Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Kreider Learned from NHL Guys at World Championships
In an interview with Sean Leahy at Puck Daddy, Chris Kreider (2009 – 1st) discusses what he took away from…
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Four Unanswered Goals Sink Impact
The New York Red Bulls blasted away the Montreal Impact by a scoreline of 5-2 inside Red Bull Arena on…
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Cavs’ Irving doubtful for game vs. Spurs
Tomorrow night, the San Antonio Spurs will face the Cleveland Cavaliers and could face a Cavs team without star rookie…
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His name is Andrew McCutchen
Being a Pirate fan is not easy. There are obvious reasons for this, with the primary one being that the…
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Popovich named Coach of the Month
Leading the Spurs to a 12-3 record in March, which includes the San Antonio Spurs’ current seven-game win streak, will…
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Matt Cain Signs for $127.5 million and Other Fun Facts
As reported by Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports and Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle, the Giants just inked starting…
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Wild push the Predators to the limit in 2-1 shootout road loss to Nashville
Sports are a magnet for superstitions whether amongst fans or the players and coaches involved. I coached with a guy…
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Tale of Two Halves as Red Bulls Down Impact
On a windy day in Harrison, NJ, the New York Red Bulls had to come from behind twice to deny…
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BBN Tournament LiveBlog: National Championship
Tonight is the last LiveBlog of the season as the Kentucky Wildcats and Kansas Jayhawks do battle for the College…
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Around the Big Ten: Nebraska to wear alternate uniform in 2012
Penn State‘s crossover rival in Big Ten play, Nebraska, is a program that prides itself on history and tradition in…
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Video: Knee-high socks add to Spurs’ team unity
Against the Indiana Pacers, the San Antonio Spurs worse their throwback Dallas Chaparrals jerseys and thanks to Tim Duncan, the…
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Photo Gallery: Celtics-Heat
Bask in yesterday's blowout over Miami one more time with these sweet pics. After the jump, GIFs of all the…
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Sounders Undone by Penalty Kick
Seattle were hoping to make it three out of three at home to start the season but faced a tough…
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Practice Notes: New Lines; Boyle Wins Good Guy Award; Great Week for Playoff Prep
Andrew Gross at the Bergen Record reports that John Tortorella changed up the lines at practice today… Hagelin-Richards-GaborikAnisimov-Stepan-CallahanDubinsky-Boyle-FedotenkoRupp-Mitchell-Prust/Scott Steve Eminger…
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2012 Mock Draft 3.0
1. Indianapolis Colts: Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford New face of the franchise. 2. Washington Redskins: Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor…
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Beckett and Bailey Could Both Be Headed to DL
Red Sox closer Andrew Bailey will miss the start of the season and could end up on the DL. Bailey…
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Quote of the Day
“I just feel like this is not going to go the way people had hoped. I thought there were different…
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Figuring out the final spots on the Angels roster
Almost… there… Opening Day is so, very close for the Angels but they do have a few housekeeping matters to…
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United Takes Back RFK in Win Over Dallas
This week, signs were hung up with the words “Take Back RFK” in big letters. DC United did just that…
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Bearcats Get Verbal from Kyle Kempt
Butch Jones and the Cincinnati Bearcats landed a verbal commitment for next year’s recruiting class, as Massillon Washington High QB…
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TheNYRBlog Reader Hangs With Gilbert
TheNYRBlog reader Stephan M. sends me this pic of him with Rangers great Rod Gilbert during the Rangers 2-1 OT…
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Game 53 Preview: Kings vs. Timberwolves
Previewing tonight’s Sacramento Kings game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Ricky Williams talks of return to NFL…but says it won’t be with Ravens…
Cue the Bob Seger song “Why Don’t You Stay?”… Ravens fans got their hopes up when Ricky Williams announced this…
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T.J. Ford on what could have been
Recently retired San Antonio Spurs point guard T.J. Ford is always going to have his list of “what if’s.” What…
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5 Piquant Predictions for the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals open the MLB season (in the US) on Wednesday against the Miami Marlins in their sterling new balpark….
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Rangers Playoff Tickets Presale Started at 12pm
Presale of Rangers playoff tickets started at 12pm. Use code: TIXMOBILE – http://t.co/qUH2P91C — Kevin DeLury (@kevindelury) April 2, 2012…
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Bobby Petrino Is No Lorenzo Lamas
As you’ve probably heard by now since there’s no way you depend on this site for breaking news (and nor…
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