It’s that time of the year again: NCAA Rules Committee time. On the docket this year, among other things, is a suggestion to crack down on celebrations. A proposal floated by Oregon’s Mike Bellotti would enforce celebrations by individuals before they score from the spot of the foul, taking away points if they [...]

I managed to forget Jay Mariotti existed, to the point of completely forgetting to put him on my “People I Hate” list. Unfortunately he is still writing and StevieY directed my attention to his latest post. After clicking the link, I immediately went to see if comments were still enabled. After reading [...]

This little satire of the Where Amazing Happens commercials was made for the Bulls over a year ago. I posted it a few months ago, but it still holds true to this day. As the deadline approaches, we’ll see if we can add “Where Not Getting Amare Happens” to the list. Don’t [...]

Hawks rebound from a bad loss Sunday to beat Atlanta 3-1. Toews and Sharp each had a power play goal.
Mel Kiper talks Bears draft. I’m glad this is in print, because I can’t listen to the guy anymore.
The U.S. shuts out Mexico in the first game of the final round of [...]

NQTC can now be found at a brand new address: http://www.notqualifiedtocomment.com/. We’re still part of Blogger, but now we have our own URL minus the “.blogspot” and you can find us there (here?). For the life of me I can’t figure out how the Internet works, but Stormin’ Norman took a course from Al Gore [...]

Who wants Favre now? After one season with the Jets, Brett Favre has retired again, informing the Jets today that he would not return.

Favre, in an email to ESPN’s Ed Werder said that he feels okay that he is ending his career with the Jets and not the Packers. I’m sure he’s okay with [...]

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. Hope you enjoy, and please – no more Rich Hill/Felix Pie jokes….

1B preview is up first. Just so you know, this is not a [...]

Blago doesn’t have much to do these days, outside of preparing for his impending criminal trial of course. Well that fact hasn’t been lost among prospective employers. Apparently the Joliet Jackhammers, a minor league team, have offered him a spot on the roster:

Blagojevich may not have much of a baseball pedigree, but he [...]

I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention, but the Cardinals’ offseason has been poor at best. They have done very little to improve and their pitching staff looks very thin. For some reason Cardinals GM John Mozeliak thought it would be a good idea to do an online chat where he answered [...]

On a night where Johnny Red Kerr was honored for his career, the Bulls came through with a great victory. As I’ve said in earlier posts, this team has no identity. For stretches they play like a team that can be a legitimate playoff team, and then other times its like they don’t [...]

Bulls win on some last second heroics by Ben Gordon. Is it just me, or do the Pistons just not scare anyone anymore?
The All-Time Movie Baseball Team. How is Hobbs not hitting 3rd?
Elton John and Billy Joel are playing at Wrigley Field this summer. Tickets aren’t that expensive and I’m all for [...]

I’m not sure what to say about this, so I’ll just put the quote:
Forward Andres Nocioni chose an unusual off-day activity when the Bulls had some free time in Dallas this week. Nocioni joined strength and conditioning coach Erik Helland for a wild pig hunt in a rural town outside of Dallas. The pair reportedly [...]

If you read any Cubs blogs, then you may have already heard this news since it seems like we are the last ones to report it. Apparently PECOTA, an advanced system used by sabremetricians to determine an individual player’s contribution to wins based on certain advanced metrics (I think? This stuff is usually [...]

The not-so-surprising revelation that A-Rod took performance enhancing drugs for a few years, along with the information that upwards of 100 other players tested positive in 2003 brings up many issues and questions, but I just want to focus on one. Are there any pure home-run hitters left out there that are above suspicion [...]

Yesterday, Stormin’ Norman came up with the idea of roasting the Bulls, Michael Scott style. For those of you that haven’t seen the episode of The Office following the Super Bowl, the idea is completely stolen from this:

So in that spirit, I shall roast the Bulls, all in good fun of course. Without [...]