It has been a rough start to the 2014 NFL season for the Indianapolis Colts, who sit at 0-2 after losing back-to-back games for the first time since Andrew Luck took over the reins as starting quarterback. Going into their Week 1 matchup with Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, the Colts sported Super Bowl […]
by Kent Sterling What in the hell goes on in the minds of young men with 895,000 twitter followers when they decide to tweet whatever idiocy pops into their minds early in the morning. Indiana Pacers forward Paul George decided to weigh in on the Ray Rice issue this morning, has pulled the offensive tweets, […]
by Kent Sterling When people are comfortable telling only part of the truth, trouble ensues. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell went seriously old school politician yesterday during an interview with CBS News Norah O’Donnell, who did a more than credible job in asking the right questions. Goodell tried to appear earnest while dodging, dipping, and ducking. […]
by Kent Sterling Unhappily lost in a maze of perplexing classes and crowded parties, I got very lucky on August 30, 1984, when an almost always smiling force of nature danced into my life. At a party in Walnut Knolls apartment D-19, college students were doing a lot of what college students normally do on […]
by Bert Beiswanger As the college football season kicks off, I could spend some time pointing out the most entertaining and intriguing Week 1 match-ups to get the season rolling: Texas A&M-South Carolina on the newly-formed SEC network (which was actually a dud last night), Wisconsin-LSU, Clemson-Georgia, Ball State-Colgate (I’m kidding), IU-Indiana State (I’m kidding, […]
by Bert Beiswanger After the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix this past Sunday, I waited outside the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team garage for rider Bradley Smith, who had just finished sixth. As Smith hopped onto his scooter, he looked at me and held his bloody, disgusting looking finger up high so I could see […]
by Kent Sterling Over the course of the last week, I have heard the following quote at least a dozen times, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” It has been used to describe the need for reparations to African-Americans whose ancestors were slaves, the plight of gays in […]
Rick Venturi talks Chuck Noll, Jim Irsay, and importance of Colts minicamp
by Kent Sterling Rick Venturi coached football for a long time and know everyone, so when Pittsburgh Steelers all time great coach Chuck Noll died a week ago, my first call was to Rick. He didn’t disappoint with a story about how generous Noll was with his time and video while Rick was the coach […]
by Kent Sterling Kids grow up dreaming of authoring spectacular dunks and individual statistical excellence. Parents of young basketball players ask sons and daughters “How many did you score?” before asking if the team won because they don’t know a hell of a lot about the game, and more importantly don’t give a damn about […]
by Bert Beiswanger A couple of days ago, I was ready to write about the most disrespected franchise in sports, The San Antonio Spurs, and the complete over-reaction by the media to Game 2 of the NBA Finals (which I was ultimately proven right by in Game 3). But a day or two has passed […]
