by Kent Sterling The top five at the Firestone 600 at the Texas Motor Speedway were Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Marco Andretti. Nice guy, nice guy, nice guy, nice guy, and nice guy. Therein lies the rub in IndyCar – there is no rub, no conflict. As a result, […]
by Kent Sterling Defensive game changer Robert Mathis is a key component to the Super Bowl hopes of the Indianapolis Colts as he returns from a torn Achilles tendon that caused a lost 2014 season for the potential hall of famer. Mathis pitched for his team filled with Colts and media members in the Indiana […]
by Kent Sterling Get an Andrew Luck autograph, help fund a great memory for a kid with a life-threatening illness. That’s a win-win. Now, there is no guarantee that Luck will even be at Victory Field for the seventh annual Indiana Children’s Wish Fund’s Celebrity Softball Game, or that he’ll sign for you if he […]
by Kent Sterling Coaches and media members get fired with frighteningly similar frequency in today’s world, and this week I heard discussions about the methodology of both in private conversations. Tom Thibodeau was canned as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls yesterday, and there was rampant criticism of the Bulls security staff following Thibs […]
by Kent Sterling Tonight, Indianapolis native David Letterman will host his final show before settling easily into a well-earned retirement, but his legacy will linger in the behavior of radio hosts everywhere. Dave (it seems odd to call him “Letterman”; he’s just “Dave”) did it right, and he did it the best. He wasn’t the […]
Breakfast with Kent – Jake & Kent on Sportslocker; Will Power wins Angie’s List GP of Indy; LeBron great only at last second;
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by Kent Sterling In most cities, columnists and radio hosts routinely monitor each other to see what plot of intellectual territory goes unclaimed, and they plant their flag there. If one guy says the local NFL team had a great draft, another will say it was atrocious. Journalism isn’t a matter of honest and heartfelt […]
by Kent Sterling Sometimes members of sports media err by believing they are buddies with the athletes, coaches, and managers involved in sports. Sometimes the managers, coaches, and athletes make that same mistake with the media. Here is the relationship – the media watch, listen, and report as the eyes and ears of fans. If […]
ESPN’s Britt McHenry emotionlessly rips into tow yard clerk in video – suspended for one week; fired from my TV
by Kent Sterling Don’t start with this “We all have our moments” crap in defending ESPN’s Britt McHenry. Some of us have vented frustrations in stressful times, but what Britt McHenry is shown doing in a video to a tow yard clerk is unforgivably mean because it was executed with such heartless indifference. Everyone is […]
by Kent Sterling It was the right thing to do today, as it would have been the right thing to do 10 years ago. WIBC has decided to live without the modest ratings boost provided by the expensive partnership with the formerly monolithic ratings booster Rush Limbaugh. When WIBC signed the deal to add Limbaugh […]
