Yesterday afternoon we heard Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens would miss his team’s game last night to tend to a personal matter in Indianapolis. We know now that he came home to visit Andrew Smith, one of his former players who is battling cancer. Stevens would prefer no one knows why he is in Indianapolis, […]
Friends of mine in media were fired yesterday, and while I’m certain each will be fine once the dust settles in their emotional minds, it occurred to me that people on the precipice of career ruin at the hands of media managers incapable and unwilling to accurately appraise value need to be a little bit […]
“This is the best day of my life,” is how Chuck Pagano described the day that started with him likely to lose his gig and ended by announcing that he will be paid for four years to continue to serve as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. The resolution of the uncertainty surrounding Pagano’s future […]
After the Colts win against the Dolphins, a couple of fans posted tweets that mocked the Colts propensity for celebrating what they deemed meaningless wins and accomplishments. Punter Pat McAfee took exception and let the two know through a few tweets of his own that featured a word many (not me) consider profane that he […]
Bo Ryan won at Wisconsin. That’s all you need to know to measure Ryan’s greatness as a coach. Winning consistently at Wisconsin was thought to be impossible, but the coach who retired yesterday brought relentless excellence to a program that was an nothing more than an occasional irritant to Big Ten competition until his arrival. After […]
Yesterday, we focused on the positive with the top 10 reasons why Colts fans should be thank Ryan Grigson. The list reminded all of us of some strong moves that led the Colts to three straight 11-5 records and increasingly successful trips to the playoffs. This is a different list – a list with the opposite […]
by Kent Sterling Since human beings stood upright, we have hated each other for confoundingly silly reasons – religion, nationality, color of hair, jealousy over intellect and wealth, and many more. For a few minutes less than the history of our species, people who were hated expressed their dislike for being hated. Click here to […]
by Kent Sterling My propensity for saying “I like Tom Crean” before listing a myriad of reasons for replacing him as the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team is well known. The 2015-2016 season hasn’t even started, but I cannot talk about Indiana Basketball on my radio show without screeching about the entrenched […]
Breakfast with Kent – Pacers win; Mel Daniels mourned; hotdogs are hotdogs AND Sandwiches!
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by Kent Sterling For decades, Kansas City Royals fans awaited excellence with little evidence suggesting it might ever occur. The Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns have never played in one of the 49 Super Bowls. It’s been 107 years since Cubs fans experienced the afterglow of a championship won. Click here to follow Kent on […]
