Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
The Blue Jackets Offense: What Could Have Been
Updated:Like most Blue Jackets fans, I was very excited for this season. It finally looked like Scott Howson had assembled…
Read more Carter or Nash?
Updated:With trade talks consistently atop the Blue Jackets discussion list, it came as no surprise to me yesterday when Nash…
Read more Losing Streaks, Great Attendance, and Confusion
Updated:Last week I touched base on the playoff possibilities that still remained for the 2011/2012 season and shared some of…
Read more Origin Story
Updated:As I mentioned the other day, the genesis and the name of this particular blog came from my belief that…
Read more Team Finally Worked Hard for Full 60 Minutes..
Updated:…in practice. According to those who were actually able to attend (the public was not permitted), the Blue Jackets players…
Read more Recap: Columbus vs. Vancouver 10-10
Updated:o-3. For the first time in franchise history, the Blue Jackets are winless in their first three regular season games….
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 2-17-09
Updated:Cool tapestry. I guess ancient people loved mini horses, too! I feel the same way about these links: Weird moves/releases….
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 4-24-09
Updated:I rarely use pictures of other cool critters aside from mini horses, but this one was too good to pass…
Read more The Stanley Cup Finals…Mini Penguins Pony Style
Updated:HOLY CRAP IT’S THE STANLEY CUP FINALS! ZOMGWTFLMAOROTFL!!!!ONE!!11!!ELEVEN!!!!!1!!! Only a few hours before the puck drops. Mini Penguins Pony is…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 8-11-09
Updated:Jeez…who all sent this in? Mikey, Texy, Ian, AxsDeny among a few others whose emails I can’t seem to find….
Read more Niederreiter strikes in overtime to give Minnesota a 3-2 victory going into the Olympic break
Updated:Cue the Olympic Anthem. Get ready for taped-delay broadcasts people, make sure you adjust your Twitter accounts so you don’t…
Read more Wild solid in 4-2 road win over Anaheim
Updated:Its a game most of us played as kids, musical chairs. Kids walk around a circle made of chairs as…
Read more Kuemper and the Wild shut down the Blackhawks in 2-1 home victory
Updated:Even when the Wild are healthy, you’d have to consider Minnesota an underdog against the Chicago Blackhawks. With the current…
Read more Wild lethargic in 3-0 home shutout loss to Ottawa
Updated:Instant replay is something that football fans are very familiar with. Whether mandated by the booth or from a coach’s…
Read more Botched 5-on-3 haunts Wild in 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh
Updated:A few days ago, if you follow me on Twitter @StateofHckyNews you may have noticed my little battle with The…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 9-22-08
Updated:Yes! Drinking from the lake with your buds is the thing to do. I’m glad I found a picture that…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 8-13-08
Updated:Today is my birthday, so I may or may not have a sports-related post up today. This mini pony picture…
Read more Yankees pummel Red Sox, and I miss all of it!
Updated:Squawker Jon and I were meeting up in Battery Park City to see the premiere of Knuckleball! last night, so…
Read more Dickey, Wakefield shine in “Knuckleball!”
Updated:Last night, Squawker Lisa and I went to the Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of the baseball documentary “Knuckleball!”…
Read more Oh, Wally Matthews, how I’ve missed you so!
Updated:Today marks the debut of ESPN New York, which opens up a whole new world in New York sports coverage….
Read more Why is Ronan Tynan shipping up to Boston?
Updated:I was watching a PBS special this weekend called “The Music of Ireland – Welcome Home,” which featured Irish tenor…
Read more Remembering the 2000 AL Manager of the Year race
Updated:The Managers of the Year were announced earlier today and Squawker Lisa and I just competed in a trivia contest,…
Read more Scandal! A Red Sox fan is in the same movie as Derek Jeter
Updated:There’s been a whole-to do today about how Derek Jeter is playing a (not-very-convincing-looking) homeless man in a new movie…
Read more Where is John Riggins when you really need him?
Updated:Report: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Says He Hates the Redskins, Roots for Dallas Lighten up, ‘tonin, baby. In Redskins lore,…
Read more What If Jay Cutler Was With The Redskins
Updated:Wow! Chicago Bear quarterback Jay Cutler was crushed harder by fans and by NFL players sitting at home than he…
Read more How Bleacher Report and SB Nation Are Changing Life As We Know It
Updated:The one firm lesson I’ve learned in my blogging career is the impossibility of making money as a stand-alone web…
Read more Why The Redskins Once Needed Dandy Don Meredith
Updated:Don Meredith passed away Sunday. If you are a football fan of a certain age, Meredith was the Dandy Don…
Read more Redskins Hog Heaven Rated FIVE STARS By DC Pro Sports Report
Updated:Redskins Hog Heaven rated FIVE STARS in an annual review of blogs that follow the Washington Redskins NFL team. The…
Read more Don Coryell, Grandfather of Redskins Offense, passes
Updated:Don Coryell, 85, one of the bright minds of modern football offense, passed away. Tributes about him will mention the mentor…
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