These are interesting times for Indiana sports fans. Mediocrity is everywhere, but all that may be about to change. Professional teams boast potentially transcendent talent that are capable of championship level play, and the college football and basketball teams are arching toward meaningful improvement. I’m normally a cynical critic of management and mediocrity, but there […]
Basketball is a great game 11 months a year, but in March it’s special. And March starts this weekend. If you live in Indiana, there is nothing like March. Starting tonight, even passive basketball fans pay attention to the drama of sectional weekends, senior days & nights, conference tournaments, bracketology, and the Pacers drive for […]
Weekend after weekend, we sit in front of the TV for hours and hours watching sports. How fortunate are we in central Indiana that there is so much drama ahead this long holiday weekend? The Colts, Pacers, Hoosiers, Boilermakers, Bulldogs, Fuel, Cardinals, Jaguars, and all the great high school basketball teams in the area thrill and […]
The tough part of a beautiful fan-friendly event like the Crossroads Classic is that two really good teams are guaranteed to leave Bankers Life Fieldhouse as losers. The miserable part of playing/coaching/cheering for the quickly aging Indianapolis Colts is that eventually the bill comes due for a lifetime of dings, bumps, bruises, sprains, breaks, and tears. That […]
2015 is an odd year for sports fans in central Indiana. Optimists have plenty of reason to feel smart, but pessimists are justified in their negative thoughts. The Colts, Pacers, Hoosiers (basketball & football), Bulldogs, and Boilermakers (basketball) are all teetering between realizing their goals and falling off a cliff. Fascinating times provide a fascinating […]
by Kent Sterling The future of beleaguered Indiana Basketball coach Tom Crean is being weighed in Bloomington based on a number of factors. The most meaningful is money. And make no mistake, when decisions are made by adults, money is always the determining factor. There are other components, but plugging in the dollars usually leads […]