That was bad. Yesterday’s Colts game was disappointing. Losing to the Detroit Lions 39-35 in a home opener isn’t a disgrace, but it’s certainly not a result that excites a fanbase still mired in a hangover after a miserable 8-8 2015 season. There was some good, but it wasn’t enough to beat a team expected […]
Southport High School’s Paul Scruggs is headed west – way west. The very talented guard who is being recruited by Indiana, Xavier, UConn, and others has decided to play basketball at a basketball academy/prep school in Napa, California for his senior year. This has basketball fans in a dither as they try to fathom why a […]
Golf is in a bit of trouble. Membership levels have declined. Rounds are down at public courses. People are choosing to do something else with their time. And it’s silly. Because golf is a great game. The BMW Championship has come to Indianapolis bringing the 70 best golfers on the planet for a no-cut challenge […]
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt rather than stand during the National Anthem prior to the preseason game between his 49ers and San Diego Chargers last night. So we are left again to discuss the intent and result of Kaepernick’s mode of protest. There are those who feel Kaepernick is right to choose not […]
The Colts and Hoosiers play simultaneously tonight, so DVRs all over central Indiana will be busy – as will sports bars for fans and gamblers who can keep an eye on each game simultaneously. Sane people know that betting on any preseason NFL game is a chump move, and that betting on the fourth preseason […]
August 30th is way too early to be relentlessly cynical about the 2016 Indianapolis Colts. An NFL season is broken into quarters, and even a bad first quarter is too early to cast an entire season into the scrap heap. There is no doubt these Colts are a bit different from most of those Colts […]
Saturday night was ugly. The Philadelphia Eagles are not a great football team, and their quarterback has never led a team to a winning record. They beat the Indianapolis Colts handily 33-23, and it wasn’t that close. In the process, the Colts made Sam Bradford look like Tom Brady. While your eyes told you the […]
Thank God this one doesn’t count. The Colts are in tatters. Injuries everywhere, and many of the healthy starters won’t play because they are borderline antiques who require protection like the sofa you were forbidden to sit on “because it’s only for special occasions”. Who wins preseason game #3 between the Colts and Philadelphia Eagles is irrelevant, […]
Stop thinking about a scholarship. Right now! If you have a talented kid playing sports, take the word ‘scholarship’, and delete it from your vocabulary. Compensation in the form of a free education might come and it might not, but it is at the very bottom of the list of great things that can happen […]
Yesterday, Butler University hosted a celebration for the life and legacy of former basketball player Joel Cornette. It was attended by a couple thousand of his closest friends. There were 13 speakers, and all told different versions of the same story. Passionate teammate whose level of belief in friends led to their rising to meet challenges on […]
