Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Blue White Game offered some positive vibes
Updated:It was nice to get back to covering some football over the weekend. Waking up early on a Saturday tends…
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2011 Pre-Season Preview: Fresno State Bulldogs
Updated:2010 Record: (8-5, 5-3 in WAC) Head Coach: Pat Hill (108-71 All-Time) Last Bowl Game: 2010 Humanitarian Bowl (lost to…
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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 9/30
Updated:Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…
Read moreDetmer Award Week Twelve Ballot
Updated:I got invited earlier this year to take part in our friend Kyle Kensing’s “Detmer Award” over at Saturday Blitz….
Read moreWhat’ll You Have? Part 6: Tallgrass Brewing Co.’s 8-Bit Pale Ale, Please
Updated:Photo: joygazm.com (Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in the What’ll You Have? beer-review series. The fifth one went…
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Mini Pony of the Day 1-14-11
Updated:Thanks to Janine for this. What a great mini pony unicorn. I feel like we’ve only had a few mini…
Read moreHow Does that Kyle Lohse Signing Look with One Season of Hindsight?
Updated:(Image: AP/John Bazemore) As you may have heard, yesterday was Kyle Lohse’s last start of the 2013 season, and…
Read moreMini Pony of the Day 11-12-10
Updated:Someone needs to save this guy. He looks so defeated. Latest Pensblog podcast. [The Pensblog] Some Pirates stuff. [WHYGAVS] Week…
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PJD’s Masturbatory Game Eight Preview – Considering Cheering for a Loss
Updated:Because he may be fired if we lose! I really wish there was more to report leading up to the…
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Video Breakdown: Focusing on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Jayson Tatum
Updated:Jayson Tatum is projected to go in the top 5 but do you think his isolation-type game will translate to…
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Links of the Day 7/24/09
Updated:Mark Buehrle had a pretty good game last night. I believe this could be addressed from any desperate fans out…
Read more2012/13 Preseason NCAA Top 25: #19 Florida Gators
Updated:Fall is here, and school is back in session, which means the good times are almost here – the start…
Read moreFranklin asks Herb Hand to cut back on tweets aimed at Pitt
Updated:Penn State and Pittsburgh will finally resume their series on the football field in 2016 with the start of a…
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Spurs vs. Suns Liveblog
Updated:Our co-live blog this week was hosted on neutral ground by Zach Harper of TalkHoops, but if you didn’t get…
Read moreOilers Hire Todd McLellan As Head Coach
Updated:When Dallas Eakins was fired in December of 2014, most Oiler fans began looking forward to the expected free agent…
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Has Mike Babcock Lost the Team?
Updated:Despite picking up a point in last night’s 4-3 shootout loss to the St. Louis Blues, Wings fans are in…
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Alan’s Stanley Cup Playoff Predictions
Updated:Oh hi there. The D4L guys asked me to write a special post in exchange for Doug’s phone number. The…
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Check out my new gig
Updated:In addition to this, The Weather Blog and of course, Barry Melrose Rocks, I have been asked to contribute on…
Read moreWeekend Update 7/5: Almost Perfect
Updated:Joe Coblitz (@BRBBlog) from Burning River Baseball and Chris Burnham (@CMB1979) from It’s Pronounced Lajaway discuss the most recent week…
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Monday Bloguin Links – Fan Behavior Going too Far, The Worst Player of All-Time, & the Most Important NBA Playoffs Ever
Updated:I was a bit preoccupied this weekend (more like hella busy), but I took some time to put together links…
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Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 12/22
Updated: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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Monday Morning Chrysler New Yorker
Updated:Before I get into anything about the game itself, a big congrats is in order for the Steelers, who used…
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NBA Draft Game Of The Week: Duke @ Pitt
Updated:Duke’s visit to Pittsburgh is our Draft Game of the Week
Read moreAlbert Pujols: 600 historic home runs
Updated:Albert Pujols joined elite company on Saturday night, becoming the 9th member of the 600 home run club. With the…
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Titans-Jaguars injury report and other news
Updated:The official injury report is now published on nfl.com. It remains about the same for the Titans, though Jason Jones…
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Video: MSG Demolition (Updated)
Updated:Update, 9:48 a.m.: As I’m sure you can see the video has been removed from YouTube. Looks like someone got…
Read moreIs Kyle Kuzma now recruiting players to Los Angeles?
Updated:After LeBron James inked his way to the Lakers, all eyes have now turned to the appeal of heading to…
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