It's been 25 years since Bob Knight was fired, and it was still the right move

It was shocking and sad, but Myles Brand showed backbone.

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On this day 25 years ago, I was on my way to the Sydney Olympics. I had just taken a job with the Indianapolis Star that July, and now I was jetting from Indy to Los Angeles, where I'd have a six-, maybe seven-hour layover before moving on to Sydney, Australia.

Meanwhile in Bloomington, Ind., there were stirrings. Bob Knight, the legendary basketball co…