Category Archives: Kent Sterling

Top 10 most annoying and inspiring stories from yesterday’s Indiana sports news
March 8, 2016

Yesterday was one of those days.  It seemed every story – every single thing I talked about on my radio show affected me emotionally. My emotional spectrum runs from inspired to annoyed, and all that happened pushed one of those two buttons. March is like that in Indiana.  With high school and college basketball becoming […]

10 ways Peyton Manning changed Indianapolis forever and always
March 7, 2016

Peyton Manning’s announcement that his playing days are behind him has sent the media into a reflective frenzy. Is Manning the best quarterback ever?  Does going out a winner enhance his legacy?  Did the Colts err in allowing Manning to spend the last four years of his playing career with the Denver Broncos?  All these […]

10 Reasons the graduate transfer rule is GREAT for college basketball
March 3, 2016

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 […]

Top 10 reasons Indiana Basketball has avoided collapse this season
March 2, 2016

Indiana got it done last night.  They had chances to turn that 14-point lead into a loss, but finished Iowa to clinch the regular season Big Ten Championship. That’s a hell of an accomplishment for a team that spent the last three seasons failing to meet the expectations they promoted to fans and media. With a […]

Eight reasons Fox Sports Erin Andrews is due 17-million apologies
March 1, 2016

It’s victimless, right?  Watching a nude Fox Sports sideline reporter Erin Andrews in her hotel room on our laptop, tablet, or smartphone.  The video is there, and our not watching doesn’t make it go away. Yeah, not so much. Andrews is a sports reporter who during her time at ESPN and Fox has become a […]

Ten reasons Dan Dakich is the best talk radio host in Indianapolis
February 29, 2016

There is a petition being circulated via social media to remove Dan Dakich from 1070 the Fan, and it is having exactly the opposite effect if the management at Emmis listens to it correctly. Only one unpardonable sin exists in media, and that is to inspire indifference.  Dan is definitively not the cause of any […]

Top 10 reasons the Indiana Hoosiers are the best story in college basketball
February 26, 2016

Indiana Basketball stands very near an accomplishment that would have been impossible to imagine three months ago. After losing to Wake Forest, UNLV, and Duke during a two-week stretch that was thoroughly disappointing, Indiana found itself, and is in the drivers seat to win the Big Ten regular season crown over teams like Maryland, Michigan State, […]

10 reasons why the Josh Speidel story is the best of the past year
February 25, 2016

Great guys fighting courageously against adversity is the narrative of every great sports movie.  Rudy, Hoosiers, Bad News Bears, Mr. Carter, Miracle, My All-American, Bend It Like Beckham, Rocky, Hoop Dreams, and every other great sports movie circle that territory. The story of Josh Speidel, an Indiana All-Star basketball player from Columbus North High School, […]