by Kent Sterling Of all the Hoosiers who spoke to the media after last Saturday’s 41-35 loss to Navy, none seemed more disconsolate than tight end Ted Bolser. Not terribly concerned with his own personal achievements, it seems, as he pulled down two passes for touchdowns for the second consecutive week and earned John Mackey […]
by Kent Sterling College students are indestructible and stupid. That was true in the 19th century, and Sports Illustrated felt compelled to publish an account about how it was also true with the Oklahoma State University football program in the 2000s. What the point is, I don’t know. When I was a freshman at Indiana […]
by Kent Sterling My head is spinning. The torrent of stories about schools, athletes, and agents breaking NCAA rules just will not stop. Everyday brings at least one bombshell, and the best of the bunch is a book by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian called “The System” that will be released next Tuesday. News of […]
by Kent Sterling There was some serious jawing and posturing during last night’s Braves vs. Marlins game between sensational Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez and Braves third baseman Chris Johnson, and then there was more. The benches cleared after Fernandez tried to end the argument with his first career home run. He pimped it out, flipping […]
by Kent Sterling If the story about academic fraud published in Sports Illustrated’s website today didn’t specifically mention Oklahoma State football, I would have no idea what school they might be talking about because it exists almost everywhere. Tutors completing assignments is hardly a rare occurrence. Shadow classes. Professors being cajoled into helping an intellectually […]
by Bert Beiswanger Cheesy headlines aside, the Indianapolis Colts left a lot of questions unanswered in Sunday’s season opening comeback win against the Oakland Raiders. We still don’t know for sure what the offense is going to look like under the play calling of Pep Hamilton. We still don’t know if the offensive line will […]
by Kent Sterling Two members of the Indianapolis Colts aren’t going to get a lot of sleep this week. Offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton and right tackle Gosder Cherilus will spend a lot of time preparing to face one of the most frightening left defensive ends in football as Cameron Wake of the Miami Dolphins will visit Lucas […]
by Kent Sterling It’s hard from a distance to know for sure whether allegations in Sports Illustrated of wanton disregard for NCAA rules within Oklahoma State University’s football program are baseless, absolutely factual, or somewhere in between. All we have to judge right now is the first of five pieces in a series, and now […]
by Kent Sterling If the journalism is solid, the NCAA has two possible responses to the five-part report Sports Illustrated is releasing one part per day this week about the rampant corruption at Oklahoma State from 2001-2011. They can disembowel the program by issuing the death penalty, or they can throw the rule book in the […]
by Kent Sterling After 24 years of mediocrity, the Chicago Cubs were on the precipice of doing what many thought impossible – win. 1969 was the first year of division play in Major League Baseball, and the Cubs appeared ready to take advantage of the new construct to beat five other teams rather than nine […]
