If the NBA returns with a pod system of several cities where all 30 teams will play the remainder of their schedule without fans in attendance, Indianapolis would be a perfect host city for a variety of reasons. Click here for your copy of “Oops – the Art of Learning from Mistakes and Adventures” by Kent […]
Life can be unfair. That’s a crappy lesson for college students to learn, but it’s important because in the end – life is ultimately unfair, and when it’s over there are no appeals. When some conference tournaments were canceled in progress and postseason events like the NCAA, NIT, CIT and CBA were scuttled before they […]
“Hi, I’m Mr. Cunningham. Do you think we’ll be able to beat Jeff next year?” These were the first words spoken to me at Scribner Junior High School after my family moved to New Albany, Indiana, from Lake Bluff, Illinois toward the end of my eighth grade year. Confused by everything about Mr. Cunningham’s question, […]
Former Harlem Globetrotter Curly Neal died yesterday at age 77. Kids in the 1970s knew two of the Globetrotters – Meadowlark Lemon and Curly. Meadowlark was hilarious – a nonstop cascade of basketball comedy. Curly had a shaved head and smiled all the time. Both were featured prominently on Scooby Doo episodes and the strange […]
Helping people is a privilege and joy, not a responsibility. Especially in a time of crisis, people with cash need to help those without it. We are in a health crisis that is quickly going to morph into an economic calamity, and many millions will need assistance to survive. The government will help some, and the […]
When I watched a video of four black NFL pundits, including ESPN’s Domonique Foxworth, agree that Philip Rivers is replacing Jacoby Brissett as the Colts starting quarterback because of racism, I winced. The four experts were not in perfect alignment about the role racism plays in the evaluation of NFL quarterbacks, but all agreed it […]
Every year beginning in 1968, Dad would take me out of school on a spring afternoon to go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Back then, the Cubs only played day games, so that was the only way to see them during the week. Cubs owner Phil Wrigley mandated that 22,000 tickets went on […]
As an Indiana University freshman in 1980-1981, I was treated to an uneven season of basketball from what will always be my favorite team. The beginning of the season was difficult to watch – the end was glorious. The worst was a 66-60 loss to Texas-Rio Grande Valley, and the best was the national championship game against […]
Local radio helps communities connect, and that connection is needed more than ever as we have been forced to withdraw from personal contact by the Coronavirus pandemic. Somehow, some way, radio is best at building one-on-one relationships. We feel connected with hosts is a way that just doesn’t happen with other media. Maybe it’s because […]
I never climbed on board the Philip Rivers to Indianapolis train. It just didn’t make sense given that way general manager Chris Ballard does business. Ballard is about developing and executing a plan that builds a championship level culture. Nowhere on the list of Rivers’ accomplishments is the word “championship.” He’s 38-years-old, and started all […]
