Monthly Archives: July 2011

College Football & Basketball – Prohibition Shows Flaw in NCAA Mission

by Kent Sterling While cruising through the array of cable TV offerings available in my hotel room, I paused on the PBS station before realizing it was PBS.  A promo for an upcoming Ken Burns documentary on prohibition offered a great quote, “To pass a law is meaningless; to enforce a law means everything.” I [...]

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St. Louis vs. Indianapolis – an Insider’s Breakdown

by Kent Sterling Okay, that headline isn’t fair because that is not what this is,  I’ve been in St. Louis for three weeks, and been downtown only once, so I’m not quite more than a stranded tourist here.  I lived in Indy for 18 years, so I’m as well acquainted with that city as anyone. [...]

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Indy Pro Am – NBA Athletes Play Alongside Current College Stars

by Dustin Lytle The Indy Pro Am is an annual event put on by former IUPUI star Carlos Knox that places local basketball players against former and current NBA players. This year’s league is hosted at IUPUI’s gymnasium on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6-10pm. There are four games per night. Former and current NBA [...]

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Happy Fourth of July – the Cubs Lose Again 5-4 in Extras

by Kent Sterling For as long as I can remember, watching the Cubs play on July 4th has been every bit the tradition as fireworks and the Lawn Mower Brigade in the Lake Bluff (IL) parade celebrating America’s independence. And it was as miserable today as at any point in my memory – including the [...]

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Indiana Sports – Get Ready for a Return to 1965

by Kent Sterling The people who relish the good old days in Indiana are in for a treat.  The city of Indianapolis has worked very hard to attract and maintain two professional sports franchises, and now both leagues – the NFL and NBA – are in a state of suspended animation. The lockouts of both [...]

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NBA Lockout – Say Goodbye to Professional Basketball for a Long Time

by Kent Sterling The NBA knew damn well it was going to shut its doors a year ago.  The negotiations were a complete sham, and now the wait begins for the players who have been so relentlessly coddled by their employers that they have no ability to run their own lives to run out of [...]

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