One of those who knew Nancy and was able to see the crossbreed, not only from a sports standpoint,

but from the business standpoint as well.

He is in the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.

He went on to become, of course, a vice president for the Indiana Pacers, Bill Binner,

who also worked for the Indiana Sports Corps.

A number of different capacities saw the impact of Nancy Leonard joining me on the show today. Bill, let me begin by

saying my condolences to you, as I know that Nancy Leonard was somebody that you were close to,

but I don't think that it is possible for us, even in the next three hours, next three weeks,

to talk about the incredible impact she had on this city.

Well, Jake, first of all, I'm honored that you would have me on to talk about Nancy,

the London legacy.

I always called her as our friendship grew over the years. I always refer to her as the first lady.

And that was our little thing that we had going between us because she was, and I put on

her Facebook post. She's royalty. She's Indiana royalty. And everything you've

just gone through in this history lesson is so accurate and so profound because without

that Nancy's business acumen, without her being Slick's lifelong partner and managing

slick, which took some doing from time to time, without her influence on the Pacers and their

survival through the telephal, to the, to-the-to-the-tellathon,

I don't think it's too strong to say that Indianapolis might not have evolved

into the sports city that it is today and for all the things you just mentioned.

The fever, the Colts, the Pacers' eventual success,

beginning with the Donnie Walsh years, but just there's mere survival back in 1977. I was

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