Month: April, 2009

More To The Cutler Weekend Bender Story

15 April, 2009 (10:00) | Chicago Bears | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

After I changed careers from part-time law clerk/part-time student/part-time blogger to paparazzi yesterday, I did a little reading and found out there is more to the Cutler photo than originally thought.  Apparently he was on what essentially was a 3-day bender.  He was out downtown boozing until the wee hours of the night on Thursday, [...]

Ben Gordon Has Marbles

15 April, 2009 (09:00) | Chicago Bulls, Video | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Check out BG’s celebration after the win at Detroit on Monday:

h/t: Blog-a-Bull
h/t: Sam Cassel (for making the “I’ve Got Marbles” dance popular)

Qualified Links

15 April, 2009 (07:30) | The Links | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

An interesting take on how the new ESPNChicago will affect the Chicago sports blogosphere. [Bleacher Nation]
Walter Herrmann makes an amazing trick shot from the bench.  He spends a lot of time there, so at least he is being productive. [Ball Don't Lie]
In the “Blatantly Obvious” category, Chester Frazier was named MVP of the Illini by [...]

Jay Cutler Will Make You Forget About Orton In More Ways Than One

14 April, 2009 (11:28) | Chicago Bears | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Kyle Orton was a very solid quarterback that looked like he could be decent for a while in this league.  Trading him for Jay Cutler didn’t cause much of a problem for Bears fans, however, seeing as that Cutler looks like he could be a great franchise quarterback for years to come.
That was on the [...]

Cubs Opener DeBriefing

14 April, 2009 (11:00) | Chicago Cubs | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

After a long delay yesterday, the Cubs finally played their home opener.  My toes are still cold from being out there, and the potato vodka I drank out of a flask is still sitting heavy in my stomach (it’s Passover so I can’t eat or drink most ballpark food).  The game was amazing once it [...]

Bulls-Pistons: A Pattern Develops

14 April, 2009 (09:00) | Chicago Bulls, NBA | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

The 1987-88 Bulls won 50 games and looked like a very good young team.  They advanced to the Conference semi-finals, but were defeated in 5 games by the far superior Pistons.  See the Pistons were just coming into the peak of their franchise’s history up to that point, and the young Bulls were not quite [...]

Qualified Links

14 April, 2009 (08:00) | The Links | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

It was bad weather out there, but the Cubbies won on the back of Ted Lilly’s 6 and 2/3 innings no-hit bid.  Awesome. [Bleed Cubbie Blue]
The Sox are getting sued over a little t-shirt cannon incident.  No worries, they have overcome disco demolition night and fans beating up opposing coaches.  This shouldn’t be a problem. [...]

Don’t Blame Kevin Gregg (Lou’s Scapegoat Edition)

13 April, 2009 (11:00) | Chicago Cubs | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

After Gregg blew another game the other day, a lot of people were mad at him.  I know I am.  This is a little soon, but you know how when you start to hate someone everything about them annoys you?  Well I am in that place.  Like why does he wear those stupid glasses?  Does [...]

Attempts At Reversing The Curse Have Become Horrific

13 April, 2009 (10:35) | Baseball, Chicago Cubs | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

I am pretty busy today trying to figure out my plans for the opener, but I had to share this little bit of information with you.  Apparently blwoing up the Bartman baseball (which didn’t work) was deemed by some to be too tame a tactic in the war against the Curse (which I don’t believe [...]

Mother Nature vs. The Cubs Home Opener; Who You Got?

13 April, 2009 (09:55) | Baseball, Chicago Cubs | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Mother Nature is trying to mess up the Cubs Home Opener, but I still think the game will be played.  Although all the weathermen are saying there is about a 75% chance of rain well into the evening, I have reason to believe they can squeeze the game in.  Here is the picture of the [...]

Milton Bradley Wouldn’t Have Made That Catch

13 April, 2009 (09:00) | Chicago Cubs | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Reed Johnson made a filthy catch last night, saving a Grand Slam and possibly the game for the Cubbies.  The best part by far is Prince Fielder tipping his cap to him at the end of the video.  A classy move for a fat, angry man.

Qualified Links – Cubs Home Opener Edition

13 April, 2009 (07:30) | The Links | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Kevin Gregg is still the Cubs closer…for now.  [Bleacher Nation]
Bradley makes my heart stop for the 5th time this season, leaves game with groin tightness. [Wrigleyville23]
The Bulls Weekly Roundup.  I’ll take 3-0, even if its a sloppy 3-0. [Pippen Ain't Easy]
The Hawks beat the Wings twice this weekend after not being able to beat them [...]

Professional Asshole Threatens To Peel Cutler’s Head Off Turf

11 April, 2009 (09:38) | Chicago Bears, NFL | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

I guess this video would be a lot funnier if the antagonist wasn’t Jared Allen of the Vikings and the man being threatened wasn’t Jay Cutler.  Allen claims he is going to “peel the back of [Cutler]’s head off the turf”.  We’ll see.

Pick ‘A’ for Awful Taste

10 April, 2009 (12:38) | Media | By: StevieY19

I really don’t have a lot to say about this, it just seems like a horrible decision by ESPN.  The kid died yesterday.  And this after their horrible choice/oversight regarding a commercial yesterday.  You can’t just play sad music and think that makes everything okay. 

LeBron James Gets No Calls

10 April, 2009 (11:00) | NBA | By: StevieY19

Against him, that is.  I have always been upset with star treatment in the NBA.  I don’t pay real close attention to the goings on of the league, but whenever I watch a game it’s pretty evident that it happens.  D-Wade went through a three year period where he couldn’t enter the paint without going [...]