Earlier I reported that there were two Triangle men up for the first-ever Mayor Ray Nagin Award for Inconceivable Incompetence in the Line of Duty.

My source tells me now that recent events in Raleigh have disqualified the NC State athletics director. But don’t think the award can’t come home to the Triangle. My source also says that the award committee continues to be “blown away” by Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, who just keeps finding new ways to meet the award criterion.

One thing I can share is that even though there’s still over half the year left, my source says that as far as the committee is concerned, the Nagin Award is “Nifong’s to lose.”