by Kent Sterling College basketball isn’t broken, but as part of the bigger landscape of big money amateur athletics, it’s sure as hell flawed. There are people making a boatload of money to compile and lead talented kids who are waiting for their shot to make millions in the NBA. Coaches make up to $4 […]
by Kent Sterling Great play-by-play guys don’t come around very often, and more often than not, they tend to bounce from gig to gig, always searching for the next rung on the ladder – to where I don’t know. Mark Boyle has been in Indianapolis calling NBA basketball games for the Pacers for 23 seasons, and […]
by Kent Sterling Fox 59 sports director Chris Hagan and the purveyor of the most important sports themed website in the world have agreed to host a two-hoiur show each Saturday from 9a-11a on 1070 – The Fan in Indianapolis beginning this week. Kudos to 1070 The Fan program director David Wood for having the […]
by Kent Sterling From the first NCAA Tourney in 1939 through 2009, Butler advanced to the Sweet Sixteen twice and the Elite Eight exactly zero times. In Matt Howard’s junior and senior years, they have done both twice, and are 40 minutes from their second straight trip to the Final Four. This is not to […]
by Kent Sterling IU head coach Tom Crean picked up another commitment for his outstanding 2012 freshman class as Lawrence Central’s (IN) Jeremy Hollowell chose the Hoosiers over Cincinnati, Ohio State, and Purdue. Hollowell is a 6’7 wing with length, athleticism, and shooting range who fits nicely with current commitments Yogi Ferrell (PG), Ron Patterson […]
by Kent Sterling Matt Howard is getting a lot of attention, and the media is focusing on some of the traits that make him such a unique kid. Some view him as quaintly off-kilter with his rusty bike, floppy socks, and somewhat erratic hair. When Butler plays Wisconsin tonight at 9:57 p.m. tonight in New […]
by Kent Sterling Sometimes the best way to learn what’s right is to get it wrong. I wrote yesterday about the disgrace of the 1988 incident where Kentucky assistant coach Dwane Casey was accused of sending an Emery envelope with 20 – $50 bills to Claud Mills, the father of recruit Chris Mills. I assumed […]
by Kent Sterling There is something about March that rewards virtue and penalizes the weak. Matt Howard and Butler continue to dance into the Sweet Sixteen, and Bruce Pearl is sent back to Knoxville to sweat (literally) out his final days as the bastion of amorality he has always been. Better to spend time learning […]
by Kent Sterling Mark Boyle is one of the best radio play-by-play voices in professional and college sports, and he is relentless and disciplined in how he works at his craft. The word ‘craft’ is probably a little to high-handed for Mark to accept as a description of what he does, but it is just […]
by Kent Sterling There are some guys we wish could go on forever living life on their terms, and then the body relents and reminds us that it’s not built more much more than a half century of fun and mayhem. I doubt there are 50 people in the world who have had more fun […]
