by Kent Sterling Last night, when Ohio State basketball coach Thad Matta told the assembled media after his Buckeyes thoroughly outplayed Indiana in their 82-61 game that advice from former IU coach Bob Knight helped beat the Hoosiers, he wan’t just sharing an anecdote. Matta was firing a scud missile right past Tom Crean’s ear. […]
by Kent Sterling It started with a visit from Zach Hahn’s Mom Connie. She asked me if I was emotional about the day. Inside, I thought, why would I? It’s Butler’s Senior Day, not Loyola’s. Hahn played his last game at venerable Hinkle Fieldhouse, (if you don’t precede Hinkle Fieldhouse with the word “venerable”, athletic […]
by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs have Derek Jeter alongside Starlin Castro on billboards all over Chicago extolling fans to buy mini-season ticket packages. How pathetic. The Yankees will be at Wrigley for a three game set from June 17 – June 19, but if a ducat to one of those three games is the […]
by Kent Sterling There are people who love to hate, and losing games in Bloomington, Indiana, is as good a reason as any to hate the coach at Indiana, so that is what these people do. Frankly, I don’t know whether Crean can coach or not, but he has built a pipeline running through the […]
by Will Carroll I hate cupcakes. Both kinds. Call me crazy, but I just don’t have a sweet tooth and hate foods that make me want more. I have enough of an issue with temptation as it is. It’s worse with the cupcakes that college football trots out in September. Samford? Stony Brook? Florida something […]
by Kent Sterling Second chances make for great third acts, and America boasts a wonderfully theatrical society that allows and rewards redemption. Art Schlichter is working on a quarter century of criminal behavior, convictions, and releases. A self-professed compulsive gambler, Schlichter has employed every corrupt means possible to fund his habit. He had everything as […]
by Kent Sterling There is something challenging about a great basketball player. People watch and they run through a mental checklist of skills and abilities. The first time you see a kid who is highly touted, the feeling is “going ahead and prove something to me.” Well, Gary Harris proved something tonight. In a gym […]
by Kent Sterling After a few weeks of stories about idiotic college hijinx, the timing seems right for a story about idiotic adult hijinx involving a hotel, a Denny’s, and a boob pretending to be the manager of a Hampton Inn in Bloomington. When we graduated college, we made it a point to return to […]
Here is the release from IU detailing the results of Kevin Wilson’s first recruiting effort in Bloomington: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Twenty-one student-athletes will continue their football playing careers at Indiana University, head coach Kevin Wilson announced on Wednesday. Wilson’s first recruiting class includes the 2010 Indiana Mr. Football award winner in addition to one four-star […]
