This picture is real. Apparently Z has decided to go the moustache route. I couldn’t be more pleased. Bruce Miles confirms it, in case you still can’t believe this awesomeness is true.

Are you one of those people that gets frustrated with umpires when you’re watching a Major League baseball game and starts yelling “Are you blind, ump?” Well the question may have been rhetorical at the time, but it appears there may be some proof that umpires really are blind. This picture comes from [...]

With no great matchups in college basketball this weekend, it was shaping up to be a pretty slow couple days in sports. Until I remembered the NBA All-Star Game was this weekend! But then I remembered how much that sucked too. But then I remembered the dunk contest, three-point contest, and skills challenge! [...]

It’s true. It’s so magical and mysterious you don’t even know it’s happening during the game. You can see Frazier the whole time and you can see the poor soul he is guarding, but it’s all an illusion. It’s like LOST without that feeling that it’s being written by a drunk guy [...]

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. 2B preview is up today – look for the 3B preview on Tuesday. And just so we’re clear – this is not a [...]

The Brewers have published their 2009 promotional schedule and over at Home Run Derby they decided to take a look at what the bobblehead giveaways. Let’s just say the players that are being honored with bobbleheads share a common characteristic with every Brewers fan (including our very own Real Stadiums Have Roofs). They are all [...]

John Paxson will be resigning as the Bulls GM effective immediately following the Thursday trade deadline. Peter Vescey broke the news this morning. What does this mean for the Bulls? Amare trades? (Thanks to PK for the tip)

Obviously more on this story as it develops…

***UPDATE: Don’t forget who reported the story. As pointed out [...]

It looked like another one of those road games for Illinois. They had played so well at home recently and it seemed like they just needed one road win to cement their place near the top of the Big Ten. Last night it was more bricklaying than cementing against Northwestern.
With 5:25 to go, [...]

Is it finally the “next year” Cubs fans are always talking about? The journey starts today.
Bulls blow the game in spectacular fashion against the Heat last night. As my friend NQTC reader Adam pointed out, where was Rose on that last inbounds play? And why was an ice-cold Thabo inbounding the ball?
Illinois comes back in [...]

Our resident soccer expert, Black Rob, weighs in on last night’s USA-Mexico soccer. Had I not received this story from him, I probably wouldn’t have even known there was a game. Here it is:

Some quick thoughts from last night’s 2-0 USA victory over Mexico:

This is probably the most important [...]

The Illini will travel to Evanston tonight to take on Northwestern. The Wildcats are 11-2 at home this year and the oddsmakers are predicting a close game.
I would say the Illini are playing their best basketball of the season coming off their beat-down of Purdue last week, but it hasn’t been that kind of [...]

NQTC reader Ethan pointed out to me this morning that perhaps the Bradley signing was a bit premature in light of the recent contracts that have been given out. In the last week, Adam Dunn signed for 2 years and $10 million dollars, while Abreu signed for 1 year and $5 million dollars. [...]

It hasn’t been the ideal situation in net for the Hawks this season. Don’t get me wrong, things are going fine, you just don’t want to be paying two goaltenders like they’re starters is all. I guess it’s not such a bad thing though when one of those high paid goalies gets hurt. [...]

What makes the NBA so great is that so many athletic amazing things can be done within the rules of the game. This video has nothing to do with any of that. Apparently Corey Maggette, a well-liked and selfless player (ha!), traveled 6 times in one play in a Warriors-Hawks game a few [...]