So Dwight Howard made a 75-foot shot in warm-ups. So what? Devin Harris can top that. He made one during a game. With the clock expiring. With a hand in his face. For the win. Filthiest play of the year? It’s definitely a nominee:

While we all bitch about how much traveling there is in the NBA, college kids are getting away with it too. I linked to Maggette’s (former Dukie) traveling video last week, but this is even more steps technically. The person who made the video counts 12 steps that Duke freshman Elliot Williams took [...]

Dwight Howard made an unbelievable 75 foot shot during pre-game warm-ups.  Hubie later commented, “Maybe he should shoot his free throws like that.”  He might be onto something:

I’m sure most of you have seen the video of Brian Collins stumbling over the sports news.  If you haven’t seen it, here’s where the magic started. The peak of this video’s sweetness comes about 2:25 in.

After creating an Internet storm, the fumbling announcer and his “boom goes the dynamite” catchphrase got a reference from [...]

After going 9-3-0 while playing 11 of 12 games on the road, the Blackhawks fell in their return to Chicago 2-1 to Minnesota.  The Hawks dominated the first period and a half, but an ineffective power play and great goaltending proved critical in the loss.
Wild goaltender Josh Harding stopped 44 of the 45 shots the [...]

In light of all the recent trades and rumors swirling around Paxson, people have been analyzing his legacy.  My focus has been mainly on how much Reinsdorf was really calling the shots and whether that interfered with Paxson’s job.
But was someone else really pulling the strings from 2003- 2007?  Scott Skiles put his imprint on [...]

Illinois players and fans have been trying to forget a 33-point performance earlier in the week.  Sunday’s game at Ohio State went a long way to pushing that memory out.  The Illini made 8 of their first 9 shots and never allowed the Buckeyes to take a lead.
After being up by five at halftime, it [...]

Illinois looked a lot better yesterday, but there’s still a bad taste in my mouth from the Penn State game. [Tribune]
A great Harry Caray impression.  It’s not an impression of Will Ferrell impersonating Caray, it’s an actual impression of him. [Boys of Summer] via Bleacher Nation
The Bulls lost to the Pacers.  The new guys contributed [...]

This douchebag reporter is extremely annoying, but Calhoun’s response is priceless.  And probably right.  Get ready to laugh:

I’m sure this was just an accident and not wishful thinking, right?  Right?  From All-Star Weekend:

In case you are confused, no I’m not talking about Wade’s outfit (though that has got to be an accident).  Did Rose just mistake the Bulls’ warm-ups for the Blazers’ warm-ups?  He definitely looks like he’s thinking really hard about [...]

Lebron dropped a season-high 55 points on Milwaukee last night.  The total was impressive, but some of these threes were just disgusting.  Try to ignore a bit of a rough foul, followed by Varejao doing his best Italian soccer player impression.  Hate that guy.

If you can peel yourself away from 24/7 A-Rod coverage on ESPN, there are some other options for your viewing pleasure this weekend.  It’s bracket buster weekend, or whatever they call it!  Here’s the list:
*Can’t miss
Saturday
11:00 AM [NCAAB] (22) Butler at Davidson- ESPN
1:00 PM [NCAAB] (11) Marquette at Georgetown- ESPN
1:00 PM [NHL] Chicago at Dallas- [...]

I found this a few weeks ago and stared at it for about 15 minutes.  A few things jumped out at me as a little off, but overall this map makes sense:

I’m not sure how many Rangers fans there are in Oklahoma and shouldn’t there be some Cubs parts down in Arizona?  Also, I haven’t [...]

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. 3B preview is up today – look for the SS preview on Wednesday. This is not a list of the top seven guys at the [...]

There were no awesome goal calls from Randy Moller last night thanks to Cristobal Huet and the Chicago Blackhawks.  Huet stopped every one of the 31 Florida shots that came his way and the Hawks snuck four into the net to take the win 4-0.
Andrew Ladd scored just over three minutes into the game when [...]