Last night the Blackhawks dropped an overtime game to the Penguins at the United Center.  The highlight of the night for the Hawks was Jonathan Toews’ first career hat trick. The highlight for me involved free helmet night.  The first whatever-thousand fans received a Blackhawks hard-hat last night and when Toews tipped the puck into [...]

College basketball is gearing up for March Madness and there is plenty of good action to keep you busy this weekend, if you know what I mean. Okay, onto the games: *Must see Saturday: 11:00 AM [NCAAB] Georgetown at (12) Villanova- ESPN 1:00 PM [NCAAB] Notre Dame at (2) UConn- CBS 1:05 PM [NCAAB] Iowa [...]

Did you know it was Joakim Noah’s birthday on Wednesday?  A millionaire NBA player, near New York (they were playing in New Jersey that night), with a history getting into trouble, on his 24th birthday.  Sounds like a recipe for a crazy night filled with strippers, booze and possibly worse (or better), right?  Wrong.  In [...]

Because of the shortage of time between now and opening day, we at NQTC decided to roll with a position by position preview as opposed to going team by team. OF preview is up today -  look for the SP  preview on Wednesday. Again, this is not a list of the top seven guys at [...]

Illinios moved to 23-6 on the year with a win against Minnesota last night.  It was a typical Big Ten battle, with tough defense and a lot of physical play.  The 51-42 win is not pretty to most, but to teams like the Illini wins don’t come any more gorgeous. Bruce Weber was fed up [...]

Scottie Pippen, not necessarily known for his speaking, gave an interview recently (after the halftime tribute ceremony) that really sums up what Red meant to so many people: The ceremony that was held to honor him during halftime of the Pistons game a couple weeks ago can be found here.  A tear comes to my [...]

Matt over at Blogabull posted this video which really shows Norm’s love for the Bulls.  This video embodies how passionate Norm was about the Bulls, basketball and taking pride in what you do.  He really starts going crazy around 1:40 in the video.  Who is going to bring that attitude and perspective in the post-game [...]

I’m not a very emotional guy by nature.  I show anger, excitement, and passion, sure, but sadness?  It’s not as easy for me.  After writing about Stormin’ Norman yesterday, I was basically spent in terms of being able to feel sad.  Then the tragic news came in late last night that Johnny “Red” Kerr passed [...]

Illinois won a tough one over Minnesota last night.  Get ready for Sunday against Michigan State. [ESPN] Milton Bradley gets hurt in the first inning.  I know it’s just a strained quadricep, but I’m still in disbelief.  Not really.  But yeah. [Sun-Times] LeBron has an answer for Howard’s crazy shot, he’s going to do it [...]

I’m at a loss for words.  This is one of the saddest days in Chicago sports in my lifetime, if not the saddest.  On the heels of reports that Bulls legend Norm Van Lier passed away this morning, news comes in that Johnny “Red” Kerr has died as well.  After a long struggle with prostate [...]

Since we don’t spend enough time on the Internet already, we decided to get together our own fantasy baseball league through NQTC. Stormin’ Norman, The Bad Guy, and myself will be putting our fantasy skills (all of which belong to TBG) to the test against nine of you guys.  We have set up the league [...]

A tragic, tragic event has happened today.  Norm Van Lier, former player and current broadcaster for the Chicago Bulls, passed away at the age of 61 today.  As many of you may have guessed, my handle, “Stormin Norman Disciple”, is an ode to Norm’s voracious passion for the game and life in general.  I always [...]

It’s storming here in Chicago right now, and that seems fitting.  I found my way to the sports section of the Tribune’s site today only to find a countdown clock to the moment Rex Grossman would be released. Really?  A countdown?  Isn’t this saved for moments like opening day or Ditka’s next meal?  The guy [...]

K.C. Johnson is reporting that the Bulls will be meeting Barack Obama today: The Bulls are scheduled to meet President Barack Obama Thursday afternoon in the Blue Room of the White House. “A great honor for the Chicago Bulls organization,” said Steve Schanwald, executive vice president of business operations. “The President has been a fan [...]

Dwight Howard is one goofy guy.  He discusses his most important pre-game ritual in this interview at Mouthpiece Sports: