Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Are You Not Entertained? The Game

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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

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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

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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

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This ballot is for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, a group of baseball bloggers (duh) who are pooling votes together to…

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Top 6 Items in a Beginner’s Running Gear

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Ever wondered why running is so popular? It is a great sport that can be done without elaborate preparations. You…

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The Return of Edwin Encarnacion

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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

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Tonight, the UCONN Lady Huskies open up their season against the Richmond Spiders of the Atlantic 10 Conference. This is…

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Waiver Watch: Michael Young clears waivers, Phillies can now trade

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  Just earlier today I suggested the Phillies should do whatever they can to move third baseman Michael Young after…

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Cadaco All Star Baseball, my grandfather, and me

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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

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Thanks to Nashville’s loss last night, as others (here and here) have pointed out, the order of Ottawa’s draft selections…

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Can You Make Money From Sports Memorabilia?

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If you’re a big sports fan, you may be aware already that collecting sports memorabilia, such as trading cards, signed…

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Mini Pony of the Day 10-5-10

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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?

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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”

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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

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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

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  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

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Just a few months ago, it sounded like the NHL’s salary cap was going to jump from the current $71,4…

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6th/7th (?) Annual College Bowl Pick ‘Em Challenge For Achieving Excellence

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The contest that has inspired more apathy than the David Cutcliffe, Ed Orgeron, and Houston Nutt eras combined at Ole…

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SEC takes aim at Penn State when they should look in the mirror

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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

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There are a lot of good bloggers out there, and just because they don’t write about the Brewers doesn’t mean…

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“We Want Tacos”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Greetings everyone. You may or may not know me but I am Cory from the Three Rivers Burgh Blog and just like…

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KG Is Emotional

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[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

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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

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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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