by Bert Beiswanger It’s been a heck of a ride the past decade-plus, a pyramid of achievements. 15 years ago, Butler started knocking off the big boys with regularity- regular season games, pre-season tournament games, NCAA tournament games; it didn’t matter. One trip to the Sweet 16 was followed by another…and another…and another. Butler did […]
by Kent Sterling There was no doubt that Brad Stevens would eventually leave Butler University for a place that represented a bigger challenge, offered significantly more money, and puts his name on a much bigger marquee. Butler’s basketball program is a wonderful place for a coach to ply his trade, but what else was there […]
by Kent Sterling Impossible. Unbelievable. I was about to pick up the phone to call Butler to see if Brad Stevens could come on “Ahead of the Cuve” Saturday, and suddenly reports are everywhere on Twitter that he will be the next head coach of the Boston Celtics. There are many moments when I can […]
by Kent Sterling On December 10, 2011, Indiana University forward Christian Watford knocked down a three-pointer at the buzzer to beat the top ranked University of Kentucky in a game that announced to the college basketball world that the Hoosiers were back. Today at a practice for the Indiana Pacers Summer League team, in an […]
by Kent Sterling Of all the places in all the world for the World University Games to be held, they chose an outpost 1,100 miles due east of Moscow. Kazan is a weird town that offers few of the distractions that any of the hundreds of better known cities in Europe that might have been […]
by Kent Sterling The NFL would like people to believe its players are choirboys on Monday through Saturday, but become beast on Sundays when they are paid to maul the men playing across from them in a different colored shirt. They wear helmets, pads, and tape their joints because they would be hospitalized without them. […]
by Kent Sterling The qualifying offer to former Indiana Pacers back-up power forward Tyler Hansbrough was, as was suspected, an insurance policy in case someone pulled a Brink’s Truck up to David West’s front door with too much cash for the Pacers to match. So the 2010 first round pick is now free to negotiate with […]
by Kent Sterling The shake-up at the Indianapolis Star Sports Department has a happy ending for IU beat reporter Terry Hutchens, who was removed from that position last week, and now those who relied on him for IU news will find him writing for Fox News/Scout.com, Hutchens announced this afternoon via Twitter. I'm happy to […]
by Kent Sterling This is the kind of writing that makes my brain ache. The Cubs traded some guys, including Scott Feldman, Steve Clevenger, and Carlos Marmol to a variety of team for a few other guys, plus some very important International Bonus Pool allotments that total in the neighborhood of $1 million. You see, […]
by Kent Sterling David West returning to the Indiana Pacers is good news. Paying him $12 million to do it isn’t necessarily bad news, but it walks right up to the edge. How Pacers owner Herb Simon chooses to spend his vast reservoir of cash is his business. If he wants to buy DVD boxed […]
