by Kent Sterling Isiah Thomas has done a hell of a lot with his life – all of it following his career as a player has fallen short of the expectations of the employers who have sent him packing. He was a fierce competitor on the floor, graceless in defeat and jubilant in victory. Florida [...]
by Bert Beiswanger At the risk of looking like an idiot Saturday evening if Oklahoma beats BCS No.3 ranked Oklahoma State, I’m somewhat annoyed that so little attention has been given to the idea of Oklahoma State playing in the BCS National Championship against LSU. I don’t have enough time or energy at this moment [...]
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. [...]
by Kent Sterling It’s hard to argue against doing the right thing, so this post isn’t going to turn too many heads, but so many people make so many daily compromises in the name of maintaining the machinery necessary to create and perpetuate their income flow that I’m compelled to write something that people will [...]
by Jeffrey Showalter Why are we surprised? Major college football programs have not been “programs” for decades. The BCS is business and in business, “problems” get covered up. Recruiting and donation support dries up, you lose games, and then it repeats itself. Why are we surprised? This time it was Penn State, many thought the [...]
By Pauly Balst Former Speculative Journalist Emeritus [Ed. Note: Balst has predicted correctly a myriad of events in a career as a speculative journalist, including the still to be completed dissolution of the Big 12, the firing of Jim Hendry, and the downward spiral of Tiger Woods. Paulie is to sports as Warren Buffet is [...]
by Kent Sterling It doesn’t matter if Joe Paterno went to high school with Ben Franklin and invented football. If a man entrusted with the development and maturity of young men doesn’t do everything allowed by law to stop a man from molesting children, he should be fired instantly. There are very few absolutes in life, [...]
by Kent Sterling Sitting in the visiting radio booth before the St. Louis Rams play the Arizona Cardinals, there is nothing to do but think, and if I’m going to think, I’m also going to write, and there is plenty to both think and write about. I know it’s not in the headline, but this [...]
By Amber Spruill I can’t decide if I’m enjoying this or not. The Big Ten is an absolute mess right now, but is this a good thing? The Big Ten(XII) B1G has been in a bit of a crisis from a PR perspective the last five years. Largely in part to a Buckeye collapse in [...]
by Kent Sterling The inertia sending football programs toward the inevitable four mega-conferences of 16 schools each is overpowering. College presidents are powerless to resist its pull, and the battle to see wihich conferences will survive is a compelling drama is huge as its ramifications. The Big 12 is flying apart before our eyes as [...]
