by Kent Sterling Last night’s opening night performance by Peyton Manning might have been the best of his career because the previous game featured one of the worst, and Manning knew that better than anyone. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Ironically, the only two postseason games on this list were against the Denver […]
by Kent Sterling The AFC South has been around for 11 seasons, and the Indianapolis Colts have won the division seven times. The Tennessee Titans took two (2002, 2008), and the Houstan Texans have cashed in on the last two. Jacksonville has never won a title. Click Here to follow Kent on Twitter It’s the […]
by Kent Sterling There is no chance – none, zero, null set – that the Oakland Raiders are going to beat the Indianapolis Colts this Sunday in the regular season opener for both teams. And Oakland coach Dennis Allen knows it. Not naming a starting quarterback for “competitive reasons” tells fans everything they need to […]
by Kent Sterling Twitter is fascinating. Real time and precise measurement of audience is not something I’m familiar with having been in radio for years. It’s also a fun and immediate mode of communication with an audience who then can immediately reply directly. Those you want to read, you follow. Those you don’t want to […]
by Bert Beiswanger There is a positive buzz in the air for Ball State’s 2013 football season, which kicks off tonight in Muncie against FCS school Illinois State (7 p.m., ESPN3). The Cardinals return a core of very skilled offensive players led by quarterback Keith Wenning, a fourth year starter and 3,000 yard passer in […]
by Kent Sterling There is a lot of talk about the NFC West being the best division in the NFL, and it just may be. If you take the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks of 2012, and add what many expect are going to be two of the most improved franchises in the St. […]
by Kent Sterling There was no way that any of those players cut by NFL teams today were going to make the final cut to 53, but it still hurts to get the tap on the shoulder or the call to come to the team’s office. Everyone cut today was – at the minimum – […]
by Kent Sterling Taking credit for coming clean should require that the admission and apologies come prior to compelling evidence of guilt being presented, and loudly and falsely proclaiming innocence in front of microphones and in private whispers to people in baseball. Braun not only claimed not to have used PEDs, but told people that […]
by Kent Sterling There is some bad mojo going on at Wrigley Field. Fans and media claim that team president Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer are pressing all the right buttons in trading veterans for farm system bulk, and that the youngsters left behind are being tutored to play better at the major league level. […]
by Kent Sterling It’s hard to know who to be more pissed off at – the idiots who continue to pay retail to watch horrible baseball in Wrigley Field, or the morally bankrupt ownership who continues to charge among the highest prices in baseball for a product they know is incapable of a reasonable facsimile […]