by Kent Sterling Labeling this as as 100-level course for gym behavior is both too broad and too generous. Most who go to the gym need a remedial course that equates to a third grade primer, and my entire class is concerns itself only on what goes on in the most unholy of all places […]
by Kent Sterling Constantly charting the plight of Cubs fans by listing the disappointing moments gets a little monotonous, so how about some positive memories. Some of these are a little obscure because they are my favorite memories, and they deal more in moments than overall success because, well, overall success predates the President William […]
by Kent Sterling The University of Texas will receive $247.5 million of a $300 million guarantee over the next 20 years in exchange for allowing ESPN to create a network that entirely driven by Longhorn athletics – with some Texas high school football thrown in. Each year, there will be one football game and eight […]
by Kent Sterling John Calipari is not a guy I have a lot of good things to say about, but when he called a Kentucky player a “selfish motherfucker”, I didn’t care. This doesn’t make Calipari a bad guy, any more than his language made Bob Knight a bad guy. The moral outrage being expressed […]
by Kent Sterling In that area between the snow belt and the sun belt, winter is virtually unbearable. Too warm for skiing and snowmobiling, and too cold for golf and tennis, there is nothing to do but look ahead to warmer days, and the most important bellwether for warmer days is the first day of […]
by Kent Sterling Assembly Hall is a quaint and tradition rich answer to the question of where Indiana Basketball should call home. At some point soon (2015 and beyond), fans and players will deserve more and better. Indiana athletic director Fred Glass has a lot on his plate. Making sure that the athletes at IU […]
by Kent Sterling There is something so fundamentally right about watching high school basketball in the state of Indiana that regardless of the teams competing, it’s compelling. Nothing over the holidays is more fun than making the trip to New Castle to watch the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Classic. I’ve never seen Washington or […]
by Kent Sterling Eddie White was a sportstalk host who Tom Severino and I hired in 2007 and grew to respect and like very much during our two years together at 1070 the Fan in Indianapolis. No one outworked or outworried him. And no one in any business drank more Diet Pepsi. His skill behind […]
by Kent Sterling The Kentucky basketball program was led for 41 years by a man they still call “The Baron”. Adolph Rupp led Kentucky to a then record 876 wins despite only six of those seasons being comprised of more than 30 total games. Here are some quotes attributed to Rupp. Some mean-spirited, yet funny; […]
