Todd Jadlow played basketball at Indiana University from 1985-1989, and lived a life of privilege during a long professional career overseas. Then, reality came calling as it often does. Instead of answering that call with purpose and resolve, Jadlow ran to a bar and stayed there. As he told us in a 42-minute interview on my […]
These are interesting times for Indiana sports fans. Mediocrity is everywhere, but all that may be about to change. Professional teams boast potentially transcendent talent that are capable of championship level play, and the college football and basketball teams are arching toward meaningful improvement. I’m normally a cynical critic of management and mediocrity, but there […]
UConn kept its promise by winning its fourth straight National Championship last night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Dominance is tough to achieve. It requires discipline and leadership toward goals that are tied to process rather than result. Geno Auriemma is the coach of this collection of great basketball players, including the peerless Breanna Stewart, who […]
Indiana clinch a Big Ten championship two nights ago by beating Iowa, and two Hoosiers were instrumental in helping IU to that win. Max Bielfeldt and Nick Zeisloft combined to hit five-of-seven three-pointers to shoot the Hoosiers to an 81-78 win. Both are graduate transfers. The grad transfer rule allows athletes who have earned an […]
The Hoosiers and Boilermakers aren’t exactly the Tar Heels and Blue Devils, but it has been a great rivalry on and off for more than a century. Bob Knight throwing the chair, John Wooden playing for Piggy Lambert, the donkey on Knight’s TV show, Brad Miller and Steve Scheffler throwing forearm shivers to the throats […]
Anytime a black man and white man occupy the same space, there are going to be comparisons fueled by race. Sadly, that’s what we do and who we are. Peyton Manning and Cam Newton are NFL quarterbacks who faced off nine days ago in Super Bowl 50. Manning is white and Newton black. Manning has […]
Yesterday, the NCAA took a step toward what I perceive to be logic as it decided the Tuesday and Wednesday games that begin the NCAA Tournament will no longer be referred to as “the first round.” I’ve been yelping about this since 2011 when the NCAA decided the play-in games deserved the “first round” distinction. […]
Last night, a thoroughly enjoyable look back at the 1985 Chicago Bears aired as part of the ESPN 30 for 30 series. It documented the season of grace enjoyed by the team, city, and fans as they tracked perfection – not in record, but as a play by play objective. They captured America’s imagination 30 […]
Tonight will be a great night of college hoops for those of us in central Indiana who view it as one of America’s four major leagues, and the scheduling gods have smiled on us again as the two big games don’t conflict with one another. Butler hosts Georgetown at 7p (FS1), and Indiana will take on […]
