Alan Draper

The Oilers announced today that they have signed defenceman Ziyat Paigin and goalie Shane Starrett. The #Oilers have signed defenceman…

After last season’s DSL disaster, the headline of this report in 2016 was “There’s Always Next Year.” While that’s true,…

With one weak swing by Manny Machado on a nasty Chris Sale slider, the 2018-19 offseason got started. Well, not…

What with all the baseball related links lately, it’s nice to put one out for football. It’s only a month…

SELF-PUBLICITY NOTE: Football Outsiders Almanac 2015, the annual tome previewing all 32 NFL teams, plus the college football season put out…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csZDrjmq7io] Just look at TMac’s reaction to that.  Priceless. Just for the record, no… tonight’s game against Houston isn’t a…

The New York Rangers (17-6-4) host the Dallas Stars (16-11-1) at Madison Square Garden tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. For a…

Few things have received such little support around Sabres nation than the Turd Jersey. From the agonizing reveal process to…

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by two different blogs. First up, you can listen to me squawk about the…

  Greeting Coug Nation.   Normally this would be the too-long & drawn out Paul Wulff radio show recap, where coach…

I was joined by Andy Coppens of Talking 10 and Madtown Badgers on this week’s episode of the No 2-Minute…

In a report first published by XOfan.com Jarrod Uthoff made it official that he will end his recruitment after transfering…

They didn’t make it easy on themselves. They got down 2-0 early. But they used the power play…yes the power…

After examining in some detail how the Titans sacked opposing quarterbacks, it is now time for me to attempt to…

Editor’s note: I had the pleasure of previewing the 2013 Brewers season over at Reds blog Chris-Sabos-Goggles last week and…

Next up as I look in more detail at the Titans’ draft picks (yes, I intentionally skipped Blidi Wreh-Wilson for…

With only a few more games to go, there is still everything to play for in the American Athletic Conference. Right…

Last night after the Oilers 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers my friend and Oilers Rig writer Alex Thomas wrote…

A list of candidates appropriate for the task.

We’ve still got about an hour until kickoff in Green Bay and not much else going on tonight (unless you…

The last time the Tennessee Titans played the Minnesota Vikings, the starting quarterbacks were Gus Frerotte and Kerry Collins. Wow,…

  In Part One of our question and answer exchange with a Jaguars blogger, I answered the questions from Nate…

Behind two stars, Cam Newton and Nick Fairley, and a very deep roster of experienced players the Auburn Tigers won…

I may have gotten a little to wrapped up in hoping the Celtics could turn the number three pick into…

Welcome to the end of the year Cincinnati Bearcats basketball roundtable. This is a collaboration with Chris Bains from Cincy…

Click here for the thread on tonight’s game at Denver. Game Previews: Associated Press Brian Stensaas/Star Tribune From Jerry Zgoda/Star…

(This series recaps Braves still in the organization who played for the major league club in 2018.) Touki Toussaint MLB:…

He’s an athletic 6’3″, 210 pound goaltender who makes spectacular saves look routine. His work ethic is second to none….

Well, it wasn’t much of a deal since McDonovan maybe completed one of his required tasks while Minnesota Vikings ounter…