by Kent Sterling There are different levels of stupid, and New England Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard might have set a whole new standard if he did what cops accused him of – making the decision to get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated. Driving drunk, buzzed, or altered is dumb no matter when […]
by Kent Sterling Pacers President Larry Bird is a man disinterested sharing platitudes. What he says, he means, so when he told the media Wednesday about why David West was re-signed, he didn’t mince words. “David has done more for this franchise than he can imagine.” Talking to West, there is little question what Bird […]
by Kent Sterling Pacers President Larry Bird says what he feels with incredible consistency, so when he introduced David West at the press conference this afternoon to welcome him back, his effusiveness was almost touching. “David has done more for this franchise than he can imagine,” Bird said. He also used words and phrases like […]
by Kent Sterling Signing a thoroughly mediocre quarterback who won my team four games last season to a three-year contract extension worth a guaranteed $41.5 million would cause a psychotic break from which I would never recover, and if it didn’t, my wife would cause enough blunt force trauma to my noggin that I would […]
by Kent Sterling We had already spoken to a few people about the opening for Colts player/analyst prior to the 2000 season when center Jeff Saturday walked into program director Jon Quick’s office, but as soon as Jeff opened his mouth, it was clear he was our guy. The others were either too slick, too […]
by Kent Sterling Today, sports columnist Bob Kravitz hosted his first annual golf outing to benefit the ALS Association, and I gave myself the afternoon off to play in it. That’s because Kravitz is a good man – a really good man. He has a reputation among some sports fans in Indianapolis as a cantankerous […]
by Kent Sterling It’s hard to tell whether the Chicago sports media is littered with morons, or if they’re nesting in the pockets of Cubs executives who are understandably averse to being outed as free spending and irresponsible. To suggest Matt Garza should be given an extension paying $15-million per year is only explainable by […]
Indianapolis Colts – Fans Should Dial Back Expectations from 11-5
by Kent Sterling In the history of the NFL, only one team has one 11 or more games while being outscored by its opponents. That was the 2012 Indianapolis Colts. There is an undeniable statistical likelihood that point differential determines success or failure, but because of the limited sample size represented by the 16-game season, […]
by Kent Sterling This morning I wrote about the Indiana Basketball program, and how it needed to cover its ears to protect itself from the silent song of the one-and-done player quick fix. Dante Exum is a gifted basketball player from Australia who is considering an offer from Crean to join the Hoosiers next season […]
Australian Dante Exum Will Determine Whether Indiana Basketball Is About Winning or Education
by Kent Sterling Winning a national championship is not worth turning Indiana Basketball into a de facto AAU team where players are gathered to exploit their basketball talents, while waiting for earliest possible payday. But it’s not hard to see why Indiana coach Tom Crean would be going hard after Dante Exum, a 6’6″ point […]
