by Kent Sterling Venting feels good for a moment, and then come the consequences. When alone in a car, the comeuppance is a confused stare from the driver of the car next to you. With your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife, mom, or dad, it’s generally a minute or two of patience before being told to […]
by Kent Sterling “No more fun of any kind!” bellowed Dean Vernon Wormer as the members of the Delta house filed out of a disciplinary hearing in Animal House. It kind of felt that way when Indiana football coach Kevin Wilson answered a question during his weekly radio show about the possibility of ESPN’s Gameday […]
by Kent Sterling We can’t protect ourselves or our kids with bubble wrap or absolutely ensure safety. No matter our diet, destructive habits, exercise regimen, or risk threshold of our jobs, people get old, sick, and finally die. How it happens is rarely up to us, but we can decide what challenges and validates us – […]
by Kent Sterling This was an impossible to watch from start to finish mess. The Indianapolis Colts losing to the New York Jets 20-7 last night in front of a national audience turned back the clock to 1993 – the last time the Colts were shutout at home, and the last time they were quite […]
by Kent Sterling There are Lombardi Trophies to be won and millions of dollars to be earned, but as the Indianapolis Colts season unfolds people are going to talk about how the Colts need to play for Chuck. Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano is reported to be on his way out the door regardless of the […]
by Kent Sterling Parents watch their sons and daughters differently than everyone else at a high school sporting event. They are invested – both financially and emotionally – in their kids’ performance and use by coaches, and some feel that investment confers a license to vent when frustrated. And they are the most likely to […]
by Kent Sterling The athletic department at the University of Texas is the closest thing to a business in college athletics, but it isn’t a business, so Steve Patterson was fired as athletic director yesterday. [Well, his resignation was negotiated, but if the choice was his, Patterson would still be the AD.] It happened for […]
by Kent Sterling During the Ryan Grigson/Chuck Pagano era, including yesterday’s loss in Buffalo, the Indianapolis Colts have gone 2-5 during the first two weeks of the season. That’s the bad news. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter The good news is that after those first two weeks, the Colts are 31-10, have made […]
by Kent Sterling Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano sure does like to lavish praise upon opponents. It doesn’t do a coach any good to underestimate competition, but the way Pagano has been effusive in describing the thoroughly mediocre Buffalo Bills has been a great source of entertainment during his media availabilities all week. Click here to […]
by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs held a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning yesterday in St. Louis – trying to hold on for a sweep that would have cut the Cardinals lead in the National League Central over the Cubs to five-and-a-half games when I decided to prove a point. In […]
