by Bert Beiswanger Times, they are a changing in Muncie. So it seems. The nightmare that has been almost a decade of futility for Ball State basketball appears to be over. After a string of bad hires and poor leadership from the top of the university down through the athletics department, Ball State basketball fans […]
by Kent Sterling My favorite part of the new College Football Playoff is that the official name for it is the College Football Playoff. No one got all Jim Delany clever, as the Big Ten commissioner did with the soon-to-be-abandoned names of its two divisions – Leaders and Legends. Just say what it is, and […]
by Kent Sterling I got my haircut yesterday – always a landmark of futility. Why I bother is anyone’s guess. The guy cutting away is talking about the pride he feels in living in Indianapolis, and I start talking about the differences between Indy, St. Louis, Louisville, and Chicago – the four cities where I […]
by Kent Sterling There are idiots everywhere. Some are just easier to find. I guess we should all thank the super fans for making that process incredibly simple for us. Unless these people are somehow mentally challenged, or are using their pseudo-celebrity for the good of a charity, although I can find no evidence of […]
by Kent Sterling Teams can take nights off from playing defense in the NBA regular season, but rarely do you see a defense as passionless as what the Atlanta Hawks showed last night against the Indiana Pacers. Legs can bounce back, shooting touch can return, and strategic decisions can turn a series, but when heart […]
by Kent Sterling With Maurice Creek leaving Bloomington for a program closer to his child, the Hoosiers have a slot available, and coach Tom Crean can do one of four things with that scholarship. Crean can stand pat, pleased with the six returning players and six incoming freshmen. There is the option of pursuing an […]
by Kent Sterling The math is now swinging in the opposite direction as the Indiana Hoosiers will for a time have one more scholarship available than people hoping to claim it, as Indiana announced today that Maurice Creek will forego his last year of eligibility in Bloomington to play closer to his home in Maryland, […]
by Kent Sterling Not only does no one know what’s going to happen tomorrow night’s NFL Draft, but in most cases it doesn’t matter a damn. Yet, we search mock drafts to try to figure out who the Rams will take with #16 and #22, and what the Colts will do with #24. We watch […]
by Kent Sterling Young teams in the NBA learn from mistakes. The Bulls in the late-1980s couldn’t out tough the Pistons, or they would have won championships. The Pacers themselves couldn’t get by the Knicks and Bulls in the mid-1990s. The Jazz and Suns never got over the hump in the 90s either. LeBron’s teams […]
by Kent Sterling There is only so much a man can take. Dale Sveum is the manager of the Chicago Cubs, but he’s a competitive human being first. He’s tired of losing. Sveum vented last night before the Cubs blew another save – this one in the 13th inning – to lose to the Cincinnati […]
