Today, after finally sobering up, I went to the Chicago Cubs’ ESPN page and came across an interesting article in the fans favorites section: a run down of the position battles in various spring training camps. To no surprise I found the Cubs fifth starting rotation spot on the list. To my dismay, I found [...]

All year I have been trying to defend Gregg, and to be honest I still stand by my theory that he hasn’t been all that bad.  He definitely hasn’t been good, but there are worse closers out there.  Either way a change needs to be made, but I almost feel too tired and sick of [...]

All things considered, the Cubs are lucky to have the record they do going into the All-Star break, but how have individual players and parts on this team rate so far?  Here’s a take on their performance thus far by position.
1st Base (Derrek Lee, Micah Hoffpauir): Derrek Lee started slow but has come on extremely [...]

Last week may have been the worst week the Cubs have had in 5 years.  Sure, there have been some losing teams in that period, but no one week where the wheels just came off like they did here.  The record alone– 1-6 –makes the week look better than it actually was.  Here’s a little [...]

Jerry Reinsdorf opens up about what exactly went down with Ben Gordon last summer.  Doesn’t sound like Jerry thinks Ben is in the plans for next season. [By The Horns]
Bradley isn’t the only one who thinks the umps are giving him a raw deal.  Ted Lilly chimed in and got ejected the other day. [Bleacher [...]

When I woke up yesterday, I didn’t even really think about the fact that all 4 Chicago teams were playing that day.  I mean I knew I was going to watch the Bulls game and I was really excited about going to the Blackhawks game, but I just didn’t put it all together.  Here is [...]

Bulls run the Celtics out of the building.  Yeah I know it sounds crazy, but it happened.  You think Garnett being out had something to do with it? [Blog-a-Bull]
Obama makes his NCAA tourney picks.  No real surprises on who his Final Four is. [ESPN]
Zoner is running a “Best Sports Blog Name” contest.  Vote for NQTC [...]

Illinois got the 5 seed everyone was expecting them to get.  If they get past the first round, Gonzaga is going to be a tough matchup for the Illini. [Sun-Times]
Speaking of the Illini, remember Jamar Smith?  Well he’s not leaving teammates for dead anymore, and his ankle bracelet comes off soon.  Hooray! [Deadspin]
Some Cubs fans [...]

Will the Japanese Colonel Sanders reverse the Cubs curse?  Can we please stop talking about a curse? [Deadspin]
Illinois vs. Michigan today at 5:30 ct.  Illinois needs a solid run in this tourney if they want to get a 4 or 5 seed. [Tribune]
The Chicago Bears are re-signing Marcus Hamilton, so that’s another crappy DB to [...]

So the World Baseball Classic is going on and we have paid little-to-no attention to it here.  However, the first round was supposed to be virtually uninteresting right?  I mean the major contenders were expected to advance because they definitely wouldn’t lose twice.
Some of the teams I considered major contenders-Japan, Cuba, Venezuela, the United States-advanced, [...]