he says.

IM: How did this book come to be? What were its roots?

Allison Melangton

Only the second woman to run a Super Bowl Host Committee, Melangton fielded lots of offers afterward. She worked for NBC during the Olympics, and then took the top job at Indiana Sports Corp. “I’m happy here,” she says, “and happiness weighs a lot on your decision.”

Everyone remembers the shot. IU down by one. Six ticks left. Jumper, 16 feet out, Keith Smart fading, fading left to the baseline. There’s a lot of catching up to do. Here’s what Smart and his teammates are up to now.

Chris Carlson, the guy at the center of the most bizarre story I’ve ever worked on, called from a federal lockup a few weeks ago to say he’d written me a poem.

For us, as for working stiffs around the city, Fast Friday Practice at IMS (May 18, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., $10) means playing afternoon hooky at the track. But first we fuel up at one of our favorite westside lunch spots: