by Kent Sterling “Did you know a frog, when dropped into boiling water will jump out, but if placed in warm water will sit quietly as the temperature rises to boiling without moving until it dies?” This question has been asked of idiots by idiots for generations. I heard it tonight from a middle aged [...]
by Kent Sterling Peeking under the hood is an act best reserved for a place other than on the football field sidelines. Over dinner last night in Irving, Texas, with some very astute sports guys, one asked me what I thought of instant replay in sports. We were watching game three of the World Series [...]
by Kent Sterling And the clock goes tick, tick, tick. Louder the noise grows until the only thought in the athlete’s mind is to try to prolong the present for as long as possible. The future is bleaker and bleaker, and the legs are slower and slower. Such is the deterioration of the body. The [...]
by Kent Sterling The sun is shining a little bit more brightly on Chicago’s northside this morning after second year owner Tom Ricketts did something other than shake the hands of long suffering fans. He hired a president that knows something about baseball. Theo Epstein, the former boy-wonder of Boston baseball, is coming to reinvigorate [...]
by Bert Beiswanger Years ago, my brother and sister-in-law went to an IndyCar race and met Dan Wheldon. They came back with three autographed promotional photos individually addressed to each of my two sons and me – kind of. Apparently, when Dan asked my brother who to make one of them out to, he thought [...]
by Kent Sterling A good guy died today doing what he loved. That’s it. There is nothing more to this tragic story than that. There are those who will call for someone’s head because 34 cars on that tight track seems extreme, especially when cars practiced in excess of 225 mph. There are those who [...]
by Kent Sterling Since moving to St. Louis almost four months ago, I’ve spent a lot of time at Busch Stadium, and because I had no loyalty toward the Cardinals early on, I decided to spend my time and attention watching Albert Pujols play – just him, staring at Pujols all the time trying to [...]
by Kent Sterling As Roger Daltrey and an outstanding band that included Pete Townshend’s brother Simon ripped through a start to finish performance of Tommy, my mind kept wandering from the excellence of the music performed by who was there to the guy who wasn’t. It’s arguable that Tommy was not Pete Townshend’s greatest achievement [...]
By Austin Miller In case you have not heard, Scottie Pippen has again come back with the “LeBron is the greatest”, only this time he saying at his position and will have the greatest stats when all is said and done. Once again Scottie is putting his foot in his mouth. Never has a sidekick [...]
