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Advice for Shaka Smart, Chris Collins, and other Coaching Candidates – Go for Happy
March 27, 2013

by Kent Sterling VCU head coach Shaka Smart is going to be offered the UCLA job if he wants it.  Duke assistant Chris Collins has reportedly interviewed for the Northwestern job.  There will be dozens of jobs available this offseason – USC, Minnesota, Ball State, among the many others – and Brad Stevens will be […]

Sports Parenting – Just Chill Out About the “Next Level”
March 12, 2013

by Kent Sterling Twitter is a wonderful tool for communication.  It’s immediate, capable of sending a tightly crafted message to millions, and can be as dangerous as it is helpful.  Tonight, I saw this – “Parents take control of the recruiting process as early as 5th grade. Visit a college campus on ur own, plant […]

Dan Dakich Brings Clarity to My Tom Crean Perspective
February 21, 2013

by Kent Sterling It’s been almost five years since Indiana University hired Tom Crean to run it’s basketball program, and that is the same amount of time I’ve taken in trying to figure out what it is I don’t care for in Crean.  Today, thanks to an on-air intervention by 1070 the Fan host Dan […]

Indiana Basketball – Tom Crean Continues to Build IU Basketball the Right Way
December 15, 2012

by Kent Sterling Weird on a day that saw the Indiana Hoosiers lose to Butler to write about what a great job Tom Crean is doing in Bloomington as the architect of a reclamation project that the programmers of HGTV wouldn’t touch with a ten foot support beam. The truth is that kids are developing […]

A Solid First 10,000 Days Is a Great Start for a Relationship
January 16, 2012

by Kent Sterling Every day for 10,000 days my wife and I have spoken – sometimes in laughter, sometimes sorrow, and very occasionally in anger, but always honestly, and without exception – daily. 10,000 days ago Julie and I dancing frenetically and repeatedly to side one of Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” album at aq party […]

Finally! Indiana Posts Signature Win Over Kentucky as Good Triumphs
December 10, 2011

by Kent Sterling Indiana Basketball beat their neighbor to the south 73-72.  You know, the one that keeps kids around for nine months and turns them loose to the NBA.  Yeah, those guys in blue and white. This is THE win that fans in Bloomington have waited for since disgraced former coach ran the SS […]

Ron Santo Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame By Heartless Asshats
December 5, 2011

by Kent Sterling One year and two days after his death, former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo’s dream finally came true.  The Golden Era Committee in charge of the key to the gates of Cooperstown relented, welcoming Santo 37 years after his retirement from his beloved game.  Shame on them. Santo spent countless years […]

What I’ve Learned in St. Louis So Far
August 7, 2011

by Kent Sterling For seven weeks, I’ve been a St. Louisan as the program director of 101 ESPN – one of the best sportstalk radio stations in America.  This is the first move my family has made in 18 years, and the first time as bona fide adults.  There is a lot to know, and […]