by Kent Sterling If Roy Hibbert was a foot shorter, he might never have picked up a basketball, and might be a CPA or IT professional who amused and frustrated co-workers in equal measure with his mood swings. Because he is 7’2″ and athletic enough, Hibbert is a professional basketball player who will continue to […]
by Kent Sterling The athletic director was made aware, the president was made aware, and the chancellor was made aware. According to families of those involved, no one from the University of Illinois responded meaningfully to complaints about women’s basketball coaches until Illinois Speaker of the House Mike Madigan started making calls on behalf of […]
by Kent Sterling Ten-year NBA veteran Monta Ellis is reportedly talking to the Indiana Pacers today about coming to Indy as a free agent. There are reasons for the Pacers to be interested in signing Ellis, and a few for fans not to see him as a magical elixir that might allow the Pacers to […]
Breakfast with Kent – US women beat impatient Germans; Pacers start practice; we’re selling magic table!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8WGjqZDUGY
by Kent Sterling Poor Andy Benoit. He tweeted his silly thoughts on how women’s sports aren’t worth watching, and his world exploded. The Sports Illustrated editor isn’t a fan of watching women, said so, and has been excoriated in the media ever since. Sure, his position was dopey – watching anything where score is kept […]
by Kent Sterling Without emotional investment in the men and women operating the machines, IndyCar is just fast and pretty cars driving in circles. Speed is relative and does not create drama. Pretty cars are not dramatic. Wrecks are not necessarily dramatic. Competition among rivals is dramatic. IndyCar drivers are incredibly well-mannered and nice. They […]
by Kent Sterling Don’t go looking at the stats Myles Turner put up last year and expect to find the answer to why the Indiana Pacers selected him 11th overall in last night’s NBA Draft. His modest 10.1 points per game average is not eye-popping. The 6.5 rebounds per game would be the least you […]
by Kent Sterling Some guys just reek of success. They have usually faced adversity, received an honest appraisal, and responded with diligence on their way to success. Hello, Bobby Portis. Just over three years ago, according an interview I did with Portis, he played three minutes in his high school’s state championship game. Upset, he […]
by Kent Sterling Fans assumed that David West would opt to return to a team with a healthy Paul George and whomever is selected #11 in tonight’s NBA Draft. In the weak Eastern Conference, the Pacers are seen as a threat to go to the NBA Finals, and West supposedly craves a championship. It didn’t […]
by Kent Sterling It was always unlikely that Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball would be lifted, and since New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft agreed to accept the penalties levied against his team without complaint, a reduction of quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game rip has been a fate accompli. Baseball has nothing to gain financially […]
