by Kent Sterling It would be very easy to crush the Chicago Cubs ownership for their greed in leaving WGN for Chicago’s CBS cluster of stations, but WGN was the change agent here. Ratings and revenue were down because of the protracted rebuilding mess, so WGN exercised an out last year that made 2014 the […]
by Kent Sterling At New Albany High School in extreme southern Indiana, they were very proud to be the home of America’s first high school radio station, and I couldn’t wait until my junior year so I could be a part of it. Sophomores weren’t eligible for radio, so I waited my turn. Opening a […]
by Kent Sterling A stunningly good race, beautiful weather, and the closest thing to filled grandstands in years make a discussion about saving the Indianapolis 500 a wasteful exercise – or so the staff at 16th and Georgetown might think. Not me, not after spending a couple of previous Memorial Day weekends 230 miles away […]
by Kent Sterling When Game Three of the Eastern Conference Finals is tonight, the Indy 500 is tomorrow, and Colts owner Jim Irsay was charged with two misdemeanors yesterday, hosting a sportstalk show like sitting in a sports bar having a conversation. That is the good fortune of Fox 59 sports director Chris Hagan and […]
by Kent Sterling In 49 states, Jim Nabors is a ghost of TV past … but this is Indiana. To those living outside Indiana, the thought of an actor without a single credit in the last 23 years being the the centerpiece of a pre-race ceremony – any pre-race ceremony – is ludicrous. It sounds […]
by Kent Sterling So sad that a simple discussion on race can’t happen without people inferring acrimony between the participants. Bomani Jones and Mark Cuban are both very smart guys coming at a very complicated and volatile issue from two unique perspectives, and the more smart people talk about race, the better all of us […]
by Kent Sterling The great Pauly Balst called and texted this morning demanding that something be done to help Boise State football recruit Antoine Turner. The kid is homeless, and living in a car until he is allowed to report to campus. “We need to put him up until he gets to report to Boise. […]
by Kent Sterling While Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is certainly a pathetic and twisted wretch of self-immersed putrescence, those who find glee in his extended torment are not much better. Recognizing this glop of walking and talking misery is not worth the self-congratulatory bloviation we are being subjected to in the media and […]
by Kent Sterling On the heels of a dominating performance in Washington, the Pacers have snatched back home court advantage from the upstart Wizards. The Colts drafted two guys – an offensive lineman from Ohio State named Jack Mewhort, and Dante Moncrief, a wide receiver from Ole Miss. The inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis will […]
by Kent Sterling There are days in radio when you have to dig a little bit to figure out what to talk about, but not today. Not with the Pacers @ Wizards game tonight, the portion of the NFL Draft that is meaningful for the Colts, and the inaugural Grand Prix of Indianapolis tomorrow afternoon. […]