I hate Penn State, but at least Illinois didn’t score 33 this time. [Tribune]
Did you see that picture of Barack Obama having a beer at the Bulls-Wizards game?  I never get beer in a glass at NBA games, but then again, I’m not the President. [Give Me The Rock]
Seattle is in for a surprise if [...]

Kyle Orton made an appearance at an Iowa middle school today.  This is from the Des Moines Register (via Deadspin).  Maybe its his bowl cut or maybe its the chin strap, but something about Orton is just so sexy.

Artie Lange from Howard Stern Show fame was on the Late Show with Letterman a couple nights ago and told a fantastic story about epic Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker, then went on to tell another story about how Uecker and others used to play tricks on Harry Caray when Harry had a couple cocktails too [...]

Bears GM Jerry Angelo say down with Larry Mayer from the Bears website to talk about a few offseason issues facing the team and gave a good idea of what the Bears are thinking.  I’ll re-post the questions here, then talk about some of the answers.
LM: After the 2008 season ended, you said that you [...]

Since Spring Training is under way, its probably time to analyze which Cubs will make the roster and which will be sent back to the minors or released.  The Opening Day roster must be cut down to 25 players.  Some spots are pretty much sewn up, but a lot of battles still exist on the [...]

It was no secret going into the trade deadline that the Blackhawks were in the market for a third line center to complete a team they think can compete for the Stanley Cup.  The deal breaks down as James Wisniewski and minor leaguer Petri Kontiola to Anaheim for center Samuel Pahlsson, minor leaguer Logan Stephenson, [...]

Last month Stormin’ Norman expressed his delight that the comments section on Jay Mariotti’s columns over at FanHouse were not disabled.  To the gratification of everyone everywhere, they are still up and running.  I won’t waste any more of your time typing things that are not hilarious, so here we go:
From Jay’s column on the [...]

What a win for Northwestern!  The Wildcats ruined Purdue’s Senior Night with a stunner; I heard they can still be as high as a six seed in the Big Ten Tournament.  Bubble?  [Lake The Posts]
I absolutely agree with 3:10 to Joba that Tim Lincecum is awesome and so is the new commercial he is in. [...]

More on this tomorrow, but TSN is reporting that the Blackhawks traded defenseman James Wisniewski to the Anaheim Ducks for center Samuel Pahlsson.
Pahlsson has the reputation for being an excellent defensive forward, but has been severely lacking in production the last few seasons.  Wisniewski seemed to fit the mold for a defenseman in Chicago, but [...]

I guess it’s a video themed Wednesday afternoon.  For those of you who thought we were above fart jokes, you have clearly misjudged your writers.  Especially when it’s Lebron. Stormin’ Norman found this gem on some sweet foreign site.

About a year and a half ago, one of the greatest pranks ever was pulled off by some of the guys from CollegeHumor.com. Here’s the video:

Well it’s 18 months later, and Streeter finally got his revenge. These two guys are hilarious:

Steve Phillips of ESPN has something stupid to say about everything when it comes to baseball.  We can’t really fault him for talking about baseball, it’s his job.  We can yell at him for not doing any research and talking out of his ass though.  Don’t worry though, you don’t have to yell at him.  [...]

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. The SP  preview is up today -  look for the RP  preview on Friday. Again, this is not a list of the top seven guys [...]

After Paxson claimed he laid down the law on Vinny a couple days ago regarding backcourt minutes in the 4th quarter, Vinny responded in a totally mature and reasonable way yesterday:
“That’s between us,” Del Negro said of his near-daily conversations with Paxson. “I’ll make decisions on the team on what I see fit for players [...]

Martin Havlat scored a great game winner in overtime last night as the Blackhawks beat the Ducks 3-2.  After scoring two in the first and giving up two in the second, a scoreless third led to the extra period, where Havlat made a steal and held off a Ducks defender to score the winner.
Troy Brouwer [...]