Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 2001 — Page 19

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2001

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Indians’ ticket prices unchanged Prices for individual games will be unchanged in 2002, according to an announcement by the Indianapolis Indians. Adults will pay $11 for box seats, $9 for reserved seats and $7 for grandstand, bleacher and lawn seats. Children 14 and under will continue to receive a $ 1 discount. Also remaining unchanged from 2001 will be ticket prices for group purchases. Groups of 25 or more will receive a $1 discount on reserved seats ($8). Groups of 100 or more will get a $2 discount on reserved seats ($7) and will pay $1 less for grandstand, bleacher and lawn seats ($6). Season ticket purchasers may also take advantage of2001 prices through Feb. 1. Fans purchasing a full season ticket package to all 72 home games in 2002 will pay $400 for each box seat through Feb. 1, a savings of nearly 50 percent off the regular gate price. The season ticket price will increase to $425 for each box seat on Feb. 2—still saving fans over 45 percent off the regular gate price. Season ticket prices for reserved seats are $350 through Feb. 1 when they will increase to $375. Fans purchasing season tickets in the grandstand area will pay $300 through Feb. 1 when the price will increase to $325. Unused season tickets will be exchangeable for any $7 seat (grandstand, bleacher or lawn) to any Monday or Wednesday home game in 2002. Season ticket packages are on sale now via the Indians Ticket Office and may be purchased in person at Victory Field or by calling (317) 269-3545. Groups may reserve tickets after the official 2002 schedule is announced. Individual game tickets will go on sale in March. '■-ih* COLTS Continued from B8 in three weeks. Only Arizona, which has no turnovers in two games, has been worse. And after the Colts offense committed four more turnovers Sunday, including three Peyton Manning interceptions, the Colts dropped to 30th in the league in interceptions (seven) and giveaways (10) and last in turnover differential (minus-7). “You can talk all you want about this offense and how it scores points and all that stuff,” Mora said. “But that’s not efficient football.” Those problems are just the start. Mora said the Colts uncharacteristically dropped 11 passes Sunday and committed “more” mental errors than the five they had the previous week against Buffalo. New England also managed to rack up 177 yards rushing, more than the 141.5 that the Colts allowed the first two weeks. The explanation was a compilation of small mistakes — things such as a misaligned player or an offensive lineman not holding his block long enough. “A lot of little things added up and it snowballed,” said defensive tackle Mike Wells, who was signed as a run stopper. “Honestly, it’s things like being a step short or a step too late.” Mora, however, had a bigger concern. He thought the Colts were outplayed because the Patriots wanted to prove a point, desperately needed a win and were ready to take their frustrations out on the Colts — and that his team lost its edge. The Colts, he said, played with passion but with less than they had the previous two games. The team seemed to get the point. “I think Coach Mora said it best this morning. He said the Patriots played with something that we didn’t,” Wells said. All the Colts can do now is hope they’ve learned a valuable lesson, one that they have 12 days to stew over. “Each game represents something different,” Manning said. “We played well the first two games, we put up a lot of points. But you’ve still got to execute, and we didn’t do that.”

Reggie Miller to make 3-pointers for relief fund

Special to The Recorder Reggie Miller, the Indiana Pacers' five-time All-Star guard, said that for every 3-point field goal he makes during the NBA’s preseason and regular season, he will donate $1,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund, benefiting the families of the victims and heroes from the tragic events of Sept. 11 in New York City and Washington. D.C. "At a time like this, everyone wants to do something and it gives me a chance to give back to my country,” said Miller, the NBA's all-time leader in 3pointers with 2,037. Over the course of his 14-year career. Miller has averaged 145 3-pointers per season with a high of 229 in the 1996-97 season. Last year. Miller hit 170, the third-highest total of his career. “I’m hoping I can break my single-season record," said Miller.

At the conclusion of the 2001 - 02 NBA season. Miller will make the total donation to the Disaster Relief Fund. In conjunction with Miller's announcement, the Pacers announced a matching $1,000 donation to the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis for every 3-point field goal Miller makes in the preseason and regular season. “Reggie's contribution is indicative of what he has done for the Pacers, the City of Indianapolis and the State of Indiana throughout his career." said Pacers' President Donnie Walsh. "Reggie has had some great, memorable games in New York and it's appropriate he is making this, great, memorable gesture. We wanted to match his gift to show our appreciation for everything Reggie has done and. obviously, to benefit the local Red Cross during this time of national need.”

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We'll see it evolve on the court.” Neither player, who were both voted asoneoftheNBA's50G reatest, could envision returning to the game once they retired. “For me personally, I didn't regret leaving,” said Abdul-Jabbar. who retired in 1989 after winning one championship with the Milwaukee Bucks and five with the Los Angeles Lakers. "I was really burned out. Our yearly quest to win a world championship really burned me out a lot. When I got away from the game, I needed to be away from the game."

Thomas retired in 1994. but remained involved in the league. He became part owner and vice president of the Toronto Raptors and later worked as an analyst for NBC. In 1999. he bought the Continental Basketball League, although that eventually folded. "I think everyone that ever retires from his passion always has the thought that you want to go back and flirt with it." he said. "1 think every person who's ever retired has thought 'I can go out there and play.' Not many, of us have tried it."

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