There is a petition being circulated via social media to remove Dan Dakich from 1070 the Fan, and it is having exactly the opposite effect if the management at Emmis listens to it correctly. Only one unpardonable sin exists in media, and that is to inspire indifference. Dan is definitively not the cause of any […]
Friends of mine in media were fired yesterday, and while I’m certain each will be fine once the dust settles in their emotional minds, it occurred to me that people on the precipice of career ruin at the hands of media managers incapable and unwilling to accurately appraise value need to be a little bit […]
[Ed. Note – These are not rankings, and since their original publication early this morning I have removed the numbers to alleviate any confusion. Seems several of the people listed were quite sensitive as to where they fell on the list. I literally drew their names out of a hat to determine the order. There […]
Things that are wrong with sports radio are also wrong with the rest of media, so this headline is way too specific. People in media sadly aren’t the sharpest tacks in the drawer, so we tend to not see life as a collaborative and fun exploit filled with adventure and productive endeavors. Because we in radio […]
by Kent Sterling For many years I have offered my services to Indiana University as a special deputy chancellor for fun, but sadly my phone continues to sit silent. My first act in that position would be to approve a one-time special waiver to serve beer at the Dan Dakich Gameday Broadcast and Celebration tomorrow. Kegs […]
by Kent Sterling “I like Tom Crean, but…” If you listen to media people, myself included, appraise the work of Indiana Basketball coach Tom Crean, it’s inevitable you will hear that he is liked by that person. It’s relentless, this compulsion to declare our affection for Tom, and it makes me skin crawl. I hear […]
by Kent Sterling Colts fans have become used to disappointing results in the preseason. Last year’s 0-4 preseason record brought shrugs because fans were smart enough to know they would celebrate an AFC South Championship. We know that nobody remembers the preseason once the regular season rolls around. Despite the impulse to believe what we […]
by Kent Sterling In most cities, columnists and radio hosts routinely monitor each other to see what plot of intellectual territory goes unclaimed, and they plant their flag there. If one guy says the local NFL team had a great draft, another will say it was atrocious. Journalism isn’t a matter of honest and heartfelt […]
by Kent Sterling Some mistakes you never stop paying for. In 2000, Bob Knight was fired by Indiana University for being a jerk. There was all that nonsense about Kent Harvey greeting Knight by his last name, and Knight typically exploding, but it was the incredible tonnage of bizarre idiocy in and around Assembly Hall […]
by Kent Sterling The challenge of creating from whole cloth a three-hour sportstalk radio show each weekday is much more fun than I thought it would be – and I thought it would be a riot. That is what surprised me most during the first week of hosting the Kent Sterling Show (catchy name) Monday-Friday […]