Spring training is coming to a close, and although we haven’t been covering it in detail this year, suffice it to say that I’m excited as hell for the season to begin.  A new year, new hopes, and new delusions of grandeur.  March is historically a great month to be a Cubs fan.  Until Derrek [...]

This is an interesting interview with Tommie Harris that took place in the last few days since the season ended: He seems like a good guy and has an understanding of how this game works: If you don’t perform, it doesn’t matter what kind of person you are, the fans will get frustrated with you. [...]

As I wrote in an earlier post, Rose clearly is not playing at 100% after an ankle injury sidelined him for most of the preseason.  He claims he is about 90% healthy but to be honest he looks 60% at best on most nights.  What strikes anyone watching Bulls games so far this year is, [...]

As some of you noticed (or not), I have been absent from NQTC since last Sunday.  As a result, South Side Sheik and StevieY19 managed to maintain the site using dignity, research, and well-thought out arguments and analysis about serious topics in sports.  Booorrrring.  So I’ve returned to bring the integrity of the site back [...]

Things could be looking a lot worse for the Cubs in mid-May with some of the problems they’ve had to start the year.  As it is the Cubbies are sitting a game and a half behind the Brewers for the division lead after being in fourth place to start the month. Now it’s on to [...]

The Cubbies have been playing mostly like shit so far this season, despite many preseason experts and fans picking them to win the National League.  Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), the reasons for their crappiness aren’t really that complex.  In case they somehow escaped you, here are those reasons in [...]

Bulls win an instant classic!  Obviously more on this to come, but here’s a good take on the game. [Hardwood Paroxysm] Tex Winter, the mastermind behind the triangle offense and former Bulls assistant, suffered a stroke on Saturday. [Truehoop] A great breakdown of all the Bears picks this weekend. [WCG] The Cubs finally won a [...]

When Luol Deng was first injured, the Bulls listed him as day-to-day and no one thought much of it.  After keeping him as day-to-day for two weeks, they finally came out and said that he was injured and would be out at least two weeks with the possibility of surgery.  No big deal, right?  Just [...]

The weekend for the Chicago Blackhawks was so bad, I had to take a day to let it soak in before posting about it.  The Hawks were outscored by a total of 10-4 in losses to the Bruins and the Avalanche. With the two losses, the Hawks have now lost six of eight games and [...]