Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
On the Farm: Introducing the 2012 Nashville Sounds
It’s Opening Day for everyone of the teams in the Brewers organization, minus the big league crew of course, and…
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Halo Headlines: Abreu’s attitude improving, Trumbo continues to be work in progress at third base, Angels set the roster
The April 5th, 2012 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim including Abreu’s attitude improving, Trumbo…
Read more Thursday (4/5/12) Headlines
Bergen Record – Rangers turn eye toward the playoffs New York Post – Rangers will rely on Staal’s steady improvement…
Read more No tanking here! Raptors win 3rd straight.
(Photo credit: Alex Brandon/Associated Press via CBC Sports) The Toronto Raptors got a dominating win on the road in Philadelphia,…
Read more A New Era Begins On The Hardwood
It’s hard to put into words the impact Jared Sullinger has had on the Ohio State basketball program during his…
Read more 81. Boston Bruins at Ottawa Senators. Hey Ottawa, How’s Our Ass Taste?
Oh Ottawa, how’s our ass taste? That’s what you say to someone who is in second place right? You ask…
Read more Quickie MLB prognostications
The season is starting for real today. Justin Verlander is getting ready to throw the first pitch against the Red…
Read more Raiders draft prep: OT Steven Baker
The Raiders have reportedly scheduled a pre-draft workout with OT Steven Baker. TFDS’ Guest Contributor Tyler Dickson has prepared this…
Read more Taking Stock: Celtics – Spurs
After every game, we'll take stock of how each individual performance affects the player's overall value. Starters Rajon Rondo: 17 points,…
Read more Know Your Gamecocks Baseball Enemy: Tennessee Volunteers
The Volunteers come to Columbia for a three game series this weekend. First pitches are at 7:00pm Friday, 8:00pm Saturday and…
Read more Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 4/5
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…
Read more Change Your Treadmill Workout
I use my treadmill at least 4 days a week. It’s a great and easy workout. But it can get…
Read more Nittany Lions Den is first exclusive Penn State site on Alltop
No 2-Minute Warning Network syndicates three websites on Alltop Over the course of the past week the No 2-Minute Warning…
Read more The Morning Skate: Another biggest game of the year
Yet again Sabres fans will be touting tonight’s game as the biggest of the season. In a way, they’re correct….
Read more Links of the Day 4/5/12
I’m only going to say this once. It’s my birthday. Also, I am leaving for Baltimore this afternoon. So, keep…
Read more Your Morning Dump… Where Pierce thought he got a great shot
AP Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's…
Read more Ohio State Spring Preview – Defense
Ohio State’s defense has been one of the most consistently excellent units in college football over the last decade. Sadly,…
Read more A 6 (yes 6!) team playoff proposal
NCAA football playoff proposals are like noses. Everybody’s got one. But with an actual honest-to-goodness 4-team playoff starting to take…
Read more Pacers rout Wizards, I exhale
To be honest, I was ready for a loss. The Pacers have been shaky as of late, even though they…
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Ozzie speaks of Ravens’ pre-Draft concerns…
Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome is a stand-up guy and a very good communicator— and he lived up to the reputation…
Read more Spurs survive Celtics second half comeback for 9-straight wins
There’s a reason basketball lasts for 48-minutes, as opposed to one half of 24-minutes. Take the San Antonio Spurs and…
Read more On the Farm: Introducing the 2012 Huntsville Stars
We’re past the halfway point in our look at the Opening Day rosters and that means the double-A Huntsville Stars…
Read more On the Farm: Introducing the 2012 Brevard County Manaatees
In our 2nd part of our look “Down on the Farm” we preview one of the most intriguing rosters in…
Read more Game #81: Minnesota Wild vs Chicago Blackhawks, Thursday April 5, 2012 at 7:00pm (CDT). Xcel Energy Center [GAME PREVIEW]
Record Pts Div. Rank G/G GA/G PP% PK% Minnesota Wild (34-35-11) 79 4th Northwest 2.05 (30) 2.65 (14) 15.1% (26)…
Read more Controversial no-goal call helps Wild in 2-1 shootout victory over the Blackhawks
Familiarity breeds contempt as they say which is a big reason why people point to the playoffs as a place…
Read more Kentucky Rises From The 9th Circle Of Hell And Once Again Plagues Notre Dame
Kentucky is the butt of many jokes- especially within the realm of the midwest. Kissing cousins, moonshiners, and general “redneckery”…
Read more Understanding Keith Smart’s rotation
Suffering from back spasms, Tyreke Evans sat out the Sacramento Kings’ final visit to Utah Friday. Reserve Travis Outlaw started…
Read more Tennessee Titans 2012 preseason schedule announced
For the third straight day, some vaguely substantive-like news thing out of Titans land. After the signings of Tim Shaw…
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