Indiana Pacers

Just as last Sunday’s Indy 500’s flying start featured the first row of the three speediest drivers roaring past the start/finish line, the 56th IPL 500 Festival Parade needed a triple boost to match its theme, “Turbocharging Indy.” So what better way to kick off the parade with the Indianapolis pro cheer triple threat of […]

Ahh, romance is in the air; Valentine’s Day, a time to show our loved ones how much we care. In this sometimes mixed-up, crazy world, we need a day devoted to the goodness of wonderful love. And Indiana’s sports fans love the Pacemates, the dance team of the Indiana Pacers. So what a wonderful group […]

Congratulations to three-year Pacemate, native Iowan, and Indiana State grad Jessica for “making the team” as a rookie on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders!

Indiana Pacers July 26, 2012 The final nine members of the Pacemates team for this upcoming season were announced Thursday afternoon on Pacers.com. Five members were announced Tuesday night after the “Pacemates Showcase” at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. That evening, four veterans—Desiree, Bethany, Sarrah and Tamara—joined rookie Walesska as the first members chosen. (Watch their finalist […]

By Evie Lichtenwalter BSU Daily News July 18, 2012 Four Ball State alumnae, and former members of the university’s Code Red Dance Team, have made it as finalists to be selected as part of the 2012-2013 Indiana Pacemates squad. The Indiana Pacemates are the Indianapolis Pacers dance team and are made up of a selected […]

There are some intriguing things about Pacemate Desiree. One is from her on-line bio, saying she “never took a dance class as a kid!” No dance classes (!), for an NBA dancer, who prior to the Pacers was a Colts Cheerleader? And come to think of it, why did Desiree go from cheering for the […]

By Christy Hunter The Exponent Tamara Ammons-Jones speaks with her body. Not that she won’t sit down for an hour to laugh with a stranger, but for the Purdue alumna and Indianapolis Pacers cheerleader, dance is expression. Dance is everything. Sometimes it expresses the pain she can’t release with words. A dancer since the age […]

Thank you to the NBA powers for giving us a wonderful gift, the NBA back on Christmas Day! Preparing for the new season is occurring at warp speed, and the Indiana Pacers held their annual FanJam last Sunday, the annual free event with free food, autograph opportunities, a blue versus white scrimmage, and the antics […]