Category Archives: Featured Story

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred a slap hitter when it comes to punishing Astros
January 14, 2020

The Houston Astros won the 2017 World Series by stealing opposing catchers’ signs to pitchers with electronic surveillance. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred wants to stop cheating, so he took a swing at getting tough.  Weak ground ball the other way. The first rule of correcting behavior is to make the cost of the punishment outweigh the […]

Attendance decline at college football games is easily explained, yet many miss point #iufb
January 13, 2020

LSU plays Clemson in college football’s National Championship tonight, and the Superdome will be packed.  That’s not the case for many games – even in the SEC where college football dominates campus conversations. Attendance has fallen over the last decade and people are trying to figure out why.  Is it a new focus for students on […]

Devonte Green’s errors cost Indiana just as surely as his three-pointers benefit them
December 31, 2019

Devonte Green is the Indiana Basketball player fans love to love and hate – sometimes during the same game. IU likely doesn’t beat Florida State without Green creating offense when there was none otherwise.  His 30 points on 10-15 shooting (5-7 from beyond the arc) were crucial in the Hoosiers’ pasting of the Seminoles.  No […]

Indiana Basketball fans can help Archie Miller be the right coach by believing he is #iubb
December 31, 2019

Conversations about Indiana Basketball remains the same.  The Hoosiers are underachieving.  The cause is debated on message boards and sports bars. Some Indiana fans, tired of the entrenched mediocrity, believe coach Archie Miller is the cause and want him fired.  Others believe five years is the minimum a coach needs to build a roster that […]

Top 10 Indiana sports stories of the about to end decade – whatever we call it
December 27, 2019

First of all, if you are one of those lunatics who insist this decade will end with after 2020, please stop reading.  I cannot help you, and your thoughts on correct decade definition are bonkers.  The 20s start with 2020.  Arguing that is the defiant act of an entrenched contrarian. Now that we’ve cleared out the kooks, let’s get […]

Numbers say Colts can win with Jacoby Brissett, but not because of him
December 23, 2019

Is Jacoby Brissett the guy? That’s the first question that needs to be answered about the Indianapolis Colts as we head into an offseason that will be a few weeks longer than we anticipated before Andrew Luck retired. Brissett has been exactly as advertised.  Last season, coach Frank Reich was asked about where Brissett would slot among […]