by Kent Sterling After a 42 year battle of Assembly Halls, the basketball arena at Indiana University can now claim victory. The Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois will be known for at least the next 30 years at the State Farm Center as a result of a $60-million deal announced yesterday. Illinois’ building […]
by Kent Sterling Memo to the Indiana Pacers – Kyle Korver is a really good shooter. Left open, he is almost a lock to make shots from anywhere within 30 feet of the bucket. Korver had 19 points last night in the Hawks 101-90 win that evened the series at two wins apiece. Because Korver […]
by Kent Sterling If the Indiana Pacers want to be taken seriously as a threat against the Miami Heat, they need to rise up and win this pivotal game four tonight against the Hawks in Atlanta. To blow both opportunities to put this series on ice against a team that is going to scatter in […]
by Kent Sterling I didn’t think much about Jason Collins as he played 12 years in the NBA as a guy about whose sexual preference I didn’t care, and nothing that happened today changed that. By all accounts, he’s a great guy if a relatively mediocre player. That’s interesting to me. What he or any […]
by Kent Sterling Bernie Miklasz inherited from his grandmother the ability to work long and work hard. She was an immigrant grocer in Baltimore, and he is a sports journalist in St. Louis. She worked tirelessly to keep the family business afloat, and Bernie works tirelessly in a business where many don’t to bring fans […]
by Kent Sterling Only one back-up quarterback in NFL history could claim a breaking news alert on ESPN for his release, and it happened today with Tim Tebow. The New York Jets cut ties with Tebow this morning, and the coverage is just short of the death of a former president. The Jets drafted Geno […]
Indiana Basketball – 2015 Recruit Jalen Coleman Talks About State Championship Loss to Carmel
by Kent Sterling I saw Cathedral High School’s Jalen Coleman play well for his Indiana Elite team today. It was the first time I’ve seen him on the court since his Fighting Irish lose to Carmel almost exactly a month ago. In this video clip, the stellar junior-to-be talks about the experience of winning the […]
by Kent Sterling Andre Dawson had one of the quickest bats in major league history, a cannon for a right arm, and now is using another asset to help owner Tom Ricketts find his checkbook – the truth. Dawson spoke with the Chicago Sun-Times Gordon Whittenmyer and said some insightful and obvious things: “I never thought […]
by Kent Sterling No question there is great drama in both the elation and disappointment by the young men on hand for the NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall. Inevitably there are a couple who are blessed by being taken before they were projected, and there is also the annual poor sap who sits […]
by Kent Sterling The Colts hope the extra ‘e’ in Bjoern stands for effort, excellence, and efficiency. The shiniest new Colt was projected much higher in the draft before the pedestrian 4.83 Bjoern Werner ran at the Combine, but football isn’t a track meet. Unique sets of athletic skills yield different levels of productivity on […]
