by Kent Sterling When I saw “All the President’s Men” in a Louisville movie theater in 1976, I thought exposing conspiratorial hubris like Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein did during Watergate would be the coolest thing anyone could do with a professional life. And working for a boss as cool as Jason Robards’ portrayal of […]
by Kent Sterling There comes a point in every NFL season when teams and players are faced with reality. They either show themselves to be poor, solid, or outstanding. That point came yesterday for the Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, and Peyton Manning. Every season is like a mosaic with tiles being added each week. Some […]
Breakfast with Kent – Good Luck for Colts; Peyton Manning sets TD mark; Irish ire over PI call; Rams pull off deke
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by Kent Sterling College basketball coaches have a weird combination of hope, anguish, impending doom, and the weight of the world on their shoulders every October. The odds are against them, their schedule sucks, players are refusing to learn at the preferred pace, and no one understands how difficult this season is going to be. […]
TOM CREAN: First of all, the State of Illinois and the history of the Big Ten lost a really, really good one yesterday with Wayne McClain’s passing. I didn’t know Wayne as well as most, but had great respect for what he did as a coach certainly in high school and then what he brought […]
by Kent Sterling NCAA rules prohibit athletes from monetizing their own image, whether it be for video game use, jersey sales, or autograph signings. There is no rule preventing schools from profiting from those images. That’s a bad rule, and bad rules should be ignored. Civil disobedience is a moral imperative – and an American […]
by Kent Sterling Before we started to take sports so damn seriously, there was a Monday Night Football broadcast that was more TV party than typical play-by-play. Howard Cosell, Don Meredith, and Frank Gifford brought swagger and celebrity to the NFL, and their performance was more important to the success of the show than the […]
by Kent Sterling It’s impossible to have any clear notion of what Indiana University’s immediate basketball future holds, but the media will get a quick preview of what the Hoosiers will look like in 2014-2015 today as coach Tom Crean allows a peak behind the curtain. Late signees unwanted by others, a transfer from Illinois […]
by Kent Sterling Go ahead and read the New York Times report on collusion and corruption in the legal process that is so obviously employed by law enforcement in Tallahassee, and tell me that football program shouldn’t be subject to the death penalty. Forget Jameis Winston, an apparent poster boy for entitlement and enabling so […]
by Kent Sterling If a piano playing prodigy on scholarship at Slippery Rock University plays Carnegie Hall and takes a check for $45,000 as compensation, he or she is applauded and welcomed back to school. If a computer genius on scholarship at Hillsdale College creates a social media platform that drive millions into his or […]
