Five Days After the Play, ESPN Still Can’t Tell Difference Between Seahawks Hauschka and Ryan
by Kent Sterling Last Sunday, former Indianapolis Colt Lawrence Guy blocked a Seattle Seahawks field goal attempt by kicker Steven Hauschka, and Delano Howell scooped it up and returned it for a Colts touchdown. The weird part of the play, the part that ESPN anointed as part of it’s top ten plays of the week, […]
by Kent Sterling The Associated Press is really good at providing dry game recaps, and other nondescript pieces that help newspapers fill its pages with relevance. What it rarely does is rage against a player, team, or league – until what happened at IndyCar’s Grand Prix of Houston got wedged between the APs Jenna Fryer’s […]
by Kent Sterling Wouldn’t it be nice if good people didn’t die? There just aren’t enough people who care more about others than they do themselves to not hate it when they are taken from us. Bob Scott was a big man with a loud laugh, hands like jai alai cestas, and a lightning fast […]
It’s the last day of the month, so it’s time to update the Twitter rankings for the Indianapolis media. You can either embrace Twitter as a way to immediately communicate directly with a limitless number of media consumers or not. With every opportunity that passes to build a brand, the value of that brand recedes. […]
by Kent Sterling There is enough going on right now that talking sports in Indianapolis is more about choosing what not to talk about than what to talk about. Saturday at 11a, Fox 59’s Chris Hagan and I will talk Indiana Hoosiers – media Day was Thursday and provided a little clarity as to whether […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana Pacers radio play-by-play Mark Boyle is a fascinating guy. Every conversation involves questions and commentary that are unfiltered. Talking to him requires focus because if he asks a question, he is genuinely curious about the response. There are a lot of people who ask questions to be polite, and then check […]
by Kent Sterling Fox 59’s Chris Hagan got a chance to sit down and talk to film director Ron Howard about his latest project “Rush”, and all credit goes to Chris for being able to keep his focus. The voice and laughter of a TV and film icon like Howard would be impossible for me […]
by Kent Sterling If you are going to punch 1070 AM or 107.5 FM on your radio, you want to listen to something worthwhile, and that is what he work hard to provide each week. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Today’s guests are as good as it gets, and we’ve worked all week […]
by Kent Sterling Six months ago today, I packed and came home. The job as program director at 101ESPN wasn’t enough to keep me happy, and just as important it wasn’t enough to keep my wife happy. Many of the people at 101ESPN were wonderful, and I’m looking forward to seeing many of them this […]
by Kent Sterling For all the people headed to Bloomington or West Lafayette tomorrow for a great day of college football, Chris Hagan and I have put together a spectacular show from 9a-11a on 1070 the Fan and 107.5 FM in Indianapolis. For those outside of central Indiana, listen live at 1070thefan.com. Click here to […]