by Kent Sterling Memorial Stadium looks a little bit different. The north end zone has been closed, and I’m sitting on the other side of the bleachers now, all the way up in the press box I used to find so mysterious. But everything is so familiar it feels like yesterday that I was part […]
by Kent Sterling More than 4,000 retirees and families from the NFL will share in a $765 million settlement of a lawsuit against the NFL brought by those who have suffered long-term head trauma playing pro football. That’s roughly $180,000 each, minus the attorney fees. If someone offered you $180K to live with dementia, would […]
by Kent Sterling The NCAA dangles on the brink of irrelevance after it’s 1/2 game suspension of Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, and now with the release of “The System”, a bevy of additional questions will be asked as to why the organization exists at all as an oversight authority in the world of big […]
by Bert Beiswanger There is a positive buzz in the air for Ball State’s 2013 football season, which kicks off tonight in Muncie against FCS school Illinois State (7 p.m., ESPN3). The Cardinals return a core of very skilled offensive players led by quarterback Keith Wenning, a fourth year starter and 3,000 yard passer in […]
by Kent Sterling The sound you just heard was anything within arm’s reach being thrown against the walls of every building in Columbus, Ohio. Johnny Manziel will sit for the first half of the Texas A&M vs. Rice as the punishment for whatever the NCAA’s findings are in their investigation into whether Manziel was compensated […]
by Kent Sterling If I recall correctly from my extended stay as a student on Bloomington Campus of Indiana University, the powers that be do not condone cheating. The only class in which I took such liberties was Geology, and that was only because it was a rite of passage at the time. Click here […]
by Kent Sterling There is nothing morally wrong with lying to avoid the consequence of breaking a bad rule. That may be shaky ground, but Johnny Manziel answering questions of the NCAA at this point is a lot like Colonel Hogan facing questions from Commandant Klink on “Hogan’s Heroes.” You do what you have to. […]
Indiana Football Unveils New Traditions and Gameday Experiences for Fans
by Kent Sterling Indiana University Athletic Director Fred Glass is P.T. Barnum with a law degree. If ever there was a man in the right place at the right time doing the right things in the right way, it’s Fred Glass. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter If there is a university more in […]
Tom Brady Speaks to Michigan Football Team; Hard Guy Not to Like, and I Hate Him for It
by Kent Sterling Tom Brady is an easy guy to loathe. He plays for Bill Belichick – the biggest jerk in the history of modern football – a repellant man who has zero grace or empathy, but makes up for what he lacks socially by winning an awful lot. Brady has only played for Belichick, […]
by Kent Sterling College football fans in Indiana tend to focus on Notre Dame, Purdue, and Indiana. Ball State is a bit like a forgotten neighbor kid who is never invited to play with the older kids on the block when it comes to conversations about football among fans here. The Cardinals are not likely […]