Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Are You Not Entertained? The Game
Updated:Mali Fast Start- Nope. It took a while, mostly because Mich1gAAn was in 8-9 man fronts to stop the run….
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Football Friday Week 11: Leading the Way
Updated:Hello Cougar Nation. Hope you all are having a good week. Well, as noted on this here Blog during the…
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Mini Pony of the Day 12-10-08
Updated:Fantastic. If only I had a mini horse when I was that age, PSaMP would be so much cooler. Not…
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BBA: NL MVP Ballot
Updated:This ballot is for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, a group of baseball bloggers (duh) who are pooling votes together to…
Read moreTop 6 Items in a Beginner’s Running Gear
Updated:Ever wondered why running is so popular? It is a great sport that can be done without elaborate preparations. You…
Read moreThe Return of Edwin Encarnacion
Updated:When the Cleveland Indians signed Edwin Encarnacion to a 3 year/$60 million contract in January, they were paying for one…
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UCONN Women Open Up Their Season Tonight
Updated:Tonight, the UCONN Lady Huskies open up their season against the Richmond Spiders of the Atlantic 10 Conference. This is…
Read moreWaiver Watch: Michael Young clears waivers, Phillies can now trade
Updated:Just earlier today I suggested the Phillies should do whatever they can to move third baseman Michael Young after…
Read moreCadaco All Star Baseball, my grandfather, and me
Updated:On what must’ve been my six or seventh birthday, my dad gave me the late-80s version of the Cadaco All-Star…
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Draft Strategies
Updated:Thanks to Nashville’s loss last night, as others (here and here) have pointed out, the order of Ottawa’s draft selections…
Read moreCan You Make Money From Sports Memorabilia?
Updated:If you’re a big sports fan, you may be aware already that collecting sports memorabilia, such as trading cards, signed…
Read moreMini Pony of the Day 10-5-10
Updated:Thanks to walterflanagan for the tip on this. Oprah had the famous Einstein on her show yesterday. Oprah is also…
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Should SEC Adopt a Uniform Drug Policy?
Updated:On Thursday night, dawgpost.com broke a story about Georgia‘s Bacarri Rambo and Alec Ogletree being suspended for multiple games to…
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“Mike Richards Is The Best Two-Way Player Of His Generation”
Updated:That title, is a rough transcript of the praise given to Mike Richards by Joe Beninati and Darren Eliot in…
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Congrats To Goose Gossage
Updated:I wanted to make a quick mention to send congratulations to former Pirate Rich Gossage, who was inducted into the…
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Expectations for Chris Johnson, Part Four
Updated:In Part Three of this series we compared Chris Johnson’s first two seasons with those of other top backs and looked…
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How A Stagnant Salary Cap Helps The Oilers
Updated:Just a few months ago, it sounded like the NHL’s salary cap was going to jump from the current $71,4…
Read more6th/7th (?) Annual College Bowl Pick ‘Em Challenge For Achieving Excellence
Updated:The contest that has inspired more apathy than the David Cutcliffe, Ed Orgeron, and Houston Nutt eras combined at Ole…
Read moreSEC takes aim at Penn State when they should look in the mirror
Updated:It’s that time of the year again when folks around the SEC cry about Penn State setting up camps on…
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Sunday Night Central Links
Updated:There are a lot of good bloggers out there, and just because they don’t write about the Brewers doesn’t mean…
Read more“We Want Tacos”
Updated:You’re looking at the singe biggest thing that inspires Los Angeles Lakers fans. It’s not Kobe. It’s not the pursuit…
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Pittsburgh RiverRats to Send 5 All-Stars
Updated:Praise must be given to the Pittsburgh RiverRats, the area’s expansion AIFA (American Indoor Football Association) team, who in their…
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Ian vs Cory: World Cup Showdown
Updated:At the end of our World Cup Previews with Cory from Three Rivers Burgh Blog, we went head-to-head predicting the…
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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 8/7
Updated:Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…
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Next Four Games Critical For Tulsa’s Bowl Hopes
Updated:To illustrate how impactful Tulsa’s baffling beat-down from Florida Atlantic was, I wouldn’t have written this column if Tulsa was 2-1. Alas, after the…
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2012 Summer Olympics Preview – Individual Competition
Updated:Greetings everyone. You may or may not know me but I am Cory from the Three Rivers Burgh Blog and just like…
Read moreKG Is Emotional
Updated:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MQ9C8dsY0I] Kevin Garnett is simply not human. The look on his face beginning at the 8 second mark of this video…
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Links of the Day 12/31/09
Updated:Freddy Adu… maybe not as good as advertised. I know you will be drinking tonight, but perhaps you could do…
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UCONN Women’s Exhibition Game
Updated:As promised, here is the women’s recap from last night’s game versus Team Concept. The Lady Huskies opened up their…
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