by Kent Sterling Life is tough in media, especially in print. Newspapers are dying. Fewer and fewer people read them, and as a result fewer people are able to earn money creating content for them. Misery in print reaches everyone. Without a vibrant and critical press, crooks avoid a key area of checks and balances. […]
by Kent Sterling Relax. Count to ten. Take a deep breath. Anger doesn’t help achieve a reasonable resolution. Race drivers are injured and occasionally die in racing. That’s been true since the beginning, when the competitive spirit of men led them to value going faster than anyone else. Sometimes the injuries and deaths are caused […]
by Bert Beiswanger As off-seasons go, the Indiana Pacers current one is about as bad as it gets for Pacers fans. The team has gone from championship contender to who knows what in the span of a couple of weeks. Whatever who knows what is, it is way below championship contender. The latest injury to […]
by Kent Sterling The fewer people at the conference table, the better the chances for a good strategy being enacted. That’s a pretty good rule of business. Yesterday, the NCAA voted to allow members of the Big Five conferences to sit at their own smaller table. That move will allow members of the ACC, Big […]
by Kent Sterling The evolution of media in Indianapolis continued this week as longtime sportswriter Phillip B. Wilson resigned from his position at the Indy Star and accepted a position to provide unique insight and information about the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers under the Scout.com umbrella. Content is king these days and with the […]
by Kent Sterling In the midst of an academic scandal, fans of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are borrowing liberally from the disgraceful and unprincipled playbook of the Richard Nixon presidency. Last night, I was watching the excellent “Nixon by Nixon – In His Own Words” documentary on HBO as my iPhone […]
by Kent Sterling Winning press conferences is not too tough. You state your goal, talk about how it will be achieved, and then walk confidently from the room. Indiana Football coaches have won a hell of a lot more press conferences than games over the past 20 years, but things feel different in 2014. The […]
by Kent Sterling Prior to the horrific injury that will sufficiently rob Indiana Pacers forward Paul George of enough strength and mobility to render him useless for the entire 2014-2015 NBA season, a trip to the NBA Finals appeared a reasonable hope for the two-time NBA Central Division champs. After George’s lower leg snapped like […]
by Kent Sterling Before I even begin writing, I want you to be aware that everything I embrace in this post represents pie in the sky ideals from a time long past that cannot return. Tom Crean might as well submit a letter of resignation as adopt any of these philosophies. I know they are […]
by Kent Sterling There is a great scene in the film Moneyball where Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane completes a trade with a rival GM on the phone, and hangs up while the guy is still talking. When questioned by his assistant about disconnecting so abruptly, Beane explains, “When you get the answer you want, hang […]
