by Kent Sterling I believe, based upon the mauling two weeks ago, the Colts will hammer the Chiefs. Offenses don’t suddenly figure out how to attack a solid defense, but the Chiefs are going to empty the cupboard to try. The deal will be done tomorrow, and all this guesswork will be of no value, […]
by Kent Sterling This could be a very long season for Hoosier basketball fans who have had enough long seasons over the past decade to last a lifetime, and the background din about Tom Crean as the leader of the program is beginning to grow a little louder. Indiana is 1-4 against teams they shouldn’t […]
by Kent Sterling This is the silliest story of 2014 – even sillier than the wall-to-wall snow coverage we get every time a flake sticks to I-465. The NFL, Indianapolis Colts, and WTHR would rather listen to WIBC’s Stan Lehr recite school closings for four hours on WIBC than announce a blackout of Saturday’s Colts […]
by Kent Sterling The Chicago Bears faced a choice – sign Jay Cutler to an extension, or allow him to leave. General Manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman debated each option, and decided to make Cutler a Bear for life. What made these two smart guys make the decision so quickly and emphatically? Click […]
by Kent Sterling Jay Cutler is fool’s gold, and the Chicago Bears just spent a bunch of gold like fools. The Bears have consigned themselves to mediocrity for the foreseeable future by locking themselves into a franchise quarterback level seven-year deal (GM Phil Emery refused to specify the cash allotted in the deal) with a […]
by Kent Sterling New Years Eve and Day are traditional times for reflection, dreaming, and beginning a quest to be better people that might last as long as three days. Rather than fail miserably at my own resolution, my first order of business is to project resolutions onto others, so they become responsible not only […]
by Kent Sterling Today’s games ended much as 2013 with be remembered among hoops fans in Indiana – thrilling, but ultimately unfulfilling. The Pacers and Hoosiers kicked things off simultaneously, and I did my best to keep an eye on both while at Bankers Life Fieldhouse celebrating the New Year with the tenth sellout crowd […]
by Kent Sterling Since Tom Crean’s first season in Bloomington, it’s been easy to express optimism about the Hoosiers. “It’s going to be better this year,” has been the mantra. Those day’s are apparently over. Indiana doesn’t shoot it well (making only 31.5% from behind the arc), and averages only 12 assists on 27.2 field […]
by Kent Sterling With yesterday’s announcement that Indiana University basketball player Luke Fischer is leaving the team and school, I thought it worth recalling the experience of another freshman who found it difficult to assimilate to the Bloomington lifestyle. College seemed like it was going to be fun. How could it not? Almost 40,000 students […]
by Kent Sterling On the eve of the Big Ten opener against Illinois in Champaign, coach Tom Crean found out that his bench at Assembly Hall will have some extra room. The chair that freshman forward Luke Fischer would have occupied will be empty – or filled by the next man up for Indiana. As […]
