by Kent Sterling What happened to the days when coaches were obviously stooges who said and did the wrong thing so often that we couldn’t believe a conscious athletic director would continue to employ him. I’m sure they are somewhere, but no place to be found in central Indiana, and certainly not in Hinkle Fieldhouse […]
by Kent Sterling Devin Robinson is 6’8″, skinny, can jump out of the gym, and if the highlight videos can be trusted is a hell of a good shooter. He announced today that he will attend Florida and play for Billy Donovan. Indiana fans should wish him well. Truth be told, I might make the […]
by Kent Sterling Thinking about basketball is something I can never been able to escape. Basketball is incredibly complicated and almost impossible to execute perfectly, and I love puzzles without a solution. The combination of athletic fluidity, potential for selfishness, and need for specific activity make coaching the game an act of near futility. Click […]
by Kent Sterling There was a time when Derrick Rose was just a kid hooping. Before the national endorsement deal, before the ACL injury and his refusal to play in the playoffs, and before his recent comment that he’s greedy about winning. In May, 2006, he was just a kid trying to win a tournament […]
by Kent Sterling A.J. Hammons is proof that sometimes God plays tricks on people. Every once in awhile, he matches the wrong brain and body. Such is the case with center A.J. Hammons, who has always been physically gifted, but not a real fan of the game of basketball. That’s the assumption I make from […]
by Kent Sterling This is the week. This is THE week. The NFL hit the halfway mark of the regular season, the NBA is ready for opening night. The World Series is now a best two-of-three series. College football is heating up as teams are halfway through the conference schedule. The NHL is about ten […]
by Kent Sterling Kentucky fans are relentless in their love for Big Blue Nation, and their wild proclamations of physical and moral superiority are beyond debate. If you try to explain in a rational way why Kentucky’s winning should ring hollow, they lose their minds. Arguing gun control or abortion is more fun than engaging […]
Chris Collins Awards Scholarship to Northwestern Basketball Walk-on – on Video
by Kent Sterling Two things we learned yesterday about shiny new Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins – he appreciates the work of the unheralded, and he is pretty sharp at crafting an image. Collins announced to his team yesterday that walk-on James Montgomery earned a scholarship for the year. The moment was videotaped and posted […]
by Kent Sterling I love bureaucrats – not really. They say one thing while doing the opposite leaving everyone confused as to what they really mean. That confusion is the centerpiece of their professional strategy. Today, University of Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich told the media that he has decided that 2011 ESPN.com recruiter of […]
by Kent Sterling Thirty months of work, people fired because of supposed missteps in the investigation, and a lot of hand wringing have netted a loss of nine scholarships and no bowl ban for the University of Miami’s football program. With this inflatable hammer of justice whacking the Hurricanes, why wouldn’t everyone cheat on some […]