OK, I'm 8 months behind, and I'm sure the very astute members of this esteemed fansite have commented on this extensively. I just saw this hit piece for the first time tonight. I felt motivated to express my opinion because I felt so strongly about it. I've always admired Bob Knight and loved his no-nonsense attitude. The allegations and tape that came out about him didn't ring deeply for me. I came from a time in the late 80's when my football coach would have the tip of a fishing rod to crack us on the butt when we weren't practicing hard enough. He would grab us by the facemask on gameday on the sideline in the plain sight of our parents. Our parents didn't complain. Our basketball coach would have us run suicides (probably not appropriate today to use that term) until everyone on the team was puking after a poor performance. During those times it was tough; very tough. But I think I learned discipline, team work, and dedication to my performance level from those coaches. I thought the "pussification" of America only started recently, but apparently it started about 20 years ago. These young men going to Indiana on scholarship knew what they were getting when going to that program. Knight was a tough, tough coach. But it was an honor to play for a legend. When some of these players came out, and started talking to this WEASEL "journalist" I found that to be cowardly and self-serving. I thought the writer of this piece fluffed this up massively and he was getting off on bringing down a coaching legend. In the end, he got what he wanted. But for him to use the supposedly abused player from Indiana as a linchpin in this piece was disgusting. I was waiting for him to insinuate that Knight was responsible for the guy's heart attack later in his life. It made me sick. I hate ESPN. The writer worked with CNN in researching this story and that's all I need to know. The Star Magazine was more accurate and objective in its reporting than those two rags.