by Kent Sterling What happened to the days when coaches were obviously stooges who said and did the wrong thing so often that we couldn’t believe a conscious athletic director would continue to employ him. I’m sure they are somewhere, but no place to be found in central Indiana, and certainly not in Hinkle Fieldhouse […]
It’s the last day of the month, so it’s time to update the Twitter rankings for the Indianapolis media. There are those still without a Twitter account. I would call that borderline irresponsible. Members of the media get paid based upon their ability to communicate, and Twitter allows communication in a simple and direct way. […]
by Kent Sterling The headline for this post is misleading because the search for Dale Sveum’s replacement as manager of the Chicago Cubs was comical the moment president Theo Epstein told the media he punted Sveum over beers after the final game of the regular season in St. Louis. But it sure hasn’t become less silly, […]
by Kent Sterling Devin Robinson is 6’8″, skinny, can jump out of the gym, and if the highlight videos can be trusted is a hell of a good shooter. He announced today that he will attend Florida and play for Billy Donovan. Indiana fans should wish him well. Truth be told, I might make the […]
by Kent Sterling Thinking about basketball is something I can never been able to escape. Basketball is incredibly complicated and almost impossible to execute perfectly, and I love puzzles without a solution. The combination of athletic fluidity, potential for selfishness, and need for specific activity make coaching the game an act of near futility. Click […]
by Kent Sterling Today 75 years ago, somebody flipped a switch, and WIBC was on the air. Who knows what noise spilled out of radio speakers that day, but if it was like most start ups I’ll bet what followed the next day was a little better. WIBC was almost 55 years old when I […]
by Kent Sterling We all want to know what’s going to happen with the Indiana Pacers this season. There is hope that championship caliber basketball will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse for the first time in a decade. We want to know what the future holds – and we want to know now! How […]
by Kent Sterling There was a time when Derrick Rose was just a kid hooping. Before the national endorsement deal, before the ACL injury and his refusal to play in the playoffs, and before his recent comment that he’s greedy about winning. In May, 2006, he was just a kid trying to win a tournament […]
by Kent Sterling The Indiana Pacers are not just co-favorites to win the NBA’s Eastern Conference, according to contributors from Sports Illustrated, they are a team that enjoys making Indianapolis a better place through their work and example. I’m not such a sap that I believe the ubiquitous marketing people who try to extoll the […]
by Kent Sterling There are things I admire about Mike King. He was a shameless promoter of IndyCar Racing, and his voice conveyed his enthusiasm for the events he covered. But I can’t lie and say I’ll miss King as the voice of IndyCar. If Kevin Lee is tapped as the new host for the […]
