by Kent Sterling 1070 the Fan host Dan Dakich had a spirited discussion with Indiana Pacers play-by-play voice Mark Boyle today, and people on Twitter went a little screwy with talk of the motivation for the argument. It was a cross media dispute – Dan on the radio and Mark on Twitter, but both sides […]
by Kent Sterling A day like today has not happened in the blossoming sports history of Indianapolis. There has never been an NBA Game Seven played here, so it’s a special day for Fox 59’s Chris Hagan and me. But there is a hell of a lot more than that going on – the NFL […]
by Kent Sterling There was so much wrong with the first episode of “Crowd Goes Wild” on Fox Sports 1 that they lost me for the next three months. I tuned back because of equal shares of professional responsibility and morbid curiosity. Same problems. Today, I read where the show has been cancelled, so I […]
by Kent Sterling Today is a big day in Indianapolis sports, and we will be all over it beginning at 11a today on 1070 the Fan and 1070thefan.com. The Indiana Pacers will either even their series against the eight seeded Atlanta Hawks or fall into a 3-1 trough from which they might have difficulty climbing […]
by Kent Sterling Color coordination between a tie and highlighter isn’t enough anymore to keep a job at ESPN. A lack of preparation and the insipid commentary that followed gives fans a reason to rejoice the departure of a source of great annoyance – Richard “Digger” Phelps. The end of a career, even one earned […]
by Kent Sterling I have to admit that when I first saw the cover of Golf Digest that has many LPGA tour pros upset, I assumed Paulina Gretzky was a hot chick pro like Anna Rawson, Belen Mozo, and Natalie Gulbis. Turns out, her only claim to fame is as the girlfriend of PGA pro […]
Print may be dying, but the content produced by the Indianapolis Star certainly isn’t. The way the Twitter followers of the Star staff grew in March, maybe the death of the ink stained wretches can be forestalled for a good long while. Media is about providing unique content, and by using Twitter to convey it, […]
by Kent Sterling A tsunami of comments flooded kentsterling.com early today, and because I try to reply to even the wackiest of thoughts, I was very busy this morning. I was called names and referred to as a hypocrite enough times that I should have suspected something, but I was typing so furiously I never […]
by Kent Sterling Live TV is a fickle mistress. ESPN’s Digger Phelps misidentified Stephen F. Austin University as “Stephen A. Austin” and then “Stephen F. Foster”. Weird things sometimes happen, and mistakes are made. In introducing CBS aviation expert Sully Sullenberger – the guy who is making a ton of cash based because he was […]
by Kent Sterling The show is a little later today (1p-3:20p) on 1070 the Fan and 107.5 FM, but that just means the show will be better for the extra two hours of preparation, and it wasn’t wasted. Pacers basketball – the way we enjoyed it for the first half of the season was back […]