by Kent Sterling When Indianapolis Colts general manager Ryan Grigson told the media last week that he would draft the best player available with the 29th pick, everyone assumed he meant the best player on the defensive side of the ball. Pundits thought a safety like Landon Collins might address a need AND be the […]
by Kent Sterling I have a rule about business. Never give money or praise to people or businesses unworthy of respect. WalMart may be less expensive, but their clothes are made by children held in virtual slavery. They claim ignorance because they have suppliers who subcontract work to sweat shops. I will never work for […]
by Kent Sterling I don’t spend my life studying film on hundreds of college football players, so this is not the spot to learn about the lateral quickness of Landon Collins or pad level of Malcom Brown, but there are reasonable assumptions that can be made about the NFL Draft that can inform selections. A […]
by Kent Sterling Should a kid be able to attend the high school he or she wishes regardless of the reason? That’s a question the Indiana High School Athletic Association has answered with a resounding “NO!”, and it’s getting ready to be even more emphatic. According to a Kyle Neddenriep post on indystar.com, the IHSAA […]
by Kent Sterling When the NCAA decided to allow a graduate to transfer without being forced to sit out a year, I wondered how long it would be before the rule was rescinded because it allowed a measure of freedom for players. So I wasn’t surprised at all to read over the weekend that the […]
by Kent Sterling Fourteen games in the 2015 Chicago Cubs season, I am convinced Joe Maddon is exactly the right guy to lead them on last leg of a trek from a desert of misery and mediocrity that began in 1908 to a championship – a journey that makes Moses’ trek to the promised land […]
by Kent Sterling When everything looks great, take a peak around the corner to try to find the adversity that is always coming. When the NFL schedule was released last night, I glanced at how the games aligned because I thought maybe that would bring the reason for a little pessimism as we look toward […]
by Kent Sterling Sometimes members of sports media err by believing they are buddies with the athletes, coaches, and managers involved in sports. Sometimes the managers, coaches, and athletes make that same mistake with the media. Here is the relationship – the media watch, listen, and report as the eyes and ears of fans. If […]
by Kent Sterling Working in and around sports is not easy, and keeping the cash flowing through tough times is even more difficult. Below are the seven coaches/athletes whose future is the cloudiest as we enter the time of year without meaningful games and the odds each will survive in their positions through the next […]
ESPN’s Britt McHenry emotionlessly rips into tow yard clerk in video – suspended for one week; fired from my TV
by Kent Sterling Don’t start with this “We all have our moments” crap in defending ESPN’s Britt McHenry. Some of us have vented frustrations in stressful times, but what Britt McHenry is shown doing in a video to a tow yard clerk is unforgivably mean because it was executed with such heartless indifference. Everyone is […]