by Kent Sterling People are weasels. That’s a pretty good rule of thumb for dealing with successful men and women in business. Find the road that is most expedient, and then watch as that is the one chosen by men like Rutgers president Robert Barchi and athletic director Tim Pernetti. They rarely surprise us. The […]
by Kent Sterling Doing what’s right doesn’t matter a damn to most administrators, and Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti said as much yesterday. The right thing would have been to fire basketball coach Mike Rice as soon as anyone with the authority to do so saw the videotape showing physical and verbal abuse the first […]
by Kent Sterling The City of St, Louis wants to love Sam Bradford. Rams fans want to believe that the three-year veteran will be a late bloomer who will show his potential with better protection and weapons. They point to a variety of reasons Bradford has looked nothing like a championship quarterback to this point […]
by Kent Sterling The re-emergence of Indiana University’s basketball program has been a steady upward climb since the remnants of the grim Kelvin Sampson era walked out the door after not finding new coach Tom Crean to their liking. But like every climb, up can only be so high, and now after rising to the […]
by Kent Sterling There is no punchline worthy of the beginning of baseball’s best joke – How stupid are Cubs fans? Scores of sentimental dork sportswriters romanticize this ridiculous bunch. Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Sun-Times extolled the virtue of the 2.88 million who poured through the turnstyles to watch one of the worst teams […]
by Kent Sterling It seems all that Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager fears is admitting a mistake. Yesterday, he spent $55-million to let everyone know that he still believes in his quarterback. Tony Romo will turn 33 next month, and the total for the six-year deal is $108 million extension, but what I have learned after […]
by Kent Sterling Anyone who has ever given notice to an employer knows it takes great discipline to continue to be focused on the task at hand. I went through it a couple of weeks ago, and despite my best efforts, there is no doubt I relaxed a little bit. By the measurables, I was […]
by Kent Sterling After watching hundreds of workouts and shoot arounds, one thing I know is that using them to predict the outcomes of games is impossible. Louisville is loose as hell, laughing, shooting, and enjoying themselves. That’s the way the Cardinals have rolled forever. I remember at the regional finals in Knoxville in 1983 […]
by Kent Sterling I’ve written often about a class of 2007 summer team that played together without ego, a lack of concern for being recruited, and a love for one another that oddly remains the exception to the rule in youth basketball. With the successes of Florida Gulf Coast, LaSalle, and Wichita State in last […]
by Kent Sterling Bill Carmody can coach. Make no mistake about that. Northwestern is going to find out whether Collins can coach, and Collins is determined to find out whether Northwestern is capable of building a winning program. CBSsports.com is reporting that Chris Collins has agreed to be the next head coach at the only […]
