Jamaal Tinsley Happy To Be Alive

Former Iowa State basketball star Jamaal Tinsley knows he has to make lifestyle changes, and he feels blessed to have the chance. That was the Indiana Pacers guard's mindset 36 hours after being shot at with an assault weapon in front of a downtown Indianapolis hotel. He was not injured. He said "The man upstairs, he gave me another opportunity to see another day. When athletes step out, anything can happen," the sixth year player said after Monday's practice. Tinsley met with coach Jim O'Brien and team president Larry Bird a day after the guard and several companions were targeted in the early Sunday morning shooting that wounded the team's equipment manager.