It’s interesting how life can give one a second chance just when they least expect it.
If you ask anyone associated with the NBA All Star Game played in our city about how it went, you’ll generally get a rather glowing account of all the activities that transpired in our community from most who were involved coordinating the game.
We all knew the game itself would be a dud, and while Rick Fuson and his staff at Pacers Sports and Entertainment did a phenomenal job serving as hosts, working in concert with the NBA is a rather daunting task, and it’s quite difficult to do everything well as expected.
It’s generally a spectacle reserved for corporate America. After all, they claim to be picking up the tab.
This old scribe was adamant back then about how those who support the league by watching from the rafters during the regular season were not able to afford the coveted accessibility to the proceedings, and there was virtually no response to what many deemed a liberal cry for accommodating the truly underprivileged in our community with some sort of ability to attend the Saturday Night All-Star Celebration, which was held in the cavernous...
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