by Kent Sterling A.J. Hammons is proof that sometimes God plays tricks on people. Every once in awhile, he matches the wrong brain and body. Such is the case with center A.J. Hammons, who has always been physically gifted, but not a real fan of the game of basketball. That’s the assumption I make from […]
by Kent Sterling This is the week. This is THE week. The NFL hit the halfway mark of the regular season, the NBA is ready for opening night. The World Series is now a best two-of-three series. College football is heating up as teams are halfway through the conference schedule. The NHL is about ten […]
by Bert Beiswanger College football activity in the state was sparse at the FBS level yesterday. Indiana and Purdue were on bye weeks and Notre Dame was tucked away on the CBS Sports Network. But with RTV6 picking up the ESPN3 broadcast of Ball State at Akron, folks locally had a great opportunity to see […]
by Kent Sterling When you win National Championships like clockwork, demanding and irrational behavior is tolerated. Alabama suspended the block seating privileges of 20 student organizations Friday because they are prone to leave early during the regular blowouts in Tuscaloosa. The scores of the five home games this season have been 35-10, 31-6, 25-0, 45-3, […]
by Kent Sterling When the Indiana Pacers drafted Solomon Hill out of Arizona in the first round of the 2013 NBA Draft, I was unsure what to make of the selection. Given the Pacers recent success with finding good people and players off the media’s radar, I suspended disbelief until being able to decide for […]
by Kent Sterling Had a good talk with Dan Dakich on 1070 the Fan today. Dan related that he has decided to trust Cubs President Theo Epstein in his rebuilding of the Cubs as long as they are headed toward what the Cardinals have become. I told him in a less than polite way that […]
by Kent Sterling Kentucky fans are relentless in their love for Big Blue Nation, and their wild proclamations of physical and moral superiority are beyond debate. If you try to explain in a rational way why Kentucky’s winning should ring hollow, they lose their minds. Arguing gun control or abortion is more fun than engaging […]
by Kent Sterling Too much going on to dig in deep about any right now, so here are some mini-posts about the big stories that are trending now: The NFL will stage three events in London next year, and in today’s announcement of which six teams will play in those games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell […]
by Kent Sterling After spending a good portion of yesterday consuming national media reports looking for some unique information about the World Series, I went to the source where I should have started, St. Louis Sports Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz. As I expected, Bernie gave me a whole lot of what I got nowhere else. […]
by Kent Sterling Most parents of high school athletes are morons who can’t help but intertwine their feelings of worth with the successes and failures of their children. They are the absolute worst part of youth sports – for the kids, coaches, and other fans. And it’s getting worse. Back in the day, it wasn’t […]
