by Kent Sterling Just because the Indiana Hoosiers season ended in disappointment with the Big Ten Tourney loss to Illinois, the news doesn’t stop rolling out of Bloomington. Senior Will Sheehey will play in the Reese’s D-1 All-Star Game at Cowboys Stadium. If you are planning to attend the game in person, ignore the TV […]
Print may be dying, but the content produced by the Indianapolis Star certainly isn’t. The way the Twitter followers of the Star staff grew in March, maybe the death of the ink stained wretches can be forestalled for a good long while. Media is about providing unique content, and by using Twitter to convey it, […]
by Kent Sterling Legs provide the power. Arms and hands serve as the guidance system. That’s a very basic schematic for how a basketball is shot accurately. When the legs are tired, arms and hands bridge the power gap, and precision suffers. Strong legs are the key to making shots, and the Indiana Pacers have […]
by Kent Sterling Rumors waft through media workrooms this time of year, and I heard one the other day that did not please me. It’s not Tom Crean’s job to please anyone in the media. He answers to his players and athletic director Fred Glass, but the fallout for another transfer will be far less […]
by Kent Sterling When I was a kid, I remember feeling good about an infield of Steve Ontiveros, Ivan DeJesus, Manny Trillo, and Bill Buckner. The 1977 Cubs were worthy of hope – at least through 70 games before a mind bogglingly abrupt collapse. My Dad laughed at me when I waxed rhapsodic about a […]
by Kent Sterling Once your favorite team or alma mater is eliminated from the NCAA Tournament, all you can really hope for is context so you have someone to root for and/or against as the Saturday semifinals tip off. There is plenty of both heading to Cowboys Stadium. The only team about which their is […]
by Kent Sterling “Calipari doesn’t like the (one-and-done) rule anymore than you do!” a relentless wave of Kentucky fans write in their comments to my posts critical of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari. They also write that Calipari just recruits the kids destined for the NBA better than anyone else, and to hate Kentucky for […]
by Kent Stering It started with Wednesday night’s Pacers win over the Miami Heat, and will end tomorrow afternoon as Michigan and Kentucky play for a chance to dance for a national title next weekend in Cowboys Stadium. The best weekend of basketball ever in Indianapolis has been incredible so far with some all time […]
by Kent Sterling Winning is not about gaining an advantage through systemic deceit – it’s the pursuit of answering adversity with grit, finding a way through the pain to outwork your opponents, motivating teammates to embrace a common cause, and subverting selfish wants for collective success. Victory without embracing those concepts is meaningless. Championships as […]
by Kent Sterling With every word out of John Calipari’s mouth at the Midwest Sweet Sixteen in Indianapolis, I lost more faith in humanity. During a time when honesty matters less and less in government and business, Calipari is setting a course for the sub-basement where truth is not acknowledged as a concept. His assessments […]
