BENNER: When our heroes fail, we love to take it personally
Few things rouse us more than a fall from grace, and the more precipitous, the better. Sports so deliciously delivers grist for our grindstone time and again.
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BENNER: The sports year 2013 has a hard act to follow
In sports, as soon as you think you have the answers, new questions arise. The test never stops. Then again, I’m sure you business types will say, “Hey, it’s like that where we reside, too.”
BENNER: If NBA won’t eliminate’one-and-dones,’ NCAA should
Let the young phenoms find another path to the NBA.
BENNER: 2012 had an abundance of moments to savor
The spices of sports come from the unpredictable outcomes, the ability to rise above adversity, and the comebacks from the depths.
BENNER: Gifts of joy surround us even in times of sadness
One week before Christmas, I found my spirits lifted and my soul inspired: We are much more about the good and light of this world than we are about the evil and dark.
BENNER: Arlington girls dealt hard—but valuable—life-long lesson
The score was 107-2. I repeat: 107-2.
BENNER: Remembering one of the most significant handshakes in sports
It was the flashbulbs. That’s what he remembers. That’s what everyone remembers who witnessed the moment nearly 50 years ago in East Lansing, Mich.
BENNER: An open letter to Purdue University’s president-in-waiting
Why would running a major university be more difficult than governing a state?
BENNER: Big Ten follows the no-boundaries, big-money pack
It has become clear that, in the new world order of big-time intercollegiate athletics, these are the things that really matter: eyeballs.
BENNER: We have much to be thankful for on and off the field
On this Thanksgiving week, I’d like to again offer gratitude for what our sports world provides, especially in a city where we are so particularly blessed.
BENNER: Big Ten hoops begin, but eyes are still on football mess
At media day, four out of five questions dealt with gridiron mess.
BENNER: Buy Carl Erskine’s book—and help people like Jimmy
The short-but-sweet treasure features insights, recollections and photos.
BENNER: Trust dashed—and rings sold—in the theater that is sports
On Armstrong, Knight and more.
BENNER: No good comes from driving wedge between sport and art
The day the music dies–and I fervently hope it does not come to that–will be a day our city will be significantly diminished.
BENNER: There’s plenty to ponder in sports world as autumn arrives
Questions for the Colts, the Fever, and more.
BENNER: An open letter to Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay
You and your fellow owners were complicit as Goodell.
BENNER: Notre Dame appears to score with ACC arrangement
If there are any negatives for Notre Dame in all this, danged if I can find them.
BENNER: Women at Augusta National is no watershed moment
At the risk of alienating all these incredible women—and the one I’ve been sleeping with the last 39 years—I have to admit something.