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 […]
by Kent Sterling A comment on the last post about the Carmel High School Bullying Story that is currently dominating the news in Indianapolis brought back memories of high school. Here is the full comment: “They were swiping freshman asses with credit cards…It is serious, but in regards to everything going on, this should be a minor story. […]
by Kent Sterling There is a great scene at the end of the film “Charlie Wilson’s War” where Phillip Seymour Hoffman explains to Tom Hanks how good and bad fortune isn’t always good and bad. There aren’t many of us who want to be fired. I sure as hell didn’t. Both of the radio stations for which […]
Thirty Years Ago Today – the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team Became Heroes
by Kent Sterling I remember February 22, 1980, for two reasons. The least important is that it was my 18th birthday. America remembers it because that was the day the U.S. Olympic Hockey team defied overwhelming odds to beat the best hockey team in the world 4-3. No one under the age of 35 remembers it, but […]
by Kent Sterling Perspective sucks. It’s earned through pain. Every sport parent suffers through the ignorance of taking each game a little too seriously. We think that the coach is an idiot because he doesn’t put our kid in the position where he can best succeed. We think that our kids need to get grittier. We […]
by Kent Sterling Listeners look for a couple of different things in a talk host, but the overall skill set for a great talk host is an ability to present unique information and perspective in a compelling and fun way. That is as close a description of what you get with the Dan Dakich Show […]
by Kent Sterling Watching sports parents at every level is the same. It doesn’t matter whether the kid is in college, the NBA, high school, or a fifth grader. They are all sure the coach just doesn’t see their kid as the person and player he is. The officials are boobs and single their kid. […]
by Kent Sterling Building The Fan was endless fun and presented a series of challenges that were as puzzling as they were predictable. Anytime a radio station automates even a single daypart – for those who are radio neophytes, automation means a computer is in charge of the audio – there is a huge risk of double-audio, dead […]
by Kent Sterling It’s easy to respond to a six-game Big Ten losing streak with cynicism. Until the past two seasons, the Hoosiers haven’t suffered a six-game conference losing streak since World War II. That kind of systemic failure is usually met with skepticism at the minimum and usually an amount of horror. IU fans have […]
by Kent Sterling It’s not quite time for the annual look at my exclusive Chicago Cubs Preview, but with pitchers and catchers reporting in five days and some recent optimistic and baffling comments by GM Jim Hendry, there is no time like the present to vent a little and clear my head prior to the weekend. […]