by Kent Sterling There is no punchline worthy of the beginning of baseball’s best joke – How stupid are Cubs fans? Scores of sentimental dork sportswriters romanticize this ridiculous bunch. Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Sun-Times extolled the virtue of the 2.88 million who poured through the turnstyles to watch one of the worst teams […]
by Kent Sterling It seems all that Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager fears is admitting a mistake. Yesterday, he spent $55-million to let everyone know that he still believes in his quarterback. Tony Romo will turn 33 next month, and the total for the six-year deal is $108 million extension, but what I have learned after […]
by Kent Sterling Oh boy. There was never any doubt that former Indiana University Rick Greenspan is a self-immersed kook, but he has now been accused of being an unrepentant xenophobe – or a guy with a sense of humor on par with Archie Bunker. Oregon will take the court in a couple of hours in […]
by Kent Sterling Anyone who has ever given notice to an employer knows it takes great discipline to continue to be focused on the task at hand. I went through it a couple of weeks ago, and despite my best efforts, there is no doubt I relaxed a little bit. By the measurables, I was […]
by Kent Sterling After watching hundreds of workouts and shoot arounds, one thing I know is that using them to predict the outcomes of games is impossible. Louisville is loose as hell, laughing, shooting, and enjoying themselves. That’s the way the Cardinals have rolled forever. I remember at the regional finals in Knoxville in 1983 […]
by Kent Sterling Everyone knows that the so-called experts haven’t got a license on prognostication any more than the women who watch one half on college hoops and then win their office pool, but the day of a huge game we need to know what the smart guys think. The smart guys have weighed in […]
by Kent Sterling I’ve written often about a class of 2007 summer team that played together without ego, a lack of concern for being recruited, and a love for one another that oddly remains the exception to the rule in youth basketball. With the successes of Florida Gulf Coast, LaSalle, and Wichita State in last […]
by Kent Sterling Bill Carmody can coach. Make no mistake about that. Northwestern is going to find out whether Collins can coach, and Collins is determined to find out whether Northwestern is capable of building a winning program. CBSsports.com is reporting that Chris Collins has agreed to be the next head coach at the only […]
by Kent Sterling VCU head coach Shaka Smart is going to be offered the UCLA job if he wants it. Duke assistant Chris Collins has reportedly interviewed for the Northwestern job. There will be dozens of jobs available this offseason – USC, Minnesota, Ball State, among the many others – and Brad Stevens will be […]
by Kent Sterling Twitter is a wonderful tool for communication. It’s immediate, capable of sending a tightly crafted message to millions, and can be as dangerous as it is helpful. Tonight, I saw this – “Parents take control of the recruiting process as early as 5th grade. Visit a college campus on ur own, plant […]
