Alan Draper

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After last night’s altercation between Spurs and Suns, the NBA has announced that Amare “The Crybaby” Stoudamire and Boris “Meow”…

Minnesota Wild (32-19-3)  67pts  3rd in the Central 3.69 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 3.22 Goals Against…

Edmonton (30-22-4) at Calgary (33-14-7)   For the Oilers, a loss against a rejuvenated Montreal team was a sign that…

Montreal (14-34-7) at Edmonton (30-21-4)   When these teams last met, January 29th, the Oilers won 7-2. The Habs were at…

Minnesota Wild (32-17-3)  67pts  3rd in the Central 3.69 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 3.13 Goals Against…

Minnesota Wild (31-17-3)  65pts  3rd in the Central 3.67 Goals For Per Game (4th in the NHL) 3.12 Goals Against…

Last spring, my wife saw a varmint scampering across the backyard, and I figured it was either a woodchuck or…

There has been a lot of commentary since war broke out in the Ukraine about every aspect of Russian interaction…

Edmonton (29-21-3) at Philadelphia (16-26-10)   With the start of March the shadow of spring is upon us. The trade…

Minnesota Wild (31-16-3)  65pts  3rd in the Central 3.72 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 3.08 Goals Against…

If the “mercy rule” could be applied to the current labor negotiations between Major League Baseball and the Major League…

Edmonton (29-20-3) at Carolina (36-11-4)   It’s amazing what a strong goaltending performance does for a fanbase’s psyche. Once again…

Edmonton (28-20-3) at Florida (35-12-5)   The hot topic in Oil country has been surrounding the goaltending. Smith and Koskinen…

Minnesota Wild (31-15-3)  65 pts  3rd in the Central 3.73 Goals For Per Game (3rd in he NHL) 3.00 Goals…

Great news! Members of the Twins organization are in Fort Myers getting ready to play baseball. Some of you super…

Once, a few years ago, I said that I would always want to trade with the Panthers, because they seem…

Edmonton (28-19-3) at Tampa Bay (32-11-6)     It’s only fitting that things have been mercurial early into coach Woodcroft’s…

Minnesota Wild (31-13-3)  65pts  2nd in the Central 3.81 Goals For Per Game (3rd in the NHL) 2.98 Goals Against…

So you think you know your MMA? You think you can predict who is going to win a fight and…

A face only a Mother could love. BCS Harris Poll USA Today Computer Rankings RK TEAM AVG PVS RK PTS…

Every morning The Hoops Manifesto scours the boxscores from the previous night’s NBA games to find which player helped out…

My task was simple enough – I wanted to figure out, statistically, who the biggest ball hog/black hole/teammate from hell/etc….

Every morning The Hoops Manifesto scours the boxscores from the previous night’s NBA games to find which player helped out…

Broncos linebacker Von Miller is known for wreaking havoc in the backfield during games, but he also bides his time…

Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. still has yet to be cleared to join his teammates on the practice field, but…

Mixed martial arts is as lonely and individualistic a sport as there is.  You enter a steel cage, the door…