Alan Draper

Welcome to Purple Jesus Diaries’ Point/Counterpoint, where we interview two experts on a hotly contested topic of interest for Minnesota…

The Bruins travel to our nation’s capital tied with the…err…Capitals 1-1 in the series.  Kinda frustrating, and not because they…

Hawks fans can be forgiven for thinking this series was over. The Kamloops Blazers were on the ropes, Mac Carruth…

Let’s start with the positives. Saturday night’s loss in LA against the defending league champion Galaxy was one of the…

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

It is only fitting that this tumultuous season would be topped off by another injury. The season started off by…

I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics….

To describe the past week in sports as unpleasant wouldn’t begin to do justice to the silliness, the dishonesty, and…

A young athlete’s parents try to make things better in their family, in their community. Not much of a story,…

Sports Covered: Softball, Golf, Tennis, Rowing, Lightweight Rowing, Volleyball, Hockey, Basketball SoftballThe Badgers went 4-1 during the week, sweeping Western…

The April 16th, 2012 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim including Angels shake up bullpen,…

The Montreal Impact (1-5-1) won the battle for the first 75 minutes of the game at FC Dallas. They looked like the…

Today marks the first day of Sean Payton’s year long suspension as he will officially no longer be the head…

“I really don’t know what Bobby is trying to do. That’s not the way we go about our stuff around…

The Blazers do not have an injury curse. The Blazers do not have an injury curse. The Blazers do not…

Since there are rumors that Mississippi State’s Rodney Hood might be considering Ohio State as a landing location for his…

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While not necessarily Philadelphia Phillies-related, discounted baseball is discounted baseball to some. Today on Livingsocial the Camden Riversharks are offering…

Last year, I introduced the world to “Perceived Value” a metric I invented to explore the public perception of how…

So this is pretty sketchy at the moment, but here are a few tweets to tide us over until the…

“I don’t think he’s as physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past for some…

I know this seems like I'm dredging up an old story line.  And I guess I sort of am.  But…

Which team on this list will be the first to hoist this trophy?   #10 Clemson Tigers Clemson’s only National…

So Carkner wasted no time exacting his pound of flesh Saturday night, roughing up Boyle for a second before coldcocking…

It didn't matter if you were aware of it or not, but you were all invited to Greg Stiemsma's weekend…

Basketball season may be over unfortunately, but there’s at least one more thing to look forward to before the long,…

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing…