Assembly Hall is rocking again this year, helping the Illini to a 67-49 win against Ohio State last night and making it seven wins in a row at home for Illinois. It was another balanced attack for Illinois, led by Mike Tisdale with 15 points, Demetri McCamey with 13, and two others in double [...]

Stormin Norman (on the right in a white shirt)
strolls off the court after soundly defeating
his opponent in a Tic Tac Toe Death Match
The Bulls played the Hawks last night and did their usual thing: play half-decent until the fourth quarter and then blow it. The real highlight of the game, however, was when I won [...]

Looks like a Peavy deal hinges on Hendry throwing in Samardijza. Seems unlikely he would do that, but anything is possible.
Bibby and the Hawks were too much for the Bulls as the Hawks won. The real story happened during the timeouts, though. More on that later…
Mayor Daley wants Chicago to get another [...]

Rod Marinelli said his goodbyes to the Detroit media today at Senior Bowl practice in Mobile, Alabama. According to Tom Kowalski on Mlive.com, as three reporters from Detroit approached Rod at the practice, Marinelli waved them off, pointing his thumb over his shoulder and saying “goodbye ladies.”
Oh Rod Marinelli, we hardly knew ye. [...]

When Martin Havlat scored the only goal of the night in a 4-1 loss for the Blackhawks last night, a lucky fan won a million dollars.

A promotion by the Illinois Lottery gives a million bucks to one lucky fan when the Blackhawks score a goal with exactly ten minutes remaining in the second period. [...]

Obviously I don’t think that, and neither does most of the universe. We here at NQTC, however, are not always swayed by intangible things and feelings we get from watching the games. We also like to look at stats sometimes (and by “We” I mean “Me” since StevieY19’s belief in a crazy concept called “clutch-hitting” [...]

This is not sports-related at all, but I felt the need to share. My pops showed it to me, most likely in a vain attempt to reveal to me how unhealthy my life is. Well joke’s on him! This looks unbelievably delicious and if I’m ever passing through Chandler, Arizona, you can [...]

Obama takes the oath today; Tiger Woods spoke at the “We Are One” rally yesterday. At another rally, an old white woman called Tiger an Asian terrorist.
ESPN ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber is done at ESPN. tWWL is searching for a new watchdog and since I didn’t get the Lions GM job, [...]

The Fighting Illini 15-3 (3-2) have cracked both polls this week. They are #24 in the ESPN poll and #25 in the AP. It’s been a long wait, but the day has finally come. The good times are here again. (Thanks to Ethan for the tip)

Obviously we have a few months to analyze what the Bears needs are in the off-season. I have heard a lot of talk about quarterbacks, receivers, defensive backs, etc. Without doing any in-depth research, my initial conclusions are short and sweet, but don’t hold me to them:

We need a premier wide receiver. Trade for Anquan [...]

I wasn’t at the Cubs convention myself, but there are a few tidbits of news that came out of it which might be interesting. Here’s a little recap of the highlights (and lowlights):

Zambrano thinks Lasik surgery will fix his subpar numbers from the second half of the season last year. Seems unlikely that fixing his [...]

The Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl! And apparently AJ over at Deadspin has to get a new tattoo.
The Steelers will be joining them. That AFC Championship was hard-hitting, but boring. Agreed?
Shut up mom! I want to play my XBox! I’m going to hit you and throw this taco [...]

I couldn’t wait until Monday to post this. Here’s a little background on the story. Dwayne Wade has been in ongoing divorce proceedings with his wife, Siohvaughn Wade, for a while now. Apparently she moved back to Chicago last year and the divorce has been ongoing. He has supposedly completely cut [...]

Don’t come crashing into the Clemson students and expect to come out unharmed. This guy will think twice before going for a loose ball again.

I know we posted this a few months ago, but it’s just so funny. Get excited for baseball season. Pitchers and catchers report in less than 4 weeks.