This is an undoctored picture of White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko, second baseman Chris Getz, and Royals first base coach Rusty Kuntz. No explanation needed. This’ll be repeated to the dismay of Lower level seat holders throughout the MLB for another 160 games if Getz gets on first, as Kuntz is the 1B coach. […]
by Kent Sterling It took a day and a half, but someone associated with Rutgers University blurted out a sensible comment. The most compelling question that remains in the still unfolding story is why athletic director Tim Pernetti continues to hold on to his job. Pernetti is the guy who chose expedience and convenience over […]
by Kent Sterling There is one reason to watch a high school all-star basketball game like the McDonald’s All-American contest that was played last night in Chicago – to identify and assess the kids who will be freshman at the university of which you are a fan. After all, nobody has any affinity to one […]
by Kent Sterling It was inevitable that an addlepated knucklehead on a message board would put two and two together to make 17 when Park Tudor head basketball coach Ed Schilling was hired by UCLA’s Steve Alford. The thinking from the message board conspiracy theorists is that Alford must have hired Ed Schilling because of […]
by Kent Sterling People are weasels. That’s a pretty good rule of thumb for dealing with successful men and women in business. Find the road that is most expedient, and then watch as that is the one chosen by men like Rutgers president Robert Barchi and athletic director Tim Pernetti. They rarely surprise us. The […]
by Kent Sterling Doing what’s right doesn’t matter a damn to most administrators, and Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti said as much yesterday. The right thing would have been to fire basketball coach Mike Rice as soon as anyone with the authority to do so saw the videotape showing physical and verbal abuse the first […]
by Kent Sterling The City of St, Louis wants to love Sam Bradford. Rams fans want to believe that the three-year veteran will be a late bloomer who will show his potential with better protection and weapons. They point to a variety of reasons Bradford has looked nothing like a championship quarterback to this point […]
by Kent Sterling The re-emergence of Indiana University’s basketball program has been a steady upward climb since the remnants of the grim Kelvin Sampson era walked out the door after not finding new coach Tom Crean to their liking. But like every climb, up can only be so high, and now after rising to the […]
