This is the time of the year where you’ll hear every game called “pivotal” and “all-important” in playoff series.  It’s not that they’re wrong, it’s just that we know they’re important.  It’s the playoffs!  So the Blackhawks will be in Calgary again tonight for a regularly-vastly-important Game 4.  Bullets!

Patrick Kane says he’s ready to go [...]

I’m speechless on this one.  All you need to see is this crazy ad circulating right now.

The ‘85 Bears still have that magic, even 25 years later.  It just takes a little supplement to “get that magic up” these days.

After yet another long hiatus, The Bad Guy himself is back in action and ready to analyze a few players that have gotten off to blazing hot starts early in the 2009 MLB season. Some might be able to keep things rolling, while others probably won’t be able to maintain their success for 162 games. [...]

I’m generally a pretty hostile, confrontational guy, so I have decided that I will be doing a regular post about things that are pissing me off.  Mostly they will be sports-related, but there are other things that piss me off too that might get mentioned.  I’m not entirely sure how often I will do this [...]

Whenever pictures or stories circulate about athletes going out drinking with friends or hooking up with beautiful young women, those stories always come with what seems like the mandatory tongue-lashing from the athlete’s coach, GM or owner.  It was only a matter of time until Jerry Angelo reacted to the Cutler photos and stories that [...]

The Cubs dominated the Reds.  Welcome back to Chicago, Dusty. [Bleacher Nation]
Vinny has no regrets about using up his timeouts.  Humanity feels otherwise. [Blogabull]
Yeah so there was a cat on the field in last night’s game.  It wasn’t black, so don’t mention 1969.  Thanks. [Sun-Times]
Maybe the Cubs should move Marshall to the ‘pen and bring [...]

Not to long ago there were some reports about positive drug tests from the NFL Scouting Combine.  Major names that supposedly tested positive included Boston College DT B.J. Raji, Illinois CB Vontae Davis, and a couple USC guys.  Well, apparently none of those guys tested positive. 
Those damn blogs and their premature, uninformed…oh, wait it was [...]

The Bulls lost 118-115 last night in another hard-fought battle.  There were a lot of good things that can be taken from the split in Boston.  Derrick Rose came of age on national television in Game 1.  Joakim Noah played with all kinds of heart that Bulls fans have been hoping to see since the [...]

Well, last night did not go nearly as well as Saturday.  Bulls lose.  [ESPN]  Hawks lose.  [ESPN]
Rumor has it that ESPN is considering changing up their College Gameday crew.  If this is true I can’t imagine anyone ever watching it again.  Ever.  [SEC Live News]
So the Lions got a new logo and new jerseys that [...]

The Blackhawks will make their way to the Saddledome tonight to try and put a stranglehold on the series against Calgary.  The Hawks were 2-0 at Calgary this season, but the playoffs are a whole different animal.
Calls don’t go your way on the road, momentum is nearly impossible to create and even harder to sustain, [...]

After waiting a week to get a better idea of where teams stand, it’s time for the first edition of Power Rankings for our NQTC fantasy league.
1) Rod Beck’s Mullet- After complaining about no power rankings after his 10-0 win in the first week, Judd brought it again in Week 2, winning 8-2 and opening [...]

The Bulls have been gameplanning for Kevin Garnett the last week or so.  The problem is that KG was declared to be out for the entire playoffs by the Celtics.  There has been a lot of speculation about whether he would attempt a comeback during this series.  Up until now it had been mostly speculation, [...]

After Saturday’s crazy marathon, described here, I was wondering if this kind of thing had ever happened in Chicago prior to Saturday.  Thanks to a little sleuthing by NQTC reader Gavin, we now know it has happened before.  Just last week in fact:
All four teams winning on the same day in the regular season happens [...]

I stumbled on this goofy-ass picture last week somewhere on the internet and forgot to post it until now.  Enjoy the funk:

Do you notice they had to put fake hair on everyone except Ben Wallace?  I think it’s time for a haircut Big Ben.

Milton Bradley is appealing his suspension “as a matter of principle”.  Seriously?  It’s 2 games. [Tribune]
Chicago Bulls stat leaders during the regular season. [Pippen Ain't Easy]
The Cubs-Cardinals game Sunday was postponed until July 12, but the Cubbies looked real good on Ramirez’s walk-off on Saturday. [BCB]
The White Sox are dropping by the White House Monday, [...]