Alan Draper

Wednesday must be podcast day. Not only is there a brand new episode of the Nittany Lions Den Podcast today…

  (via Pete and Kyle, in response to this)

Tarasenko Injured, No Discipline Coming http://youtube.com/watch?v=HlK0ImxJj3E?rel=0 Vladimir Tarasenko was rocked by a huge hit from Colorado’s Mark Olver in the…

Being a fan of the Big Ten these days is like being Ricky Schroder in The Champ. The end of…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XlfwkpJZjs&hl=en&fs=1 No joke…I love That 70’s Show. It was our era’s Happy Days, a look back at society 20 years…

Continuing this week with the Edmonton Oilers final season at Rexall Place, I was originally going to do the entire…

Just in case you forgot, here is the 2014 AAC preseason football media poll formulated during Summer Media Days: Cincinnati…

This week on The Slant, host Brad Stein talks Olympics, the athlete under the most pressure to get their 1st…

Last year, I started an organizational review depth chart of the Red Sox. It is now time for the second…

At some point, the Seattle Seahawks’ reign atop the NFC West will end. With an array of unanswered questions, the…

Alex Pietrangelo vs. Erik Johnson Two youngsters on the blueline. Two different paths to reach the current season. Two very…

Look, we’re realistic here at AACFootballFever.com. Temple is Temple and Penn State is Penn State. But college football is also…

Starlin Castro hit a game winning home run off of Jenrry Mejia and his hernia in the ninth inning to…

Sometimes it’s nice to get an NBA perspective from people outside of the the basketball industry.  With the Toronto Raptors’ disappointing…

Welcome to Nashville, Derrick Morgan. With their first-round selection, the Tennessee Titans filled their need at the DE position by…

If there’s one thing I noticed in the ensuing frustration surrounding Zack Wheeler’s injury and Sandy Alderson defense of the…

I liked Ryan Gomes. Maybe it’s because I’m from Rhode Island and I watched a lot of him playing at…

As promised, a list of articles that have been written about Stan Musial since his passing on Saturday night.  Some…

As I’ve written a few times before, sometimes this blogging thing brings unexpected opportunities. This past winter, for example, I…

FINALLY!!! Dream of the Echoes Volume 2: Notre Dame Beats Miami! Featuring Theo & Eddie J is being released. After…

So after taking a night to think about it, I’ve finally come up with my full thoughts from yesterday’s bombshell…

You know the drill by now. Chicago Bulls BlogABull.com | Give Me The Rock Cleveland Cavaliers Fear The Sword |…

Squawker Jon and I had other plans Saturday, so I missed watching Saturday’s FOX game live. It’s just as well,…

The last year and a half, I’ve had the thrill of writing here at The Oilers Rig. When I started…

The following stats were tracked during manually during the game. The raw totals for the tracking stats and the glossary…

The following stats were tracked during manually during the game. The raw totals for the tracking stats and the glossary…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHwWbXNatho&w=420&h=315] This morning Garret Hohl of Arctic Ice Hockey and Hockey Graphs posted a series of interesting tweets. Cheat…

Yes, I said it. And this is coming from a guy who loves Randy Johnson. The Mariners-era flying mullet? Awesome….

There was plenty of “good, bad and ugly” in the Cincinnati Bearcats‘ 50-28 loss at Ohio State—the offense found some…