by Kent Sterling Venting feels good for a moment, and then come the consequences. When alone in a car, the comeuppance is a confused stare from the driver of the car next to you. With your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife, mom, or dad, it’s generally a minute or two of patience before being told to […]
by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs held a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning yesterday in St. Louis – trying to hold on for a sweep that would have cut the Cardinals lead in the National League Central over the Cubs to five-and-a-half games when I decided to prove a point. In […]
by Kent Sterling Twitter is a great barometer for character. There is nothing to feat about social media unless you have some serious darkness in your heart, or a faulty filter either through personality quirk or a propensity for entertaining yourself after a couple of cocktails. Scot McCloughan is the new general manager of the […]
by Kent Sterling NFL fans in St. Louis have no team. For the past decade, the Rams have been terrible, but even a historic level of poor play can’t get a franchise de-listed. No, St. Louis fans have turned their backs on the Rams because owner Stan Kroenke is in the midst of very publicly […]
by Kent Sterling “I like Tom Crean, but…” If you listen to media people, myself included, appraise the work of Indiana Basketball coach Tom Crean, it’s inevitable you will hear that he is liked by that person. It’s relentless, this compulsion to declare our affection for Tom, and it makes me skin crawl. I hear […]
by Kent Sterling Choosing a college is a very big deal for the kid making the decision. When deciding which college to attend, you aren’t just picking a school. The town where the college is located will become a special place – the first place where a young man or woman begins to think like […]
by Kent Sterling Colts fans have become used to disappointing results in the preseason. Last year’s 0-4 preseason record brought shrugs because fans were smart enough to know they would celebrate an AFC South Championship. We know that nobody remembers the preseason once the regular season rolls around. Despite the impulse to believe what we […]
by Kent Sterling Norwood Teague is a bald, 50-ish guy who found professional success in collegiate athletics. Until last Friday, he was the athletic director at the University of Minnesota. Teague resigned that day because some bizarre and aggressive texts he sent were shared with his employer and then the media. Success and wealth have […]
by Kent Sterling In 1997, Frank Gifford was ending his Monday Night Football career. His inclusion in the booth that year was a tip of the cap to the iconic broadcasts of the 1970s and 1980s when Monday Night Football was much more than a game. On October 20th, Monday Night Football came to Indianapolis […]
Unsolicited advice for Gregg Doyel on the day of his fight against Chris Lytle
by Kent Sterling Given the choice between fight or flight when in a boxing ring with Chris Lytle, choose flight. Indianapolis Star columnist Gregg Doyel is going to step in the ring tonight against boxer/mixed martial arts fighter Chris Lytle. It’s all for a great cause, the fight against Parkinson’s Disease being waged by Rock […]
