When I watched a video of four black NFL pundits, including ESPN’s Domonique Foxworth, agree that Philip Rivers is replacing Jacoby Brissett as the Colts starting quarterback because of racism, I winced. The four experts were not in perfect alignment about the role racism plays in the evaluation of NFL quarterbacks, but all agreed it […]
I never climbed on board the Philip Rivers to Indianapolis train. It just didn’t make sense given that way general manager Chris Ballard does business. Ballard is about developing and executing a plan that builds a championship level culture. Nowhere on the list of Rivers’ accomplishments is the word “championship.” He’s 38-years-old, and started all […]
“The Lord guided me. No other way to explain it,” said Al Durham after pouring in a career high 37 points to lead Indiana to an improbable 91-66 runaway win over #3 seed Maryland. Durham’s previous career high was 22 points against St. Francis (PA) in last year’s NIT. Against Maryland, Durham quite literally could […]
Is Archie Miller doing a good job as Indiana’s basketball coach? If you want to start a fight at a sports bar in central Indiana, drop that bomb at a table where someone is wearing red and white. It’s not that IU fans are split as to whether Miller is doing a great job or a […]
There I was this afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse waiting for Butler’s practice to end so I can talk to a couple of players for my podcast, and I got the following email from YouTube TV: That means no more Pacers Basketball on Fox Sports Indiana. That means no more IHSAA State Championship programming. That’s enough […]
Free agent quarterback Philip Rivers will not be signed by the Indianapolis Colts. Since Rivers and the Chargers announced their intention to split after 16 years, it has been speculated by national media without local insight that the Colts would be the best fit. The reason has nothing to do with fan distaste for the former Chargers […]
I hear you out there, Indiana fans. You’re tired of the losses. You saw Bob Knight at Assembly Hall and all your synapses started firing. Visions of championships, excellence, and toughness started dancing in your brain. Indiana’s basketball season took a hard turn south a couple of weeks ago with 1:27 seconds left against Big 10 […]
Bob Knight comes back to Assembly Hall for a perfect halftime in the middle of a brutal loss #iubb
Bob Knight coming back to Assembly Hall didn’t matter to me – until it happened. To watch a frail Knight walk back onto the court where he built champions tempted me toward sadness until he was magically transformed by the enthusiastic crowd and loving embraces from dozens of his former players into the towering figure long […]
Maybe Bob Knight comes back to Assembly Hall for tomorrow’s game against Purdue. Maybe not. These rumors have popped up many times before. This might have roots in truth as Dick Vitale doesn’t do games in Bloomington much anymore, and he’s been banging the drum for Knight to bury the hatchet and come back for […]
Last night’s Pacers collapse in Toronto was horrifying. Leading 118-108 with under two-and-a-half minutes left, they allowed the Raptors to score the final 11 points to snatch defeat out of the usually reliable arms of victory. That was the third straight loss for the Pacers as they try to adapt to the return of Victor […]