by Kent Sterling There are many reasons to avoid embarking on a six day adventure with old friends – sans wives and kids. The wife and kids among the very best reasons. Spending time with those we like at the expense of those we love seems silly and capricious. There are other reasons, most related [...]
by Kurt Loder (Special to kentsterling.com) Anyone who went to college in the mid-1980s remembers the rock anthems “Angelic Demon” and “Psycho Skank”, but few remember the band whose brief rise to the top of the charts and then steep plunge into the abyss of total anonymity render them a distant afterthought in the history [...]
by Kent Sterling Every day for 10,000 days my wife and I have spoken – sometimes in laughter, sometimes sorrow, and very occasionally in anger, but always honestly, and without exception – daily. 10,000 days ago Julie and I dancing frenetically and repeatedly to side one of Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” album at aq party [...]
by Kent Sterling So much for the seamless transition in the front office of the building Bill Polian once ruled with an iron fist. Both Bill and Chris Polian were told to vacate the premises on 56th Street today in the aftermath of a horrifying 2-14 season. Really smart guys evidently become really fireable really [...]
by Kent Sterling It’s been a long time since Indiana posted anything resembling a gaudy record. The 107-50 blowout win today over Howard isn’t worth raising a banner, but the 11-0 record for a team that had been 28-66 the previous three seasons shows the program has turned a corner. Or has it? The schedule [...]
by Kent Sterling Indiana Basketball beat their neighbor to the south 73-72. You know, the one that keeps kids around for nine months and turns them loose to the NBA. Yeah, those guys in blue and white. This is THE win that fans in Bloomington have waited for since disgraced former coach ran the SS [...]
by Kent Sterling [ed. note: With the recent firings of Syracuse basketball assistant Bernie Fine and Penn State legend Joe Paterno associated with alleged child molestation charges, it's hard to gin up a lot of moral outrage against Kentucky coach John Calipari. As the sub-basement of morality of college sports has been dredged, Cal looks [...]
by Kent Sterling One year and two days after his death, former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo’s dream finally came true. The Golden Era Committee in charge of the key to the gates of Cooperstown relented, welcoming Santo 37 years after his retirement from his beloved game. Shame on them. Santo spent countless years [...]
by Kent Sterling The narrative in sports is constantly evolving, and that’s what makes it so consistently fun to think about. The minute the Cardinals won Game Seven of the World Series, talk began to percolate about whether Albert Pujols would come back to the team. Then Tony LaRussa retired, and the Cubs hired Theo. [...]
