Alan Draper

2012 Record: 7-6 (4-4 in Sun Belt) Head Coach: Bobby Petrino (First Year at WKU, 75-26 All-Time) Last Bowl Game: 2012…

No point in burying the lede — I’m stepping down as TNS managing editor. That, by the way, is nothing…

The Celtics are on GQ’s “Men of the Year” list.  This list magically includes Megan Fox… who wasn’t a man…

UConn Football links Today Is The Day [Desmond Conner | UCONN Football] Any Consideration Being Given To Expanding (The Rent)?…

Although he only had one year with them, Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien is happy for Penn State’s football…

Congrats to Howlin T-Wolf, the newest member of the TrueHoop blog network. From Steve Aschburner/SI.com: Patience may be Timberwolves’ best…

It’s draft week. As I did last year, I thought I would take a look at which positions the Titans…

Temporary banners, an unfamiliar stadium announcer, a diluted crowd, weird start time, short week, emotion-charged opponent, that’s all so much…

Just when the Tulsa Golden Hurricane appeared to have some momentum going in the last few games, they come crashing down, hard,…

This blogging schedule is upside down. Friday megalinks may be sometime in the afternoon as one of my employees is…

The eleventh game I’ll detail in the officiating review recap is the St. Louis Blues game from Dec 19th. A…

Just as they will do in 2014, Penn State and Rutgers will play in the first official Big Ten game…

I don’t usually get too worked up over All Star, Pro Bowl, All Pro, et al teams because they are…

Each Sunday evening we will review our favorite and least favorite events of the previous week, and share our perspective…

College Football never ceases to deliver storylines. Whether we are talking about controversies like playoffs, allegations, coaching hot seats or…

As you all know by now, the 2014 SMU Mustangs are bad. Historically bad. Like, Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man bad….

First things first, happy Veteran’s Day to all those that have served, who are currently serving, and those who would…

This series is intended as a game-by-game small-scale analysis to complement the larger summary of the officiating review. The second…

The rift between PK Subban, Marc Bergevin, and Michel Therrien likely is not made up, and it’s going to be…

Welcome to another edition of “Acting Cordial,” where we preview the upcoming game by talking with another blog (it’s been…

On Monday, the entire NBA world was slapped right in the face with some terrible news for anyone other than…

Is there a better, also more awful feeling than having a fever break? So sweaty, but you know it’s going…

There won’t be any college football games played for quite a while but that doesn’t mean we are going to…

Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…

Cablevision might still be fighting with FOX in New York, but at least Dish Network subscribers across the country will…

On the morning of the trade deadline, when it was reported that the Pirates had recalled Jeff Clement from Triple-A…

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Oscar De La Hoya’s FIGHT NIGHT @ SUNDANCE SQUARE  has become a boxing tradition in downtown…

Hello Followers. I hope that you are having a very, very pleasant week. Well, at the behest of you, the…

The start of the Big Eleven er… Big Ten basketball season is just around the corner. Bo Ryan will mess your…