Colts cornerback Kenny Moore is as universally liked and respected as anyone in the locker room or on the field, and he is frustrated with his contract. Moore has avoided working through two OTAs to draw attention to his frustration and try to compel general manager Chris Ballard to negotiate a new deal to lift his […]
It’s youth baseball and softball season, and that means it’s time for parents and coaches to destroy enthusiasm for what should be great fun for kids among friends. Or they can choose to enhance it. Let’s talk about how to do that. Here are 10 easy to read but hard to execute tips for helping your kid […]
Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is the Vladimir Putin of Major League Baseball. “Control media, control minds!” is the belief that guides both government controlled media in Russia and Cubs controlled media in Chicago. Of course, reality is different. No one pays attention to Marquee Networks glad tidings and refusal to allow words like “rebuild” to escape […]
A quality college basketball program needs a leader, and Trayce Jackson-Davis stepped forward yesterday to accept that challenge for Indiana Basketball. “It’s different, it’s my last year, it’s my last time being at IU, and I don’t want anything of that nature ruining our season. I mean, if you’re that selfish to (break rules requiring […]
Our society has lost its collective mind. Not only is Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray sitting out OTAs because of the “disrespect” he feels as he is scheduled to be paid over five-million bucks for the 2022 season, but pundits are defending his stance because other quarterbacks make so much more. Teachers in Phoenix are paid an […]
Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Mike Brey is not a whiner. Sadly, that places him in a distinct minority among those in his profession. Here is what Brey said at the ACC spring meetings last week about the challenges of athletes monetizing their names, images, and likenesses, “[Coaches] have got to stop complaining. This is the world […]
Year after year, it seems fans of the Indianapolis Colts fail to learn their lesson when the schedule is released. Social media posts, including comments on my YouTube channel, are filled with pie-eyed optimism, including bizarrely bold predictions about the Colts going undefeated through the regular season – something that has occurred only twice by any NFL […]
Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard is like a very tardy Santa Claus. That is as it should be. Some NFL GMs get geared up for the beginning of the free agency period. They spend and spend, acquiring splashy, well-branded names who may or may not have a lot of quality football left in their quickly […]
College students are going to be idiots occasionally, and that seems to have been the case early Sunday morning as Indiana Basketball point guard Xavier Johnson was booked into the Monroe County jail on a felony charge of resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor reckless driving. Johnson’s Dodge Charger was allegedly clocked going 90 heading north on […]
The NCAA Transfer Portal for basketball players should be a remedy of last resort, but it has instead become a spring break destination more popular than South Padre Island. College is a great place for young adults to be introduced to manageable adversity, so that when real misfortune comes during adulthood they don’t wig out and […]