by Kent Sterling Friday nights across America in the fall means high school football, and my wife and I took in the Homecoming game at Carmel High School against Pike. We love high school sports, but need a context to make the competition meaningful. I got all the context I needed the previous Tuesday. That […]
by Kent Sterling When two powerful and confident men lock horns, the victims are everywhere, and the latest unfortunate episode of the Bob Knight/Myles Brand zero tolerance standoff is former Indiana point guard A.J. Guyton pleading with his mentor to be on hand for his induction into the Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame. It […]
by Kent Sterling First, the good news – veteran broadcaster Steve Simpson has been hired to inform and inspire Minnesotans at heritage news/talk WCCO in the Twin Cities. The bad news for Indianapolis radio listeners is that Simpson will be doing the thing in Minnesota that he has done so well here for the last […]
by Kent Sterling What in the hell goes on in the minds of young men with 895,000 twitter followers when they decide to tweet whatever idiocy pops into their minds early in the morning. Indiana Pacers forward Paul George decided to weigh in on the Ray Rice issue this morning, has pulled the offensive tweets, […]
by Kent Sterling When people are comfortable telling only part of the truth, trouble ensues. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell went seriously old school politician yesterday during an interview with CBS News Norah O’Donnell, who did a more than credible job in asking the right questions. Goodell tried to appear earnest while dodging, dipping, and ducking. […]
by Kent Sterling The video was horrifying. Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice throws a left cross, and Janay Palmer is knocked unconscious. Rice waits patiently for the elevator to open, drags her limp body into the lobby, and retrieves her shoe. We have all seen it – or should, and those who saw the […]
by Kent Sterling UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma is adept at a lot of things – solid x’s and o’s coach, great brand builder, and as a result a magnificent recruiter – but his greatest talent is manipulating the media into positive coverage for the Huskies. While the media climbs all over itself to […]
by Kent Sterling Tennis used to be big in America. Kids took lessons and played for fun. Athletes from the United States won tournaments – major tournaments. Now, other than the Williams sisters, who are quickly closing in on retirement, there are no Americans posing a threat to win any of the majors, and a […]
by Kent Sterling The number of people being warehoused in American prisons and jails continues to skyrocket because American justice is more about assessing punishment than causing behavioral change. Similarly, the NFL’s system of discipline is designed to impress fans with its severity, rather than enlighten and enrich. So Colts owner Jim Irsay was suspended […]
