Sports Columns

Hard-hitting local opinion from The Herald Bulletin sports staff including Rick Teverbaugh, George Bremer and Quintin Harlan, on everything from the Indianapolis Colts, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indiana Pacers, Indiana University Hoosiers on down to high school sports and little league.

Quintin Harlan: Rare shot for Scots tonight We’ve all heard messages throughout our lives about how one should take advantage of opportunities when they are presented. We should “strike while the iron is hot” or “be ready to answer the door when opportunity knocks” and on and on and on. Tonight the Highland Scots have an opportunity that only two other football teams in Highland’s 55-year history have had.....more>>

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  Rick Teverbaugh: Girls set to begin hoops season
  In a way it doesn’t seem possible. But after a Sunday meeting with the county’s girls basketball coaches it became all too real. Girls basketball starts for real on Monday, and that’s the same day that the boys teams can begin practice.
  Actually none of our area teams actually begin Monday, but there’s two games on Tuesday.

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• Rick Bramwell: Decision to fish in the rain brings great rewards
  My daughter Jourdan’s fall break was last week. She was excited about visiting the Indiana University campus, and I was excited about us finally doing some fishing together.

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  Quintin Harlan: Walking like they are talking
  Every year in every sport, you hear how this team is going to do this and that or the other, and how they’ll be able to accomplish something that no one has ever done before, simply because it’s their time. And messages such as these can be filed under the headings of “taken with a grain of salt” or “believe it when you see it.”

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• Rick Teverbaugh: So far so good for Colts
  Much has been written about the Indianapolis Colts season to this point. Most of it very good.
  Certainly everyone expected the offense to be good; after all, Peyton Manning is still the quarterback and anything that comes after that has to be a cut above average. His 7.3 completion percentage is a bit better than most could have forseen.

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