by Kent Sterling The Indy 500 is not the iconic event it once was, but there is still something amazing about being at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway each May. It just feels right to come out here and watch cars fly around this place. It’s a little different this May with the month starting not […]
by Kent Sterling In a perfect world, professional athletes would be smart enough to avoid watching ill-informed knuckleheads dissect their every move on TV, listen to music in their cars, and ignore the easily agitated fans who boo or tweet about what they perceive to be failure. Jerry Seinfeld heckled a heckler at her work […]
by Kent Sterling There is no weekend bigger in the development of an NFL team than draft weekend, and if any team is poised to make a leap in quality through its strategic allocation of resources over the next four days, it’s the St. Louis Rams. In 2012, the Rams made the call to spin […]
by Kent Sterling 1070 the Fan host Dan Dakich had a spirited discussion with Indiana Pacers play-by-play voice Mark Boyle today, and people on Twitter went a little screwy with talk of the motivation for the argument. It was a cross media dispute – Dan on the radio and Mark on Twitter, but both sides […]
by Kent Sterling When on the cusp of a championship run, low risk/high reward moves like the signing of Andrew Bynum are justified. With functional knees, Bynum is one of the top five centers in the NBA. Without them, he is a non-factor and bizarre side show. The Pacers announced today that the experiment has […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers have done the almost impossible. They have defied expectations so many times that exhausted fans have thrown in the towel trying to predict what’s coming next. Chicago Cubs fans expect to lose every time they walk into Wrigley Field. New England Patriots fans are certain they will win each […]
Kevin Durant named NBA MVP; defies heritage of self-serving blather with humble and heartfelt speech
by Kent Sterling Today’s professional athletes get a bum rap for being self-immersed mopes unable to recognize the effect others have upon their lives. At least one of them does. Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player today, and he accepted the award by honoring virtually everyone in his […]
by Kent Sterling The most storied and best formatted high school tournament in America was forever diluted in 1997, when school administrators voted to split basketball into four classes. Further change to it has been considered for over a year, but the IHSAA decided to hit the brakes before agitating the easily excited rabble that […]
by Kent Sterling The sad thing about peeling back the layers of an onion is that eventually you run out of layers, and as embattled Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert sat on the bench scratching his head during last night’s loss to the Washington Wizards it was apparent that the only answer that makes any […]
by Kent Sterling It’s deja vu all over again for the Indiana Pacers, and not the good kind of deja vu. Watching this team play before their backs are against a wall is like a recurring case of the mumps. For the second time in two series, the Pacers blew a chance on their home […]