Indianapolis Star sports columnist Bob Kravitz is making good on his promise to walk to Kokomo if Indiana Pacers guard Jamal
Tinsley was still on the roster come the opening of the NBA season. Tinsley is, and Kravitz begins his trek today—sort of.
Kravitz made his pledge repeatedly this summer and fall on WFNI-AM 1070, where he hosts a drive-time show with Eddie White, who relentlessly badgered Kravitz about his vow. Kravitz said he was merely waiting for Emmis Communications—WFNI’s parent company—to arrange the logistics of the walk.
Due to safety concerns and highway traffic issues, Kravitz will walk the first 34 miles of the journey on a treadmill in the atrium of the Emmis building located on Monument Circle, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, and then walk the remaining miles into Kokomo on U.S. 31 on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. He will end up at the Buffalo Wild Wings at 1803 East Markland Avenue at around 3 p.m., where he and Eddie White will do their regularly scheduled show.
Local celebrities have been invited to join Kravitz on an adjacent treadmill in the Emmis atrium to bring awareness and donations to the ALS Association, which is dedicated to improving the lives of those who suffer from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Starting Kravitz, 48, off on his walk will be Indiana First Lady Cheri Daniels. There has been no word yet on the odds makers’ line on Kravitz successfully completing the entire trek. Early word is that it will be considerably higher than the Pacers' odds of actually trading Tinsley any time soon.
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When he made the statement about Tinsley, his big ego led him to open his big mouth and make a promise that he knew would catch people's attention. No one asked him to do this; he did not have a pistol on his temple forcing him to say what he said.
Now that payday has arrived he is finding ways to accomodate delivering on this promise.
Shame on Kravitz and shame on Emmmis who continues to keep him on staff despite the fact that long ago he lost all credibility in Indiana.
As far as I am concerned, he should be the 1st Emmis employee to be laid-off now that Emmis is cutting-off employees from it's workforce.
What a weenie move it is having Kravitz walk on a cozy, indoor treadmill instead of fighting the weather and traffic on his way up US31.
This takes away the guilty pleasure so many of Bob's critics looked forward to as they imagined Marvin Harrison driving by and splashing mud on him or even Tinsley himself siccing his posse on Kravitz as he toddled up the road to Kokomo.
Anyway, he plans to do 34 miles in 6 hours (360 minutes) of walking? That's a pretty brisk walk - slightly over 10 minutes per mile. He doesnt seem that 'in shape' to me to do that. We'll see
The Kravitz-White show on WFNI is a hoot. It's fun, informative, has big names, and is often irreverent. It may be a tad much for Hoosier tastes, but that show is a blast, a welcome relief to the red-state, old fart radio WIBC has evolved into.
Bob, good luck on the walk...both for charity's sake, and yourself. So why undo it with a celebration at BW3...in Kokomo no less?! Must be fine-dining up there. Actually, compared to most Kokomoans, Kravitz wil be the skinny one.
The 35 miles is from 96th and Meridian to the southernmost edge of Kokomo. In fact, we'll wind up walking farther. Fourteen miles was logged today, and with four hours left, we should get to 40 miles easily.
The lady walking next to Bob that a person earlier in this chain cites was Cheri Daniels, the first lady of Indiana. Cheri walks 10 miles a day, and you are right that she was rocking right along. Mrs. Daniels was doing 4.2 mph. Bob stayed at a steady 3.5, which is not easy two hours at a time.
You can mock Bob or The Fan, but make sure you are doing something good for people - like donating money to the ALS Association - as an admission charge for busting chops. Bob is a good sport who spent a lot of time over the weekend in a spinning class to benefit Autistic kids. I've worked with him for nearly a year, and I've never seen or heard Bob do anything worthy of the kind or ridicule thrown his way. He is genuinely a good guy who does nothing but tell the truth - as he sees it.
While this isn't something we should be cheering as it does mean Tinsley is still on the roster, it is nice to see Kravitz at least partially live up to his promise. Tinsley has actually been almost NULL AND VOID as a team distraction. His salary and cap hit are the only kickers, but we are shockingly deep and covered at the PG position it doesn't matter right now that Tinsley still remains on the roster... other than principle and the paycheck.
On the flip-side Kravitz will set a Kokomo record for Most Exercise in a week, good for him.
Just like those he crucifies in print and on radio don't do anything worthy of the kind of ridicule he throws their way, Tony Dungy being the most notable example.
The fact that Andy D and Cheri D are in on this tells you all you need to know about it - mess with the numbers, cite some BS Safety Concerns and all of a sudden he is not dfoing what he said he would.
Does this actually surprise anyone? :shakeshead:
One thing they can not lie about is the price of EMMS stock, which is 39 cents per share.
And here goes Full of Hooey once again finding a way to run someone down. Perhaps you should focus on lifting someone up in praise and cease with the negatives. Might be a good idea for you to humble yourself.