by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz has reported that Larry Bird will return to the Indiana Pacers in his former role as president of basketball operations. Current general manager Kevin Pritchard will be the number two guy, and Donnie Walsh will slide into a role as consultant. This is good news for Pacers […]
by Kent Sterling Winning a championship is hard, and there is no shame in not winning one for a few seasons, but minus a few outliers, the City of Chicago has had some barren years minus the Blackhawks over the past half century. I would love for you to click here to follow Kent on […]
by Kent Sterling Two sports with their championship series that occur almost simultaneously. One thrives, and the other struggles. One has stars, the other has players with similar talents who minus their numbers appear identical. The differences between the NBA and NHL remind me of the difference between NASCAR and IndyCar. When I watched the […]
Why Victor Oladipo Should Be the #1 Overall Pick
by Kent Sterling That’s a clear-headed kid. Former Indiana University shooting guard Victor Oladipo will be taken in the top five picks in Thursday night’s NBA draft, but every team that passes on him will regret it. That’s because Victor is a man of goals, vision, and sacrifice. So many young men see draft night […]
by Kent Sterling There aren’t a lot of arguments in this house. I was trained in arguing by some of the best at the art during holiday dinners when I was a child, and verbal duels takes me back to the darkness of the Nixon vs. Roosevelt donnybrooks between Dad and my Mom’s mom. Those […]
by Kent Sterling As the game remained close well into the second half, it seemed the Miami Heat were waiting for the moment to unleash the hounds of war and assert their will. The Spurs fought with pride, but like the Spartans at Thermopylae, the opposing horde was too much to take on when the […]
by Kent Sterling NBA players in Toronto are harmless. No one pays any attention, even if they say stupid things. Forgive me if I missed how self-impressed Chris Bosh was up in the hinterlands of the NBA Now that he has moved to Miami where microphones and cameras are everywhere, Bosh’s inane chatter is impossible […]
by Kent Sterling The Spurs chances to win a fifth World Championship were at 98.6% with :28 seconds left in Game Six. Now, there are a lot of people saying the odds are now reversed in the Heat’s favor. A lot of good things have to happen for the Spurs to win tonight, and run […]
by Kent Sterling Every professional athlete has a moment when he realizes he can’t do what he once did – that the physical gifts that once seemed so much a part of his DNA have eroded to the point where he is now a liability to the team that once counted on his skills. That […]
by Kent Sterling That was a hell of a basketball game that the Miami Heat won 103-100 in overtime. The game belonged to the Spurs as they took a 13 point lead in the third. Then it belonged to the Heat as they asserted themselves in the fourth quarter to take a three-point lead with […]