by Kent Sterling Given the last four games between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts, making a case that the Colts can beat the Pats is impossible. Sure there are reasons for optimism, and I believe the Colts will be very competitive Sunday night, but ratcheting up a 2008 level of optimism with the […]
by Kent Sterling Being a radio producer is not a career destination; it’s a step toward something else – an opportunity to host, sell, or manage. So when my producer for the first 16 months of my show, an affable and diligent young man named Nick Bosak, told me he was leaving the show to […]
by Kent Sterling There are hip sports fans, and then there are the dated and weird fans that we only see at the sporting events they have became inexorably linked to. Jack Nicholson will be forever hip even as he makes fewer movies, but he doesn’t miss many – if any – Lakers games. Jon […]
by Kent Sterling Driving home yesterday, hauling ass to watch every pitch pf game four of the NLDS just like when I ran home everyday from Mrs. Zimmer’s class at Lake Bluff Central Elementary to catch the end of every regular season game in 1971, I heard Jake Query on WNDE lambasting me for my flip-flop […]
by Kent Sterling Dealing with addiction is tough enough when no one knows who you are and you can begin the process of recovery in anonymity. When you are the face of a historic football program and open yourself up to taunting immediately prior to a rivalry game, I’m guessing it’s brutally tough. USC football […]
by Kent Sterling The Indianapolis Colts were expected to be faced with a lot of adversity this week. Andrew Luck shelved; Matt Hasselbeck in the ER; JJ Watt and Jadeveon Clowney snarling after humiliation in Atlanta; Chuck Pagano under fire; Andre Johnson looking old; Colts defense unable to pressure quarterbacks; the record for consecutive division wins […]
by Kent Sterling Andrew Luck with a damaged wing, Matt Hasselbeck and his mid week flu, or short-timer Josh Johnson – guessing which Colts quarterback is going to face the angry and recently embarrassed Houston Texans defense is anyone’s guess. The Colts have an opportunity tonight to win their 16th straight division game, which would give them the […]
by Kent Sterling Baseball fans backing the 29 teams that do not call Wrigley Field home loathe hearing about the 106-year championship drought, the unique level of suffering it causes, and the many ways Cubs fans are different from them. I was accosted by an Expos fan at Indiana University in 1984 while wearing a […]
by Kent Sterling It’s usually understandable when people treat the media with indifference. We can be a pain in the ass – all those questions when coaches and players want to prepare for an upcoming game or relax. But the media are mostly easily satisfied folks paid to inform fans about their favorite – a […]
by Kent Sterling Yesterday’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars was hard on the eyes – a tough to sit through debacle made palatable for Colts fans only because of the 16-13 overtime result. That is took two missed potential game-winning field goals is not reflected in the standings that show the Colts […]