by Kent Sterling What the hell was I supposed to watch today? The gold medal game in a sport where I have only passing interest between the Americans and the Team Canada, or the Purdue vs. Michigan State tilt? I wore out the previous channel button and watched both. Hockey can be incredibly exciting when the [...]
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By Jeff Showalter I remember a time when February and March were filled with Basketball. I schedule my downtime around the Pacers and the Hoosiers, but now, there is no reason to pay as much attention. Both teams suck so bad, that 1)they are no fun to watch and 2) they are too painful to [...]
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by Kent Sterling They never were an elite team despite their elite payroll, but today as the Cubs prepare for the 2010 season they are just good enough to not blow up. Position by position, the Cubs are long in the tooth, short on health, and bereft of leadership. If you grade the Cubs position [...]
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by Kent Sterling A friend from Chicago called tonight, and asked what the hell is going on at Carmel? He’s been reading here about the story, but for the sake of brevity I have recapped the story for every post. Here is the recap On January 22, on the way back to Carmel from a [...]
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by Kent Sterling Not much really happened, which is not what I thought would be the case. When I was in high school, if this kind of thing ever happened to a school we were playing, I would have made sure we chanted some entirely inappropriate things. Brebeuf, Carmel’s opponent for tonight’s senior night game, is [...]
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by Kent Sterling Listening to the noon hour of the Dan Dakich Show on 1070 – The Fan today, I heard a caller thank Dan for being classy enough to avoid the Carmel Basketball Bullying story until someone knew something. I agree with Dan’s decision to avoid the story if the subject is uncomfortable. The trouble [...]
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by Kent Sterling It had to happen eventually. How long could IU fans expect the frenetic and constantly-hydrating Tom Crean to take that kind of abuse? It’s been a long time between W’s for Crean and the Hoosiers, and fan were beginning to question Crean emotional health with loss after loss greeted by incessant clapping [...]
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by Kent Sterling And the sinkhole expands. Another day, another allegation. A Carmel student has come forward saying he was assaulted in the locker room by a fourth senior basketball player. This makes identifying the four kids accused of wrongdoing a little bit easier, as there is now only one senior remaining on the team for Senior Night [...]
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Here are today’s big stories: Boilers – Hummel Tears ACL – Out for Season http://www.indystar.com/article/20100226/SPORTS0602/2260325/1004/SPORTS/No.-3-Purdue-must-overcome-the-loss-of-Robbie-Hummel-to-torn-knee-ligament http://purdue.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1056485 Boilers – Kravitz – Chance for Final Four Out the Window http://www.indystar.com/article/20100226/SPORTS15/2260327/1034/SPORTS15/Kravitz-Chance-for-Final-Four-disappears Hoosiers – Bad Loss to Badgers; Crean Tossed http://www.indystar.com/article/20100226/SPORTS0601/2260326/1004/SPORTS/Hoosiers-routed-Crean-tossed http://www.post-trib.com/sports/2071304,bkc-iu-0226.article http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=74102 http://www.jg.net/article/20100226/SPORTS0301/302269938/1089/SPORTS0301 Bultler – Perfection Awaits Tonight http://www.indystar.com/article/20100226/SPORTS0605/2260324/1004/SPORTS/Bulldogs-1-win-from-perfection-in-Horizon Colts – O-Line Will See Changes http://www.indystar.com/article/20100226/SPORTS03/2260329/1004/SPORTS/Colts-to-make-O-line-changes Pacers Go [...]
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by Kent Sterling The problem won’t be replacing Robbie Hummel’s points, if the conclusions about his injuries are correct and he is out for the remainder of the season. Hummel is a good scorer as Thad Matta can tell you, but the offensive games of the E’Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson can help bridge that [...]
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