Members of the 1985 Bears would not have gathered around a TV quivering about what Dave Kaplan, Mike Greenberg, David Haugh and Hub Arkush might say. They were too busy trying to kick the hell out of opponents and win a Super Bowl. Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky watches, listens, and is not kicking the hell out of […]
Roger Penske was introduced yesterday as the next steward for the holdings of Hulman & Company, and fans immediately wondered whether the quirks and traditions of the Indy 500 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway would be sacrificed to help The Captain recoup his investment. Not much was shared during yesterday’s press conference about the cost of the sale […]
Indiana has not been a launching pad for football coaches in a long time, unless launching them into career graves counts. Many of the coaches at Indiana over the last half century ended their careers as a head coach after being unable to build success in Bloomington. When athletic director Fred Glass mentioned his next major […]
NBA discourages toughness, rancor, and fan engagement by suspending Embiid and Towns
The greatest explanation of toughness and competition in sports is communicated in a speech by Sean Connery’s character in The Untouchables: “You want to get Capone? Here’s how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! […]
“What you can’t have is a couple athletes on campus driving around in Ferraris while everybody else is basically having a hard time making ends meet.” That’s republican United States senator Mitt Romney decrying a free market economic model for college athletes. If “rich elitists in our suburbs” was substituted for “a couple of athletes […]
IU Basketball has brought a mixed bag to fans during the past three seasons, and last night’s meaningless exhibition played in front of friends and family at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall was no different. The Hoosiers played well in the second half, overwhelming Gannon by 30 points, but Gannon actually led late in a miserable first half. There are two ways to […]
There is an old rule in the U.S. Senate – “Every reasonable thought must be answered by an idea inversely idiotic.” Senator Richard Burr (North Carolina) proves that axiom true with the tweet below: If college athletes are going to make money off their likenesses while in school, their scholarships should be treated like income. I’ll […]
The Indianapolis Colts are not about winning news cycles and making headlines. Under GM Chris Ballard, the ship steadily heads toward prosperous waters without jerking the wheel toward choppy seas. Trade deadline day is a day where the waves crest higher than usual. So while other teams moved players for draft picks and others overpaid […]
Tonight’s exhibition between Indiana and Gannon will not be on BTN, available on almost all basic tier cable/online packages. If IU fans want to watch Indiana open its basketball season, they will have to subscribe to BTN+ for at least one month at a cost of $9.95 or if you have nothing better to do […]
Visions of a 2019 championship are dancing in the heads of Colts fans after another narrow victory. They need to slow their roll. The Colts are 5-2, but are no better than middle of the pack when you dig into the numbers just a little bit. The clearest indication of the Colts mediocrity is in […]
