Polka Boy Tonight at the Rathskeller – Accordionist Jeff Russell Tells Story of Singing “Back in Black” as Ethel Merman
by Kent Sterling My enjoyment of Polka Boy on a beautiful Friday night as the Rathskeller in Indianapolis is well-documented. That tradition is one that I honor every single time it happens. I wrote a little bit about Polka Boy opening the biergarten earlier in the spring, and accordionist Jeff Russell was nice enough to […]
by Kent Sterling This Saturday, June 8th, friends and family of Tom Severino will walk together in his memory at Butler University in the 2013 Fight for Air Walk. Money will be raised, stories will be shared, and the memory of an outstanding boss, mentor, friend, dad, and husband will be celebrated. Tom died of […]
by Kent Sterling Before moving to St. Louis two years ago, Chris Hagan and I hosted a sportstalk show on 1070 the Fan, and I loved it. It is always great fun because – number one, I like sports, and number 1A, and enjoy Hagan’s company. He’s funny, knowledgeable and self-effacing. He knows when to […]
by Kent Sterling I love Gregg Doyel as a writer. He’s angry, funny, and shares his version of the truth with enough hyperbole to make it interesting. I hope I’m half the writer he is when I grow up. His segments with Dan Dakich on 1070 The Fan in Indianapolis are some of the best […]
by Kent Sterling In this corner – the beleaguered 49 year-old administrator who has yet to work a single day as the athletic director at Rutgers University. In the other corner – a 20 year-old quarterback who has been suspended as a student for the fall term from Notre Dame because of academic misconduct. One […]
by Kent Sterling There is something about listening to the Indianapolis 500 on the radio that is just different, and somehow better than watching on TV. The first Indy 500 radio broadcast I listened to was in 1993, just after moving to Indianapolis, and I was hooked. As idiotic and shortsighted as the local blackout […]
by Kent Sterling My expectations for the third installment of the mischief four very different guys get into when the going gets weird were incredibly high. The writing for the first “Hangover” was clever as hell. Surprises came so quickly that the movie seemed as randomly constructed as real life. The second has less laughs, […]
by Kent Sterling Two years to the day since half of the most dynamic duo in Indianapolis radio since WIBC’s Kwesell & Crawford called it quits to take a job in St. Louis as program director of 101ESPN, Emmis Communications is proud to welcome back “Ahead of the Curve” with Hagan & Sterling beginning Saturday, […]
by Kent Sterling It might be more interesting to bitch and moan about accommodations and logistics while traveling for work with the St. Louis Rams, but all in all it’s a pretty damn good time and I would be lying if I wrote differently. For the last two seasons, I packed a bag and rolled […]
Rick Venturi – Football Coach, Media Savant, and Great NFL Analyst
by Kent Sterling Rick Venturi coached football for 41 years, and learned the game at a level few can. He slip seamlessly into media, where he explained complex elements of the game in simple and easily understood term. Knowing something, and being able to get others to understand are different things, and requires a very […]