by Kent Sterling Not getting arrested in Bloomington during Little 500 weekend is a lot like not being caught by a grizzly bear chasing a group of campers, you don’t have to be fast, just don’t be the slowest. Avoiding police attention during the Little 500 weekend that started in earnest last night does not […]
by Kent Sterling Kenny Johnson decided to chase cash 90 minutes south of Bloomington at the University of Louisville, and the pipeline to solid east coast recruits likely went with him. So far, Indiana has a 17-15 record and no trip to the NCAA or NIT to show for Johnson’s influx of players from the […]
by Kent Sterling If Indiana Basketball is in a position where losing assistant coach Kenny Johnson deals them a significant blow in courting and signing talent, then Indiana is not the program fans believe it to be. If the state university in the middle of an area teeming with talent that has great heritage, beautiful […]
Indiana University student is the worst Wheel of Fortune contestant ever
by Kent Sterling The worst contestant in the long history of “Wheel of Fortune” did a great job of guessing letters, but was atrocious at solving puzzles, including one in which every letter was revealed. Sadly, he was wearing an Indiana University sweatshirt as he did it. Click here to follow Kent Sterling on Twitter […]
by Kent Sterling For 30 minutes prior to every game he coached for several years in the mid-to-late 1980, Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight taught a master class in roundball. This was the most informative pre-game in the history of televised sports with Knight sharing the specific game plan for how his Hoosiers would […]
by Kent Sterling There is something special about a coach who dedicates a life to helping 18-year old kids become 22-year old men. They leave a legacy more enduring than wealth or celebrity. Like teachers, coaches have a long list of those whose lives they have touched to prove they were here. When Royce Waltman […]
by Kent Sterling Tom Crean played sparingly on his high school’s team, and did not play in college. Yet, he earns $3.16 million per year in one of the plum jobs of basketball coaching in the world at Indiana University. Assembly Hall is no longer home to the kind of elite basketball program that it […]
by Kent Sterling Just because the Indiana Hoosiers season ended in disappointment with the Big Ten Tourney loss to Illinois, the news doesn’t stop rolling out of Bloomington. Senior Will Sheehey will play in the Reese’s D-1 All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium. If you are planning to attend the game in person, ignore the TV […]
by Kent Sterling Rumors waft through media workrooms this time of year, and I heard one the other day that did not please me. It’s not Tom Crean’s job to please anyone in the media. He answers to his players and athletic director Fred Glass, but the fallout for another transfer will be far less […]
by Kent Sterling There are people who wear shorts in the dead of winter, and look like they are impervious to the cold. And there are people who are faced with incredible adversity who look happier than many who don’t have any worry in their lives. I doubt Indiana Basketball coach Tom Crean left much […]
