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 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 Kent Sterling “Did you know a frog, when dropped into boiling water will jump out, but if placed in warm water will sit quietly as the temperature rises to boiling without moving until it dies?” This question has been asked of idiots by idiots for generations. I heard it tonight from a middle aged [...]
by Kent Sterling As Roger Daltrey and an outstanding band that included Pete Townshend’s brother Simon ripped through a start to finish performance of Tommy, my mind kept wandering from the excellence of the music performed by who was there to the guy who wasn’t. It’s arguable that Tommy was not Pete Townshend’s greatest achievement [...]
by Kent Sterling It always strikes me odd to see people by the hundreds snap pictures of landmarks photographed so often and so well that there is certain an equal or better photo available on the internet to print or download to share with friends. Today, there were thousands of such folks at the 9/11 [...]
by Kent Sterling The NAB is an annual rite of passage for people in the radio business. Managers, company heads, and talent interested in learning and renewing acquaintances converge on a city and talk about radio. There are seminars and enough downtime to share experiences and notes. This was my first trip, and it was [...]
by Kent Sterling The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon that raised well over $1-billion over the years to fund the search for a cure for a dreaded disease of Muscular Dystrophy affecting thousands of kids was known for schlocky acts, firemen with boots filled with coins, and the best known comic actor who was never [...]
by Kyle Miller Between NCAA recruiting violations and the Steriod Era in baseball, sports news is becoming more than just box scores and recaps. Now we listen to lawyers, judges and trials to figure out the future of certain individuals and in some cases whole programs. These allegations and investigations are ruining sports. Baseball seems [...]
