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 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 […]
by Kent Sterling There is a great scene in the film Moneyball where Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane completes a trade with a rival GM on the phone, and hangs up while the guy is still talking. When questioned by his assistant about disconnecting so abruptly, Beane explains, “When you get the answer you want, hang […]
by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is an addict. He has a disease, and doing time is going to do nothing to change that, so the Hamilton County prosecutor’s office filed charges two C misdemeanors related to his March 16 arrest. Is there a double standard at work here? Would you or I […]
by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Colts all-time sacks lead Robert Mathis used Clomid under a doctor’s supervision to try to get his boys to swim stronger and truer, his wife became pregnant, and in a ridiculous overreach by the NFL he has been suspended for the first four games of the 2014 season. And a lot […]
by Kent Sterling No one in sports ever asks, “What’s in the best interest of the kids?” unless it’s also in the best interest of the person asking the question. In the case of the changes being proposed to NBA Draft eligibility the best interest of draftees isn’t in the same time zone as the […]
by Kent Sterling (Updated 8:10p to include transcript of Triplette’s post game interview with pool reporter.) Incompetence is tough to hide with cameras following every move from multiple angles, and ironically it was the work of the cameras on a play at the end of the first half of the Indianapolis Colts vs. Cincinnati Bengals […]
by Kent Sterling Too much going on to dig in deep about any right now, so here are some mini-posts about the big stories that are trending now: The NFL will stage three events in London next year, and in today’s announcement of which six teams will play in those games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell […]
by Kent Sterling The NFL would like people to believe its players are choirboys on Monday through Saturday, but become beast on Sundays when they are paid to maul the men playing across from them in a different colored shirt. They wear helmets, pads, and tape their joints because they would be hospitalized without them. […]