by Kent Sterling The athletic department at the University of Texas is the closest thing to a business in college athletics, but it isn’t a business, so Steve Patterson was fired as athletic director yesterday. [Well, his resignation was negotiated, but if the choice was his, Patterson would still be the AD.] It happened for […]
by Kent Sterling During the Ryan Grigson/Chuck Pagano era, including yesterday’s loss in Buffalo, the Indianapolis Colts have gone 2-5 during the first two weeks of the season. That’s the bad news. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter The good news is that after those first two weeks, the Colts are 31-10, have made […]
by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano sure does like to lavish praise upon opponents. It doesn’t do a coach any good to underestimate competition, but the way Pagano has been effusive in describing the thoroughly mediocre Buffalo Bills has been a great source of entertainment during his media availabilities all week. Click here to […]
by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs held a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning yesterday in St. Louis – trying to hold on for a sweep that would have cut the Cardinals lead in the National League Central over the Cubs to five-and-a-half games when I decided to prove a point. In […]
by Kent Sterling Yes, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell knew all about the New England Patriots cheating in Spygate, and directed the effort to destroy evidence for the good of the NFL. Talking heads in sports media are saying that as a result, he will be replaced by NFL owners at their first opportunity. Crazy talk. […]
by Kent Sterling Doesn’t do much good to focus on getting in shape for a season you won’t play. Some members of the Colts seemed to feel their roster spots were guaranteed, and making plays in the preseason was beneath them. Others hustled, hit, and earned a job at the expense of those who were dumped. […]
by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano is going to tell 22 football players today or tomorrow that their lifetime of work to become a professional football player was wasted. Some will cry, some will yell, some will quietly accept reality. All will feel a measure of failure and misery. Click here to follow […]
by Kent Sterling It’s not easy to be viewed as more arrogant than Bill Belichick, Bob Kraft, and Tom Brady. Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL have done that, but it doesn’t make Brady innocent. I’ve read the Richard Berman decision that vacated Brady’s four-game suspension, and not once are the words exonerate, innocent, or […]
by Kent Sterling Twitter is a great barometer for character. There is nothing to feat about social media unless you have some serious darkness in your heart, or a faulty filter either through personality quirk or a propensity for entertaining yourself after a couple of cocktails. Scot McCloughan is the new general manager of the […]
by Kent Sterling “On this week’s episode of Ain’t no Party like a Hoosier Party, the boys welcome an old friend back to the show for a night of revelry that begins with laughter, but ends with another hilarious headache for Coach Crean!” That’s the promo for what should be a reality based sitcom that couldn’t […]