by Kent Sterling Tonight’s Game Five matchup between the Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks is the biggest game for the Pacers since Reggie Miller’s retirement ushered in a era of fan malaise the franchise has been trying to climb from since. With a win in this series, the Pacers would show progress. With a loss, […]
by Kent Sterling When you stir a nest of easily agitated hornets, they attack without thought or logic. Immediately following the Jets decision to release Tim Tebow, I wrote about how it was the correct decision and how it validated ESPN’s Merrl Hoge’s appraisal of Tebow’s ability to play quarterback in the NFL. What I […]
by Kent Sterling It’s time for the masses to rise up and smite the tyrants. College basketball players are not buck privates who need to be prepared for battle, and coaches are not drill sergeants. The time has come for a redefinition of roles in collegiate athletics. If reports of an incident at the University […]
by Kent Sterling After a 42 year battle of Assembly Halls, the basketball arena at Indiana University can now claim victory. The Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois will be known for at least the next 30 years at the State Farm Center as a result of a $60-million deal announced yesterday. Illinois’ building […]
by Kent Sterling Memo to the Indiana Pacers – Kyle Korver is a really good shooter. Left open, he is almost a lock to make shots from anywhere within 30 feet of the bucket. Korver had 19 points last night in the Hawks 101-90 win that evened the series at two wins apiece. Because Korver […]
by Kent Sterling If the Indiana Pacers want to be taken seriously as a threat against the Miami Heat, they need to rise up and win this pivotal game four tonight against the Hawks in Atlanta. To blow both opportunities to put this series on ice against a team that is going to scatter in […]
by Kent Sterling I didn’t think much about Jason Collins as he played 12 years in the NBA as a guy about whose sexual preference I didn’t care, and nothing that happened today changed that. By all accounts, he’s a great guy if a relatively mediocre player. That’s interesting to me. What he or any […]
by Kent Sterling Bernie Miklasz inherited from his grandmother the ability to work long and work hard. She was an immigrant grocer in Baltimore, and he is a sports journalist in St. Louis. She worked tirelessly to keep the family business afloat, and Bernie works tirelessly in a business where many don’t to bring fans […]
Indiana Basketball – 2015 Recruit Jalen Coleman Talks About State Championship Loss to Carmel
by Kent Sterling I saw Cathedral High School’s Jalen Coleman play well for his Indiana Elite team today. It was the first time I’ve seen him on the court since his Fighting Irish lose to Carmel almost exactly a month ago. In this video clip, the stellar junior-to-be talks about the experience of winning the […]
by Kent Sterling Andre Dawson had one of the quickest bats in major league history, a cannon for a right arm, and now is using another asset to help owner Tom Ricketts find his checkbook – the truth. Dawson spoke with the Chicago Sun-Times Gordon Whittenmyer and said some insightful and obvious things: “I never thought […]
