I’m sorry. I was wrong. My evaluation of Tom Allen as Indiana’s football coach has been proven wrong by the 6-2 record the Hoosiers have put together this season. There is still work to be done, but 6-2 gives the Hoosiers bowl eligibility before Halloween for the first time since 1993. If Indiana can beat […]
Is Jim Harbaugh’s seat going to get hot as Michigan’s head coach if the Wolverines lose to Notre Dame tomorrow night at the Big House? Given the strange ideas kooky Michiganders have about their football program, it probably will, If the bigwigs in Ann Arbor are thinking clearly, they will realize Harbaugh has the program operating […]
The Chicago Cubs have just completed their most successful five-year regular season run in 80 years which included their first World Championship since 1908. In 2019, the Cubs continued their backslide from the glorious heights of 2016 by failing to reach the postseason for the first time since 2014. Joe Maddon lost his job because […]
Pacers suffer full system failure late in loss to Pistons – Sumner’s minus-23 finally makes sense
Thinking the Pacers would merge painlessly into a new era after debuting four new starters in last night’s season opener was foolish. I drank the Kool-Aid too. Thad Young, Darren Collison, and Bojan Bogdanovic have been replaced by upgrades, or so we thought. Over time, maybe that will be true. Last night, it wasn’t as the Pistons […]
It’s opening night, so finally we get to see what Pacers president Kevin Pritchard has built. It theory, it’s pretty damn cool. In practice, take your best guess. There is no way to predict how this Indiana Pacers team will gel and compete – especially early in the season. Pritchard is trying to re-invent small […]
There are people who are celebrating Dan Dakich’s five-day suspension as a valid consequence for the behavior of a guy who irritates them – and they are misguided. Dan is the best thing to happen to Indiana sports media since Mayflower trucks rolled into town carrying all of the worldly belongings of the Indianapolis Colts. […]
The Pacers and Domas Sabonis have agreed to a four-year contract extension worth $74.9-million, according to reports. With bonuses, Sabonis could earn up to $85-million. There were rumors over the weekend that Sabonis might be dealt prior to today’s 6 p.m. deadline for the extension. That trade never materialized, and now the Pacers roster is set for […]
There is one consequence that ensures an idiot will keep his mouth shut in a situation where he might otherwise spew racial epithets and profanity – the threat he will get his ass kicked. In major league sports, the last time I can remember a player going into the stands to issue a physical counter-measure against a fan […]
Indiana beat Maryland 34-28 yesterday, putting its season win total at five. For those IU grads who had trouble getting through M-014 (a non-credit basic math course), that leaves the Hoosiers one win shy of bowl eligibility. With games remaining against Nebraska, Northwestern and Purdue – games Indiana has at least a 52.3% chance of […]
As I scanned sports stories this morning, I dug into one because Kentucky Basketball coach John Calipari and I would finally agree on something. Calipari came out against expanding the NBA Draft. I assumed he believed it would be bad for college players because it would make sticking on an NBA roster more difficult than with the […]
