Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Cavs fans respond to Lebron’s Nike ad
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvgD9HNTMkM&w=440&h=385] Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
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The Daily Dunk: Derrick Rose on the Knicks
The Daily Dunk is a regular feature on The Hoops Manifesto where we search the many corners of the internet…
Read more RIP Sparky Anderson, 1934-2010
George “Sparky” Anderson was the manager of the Tigers when I first entered my Tigers fandom. Unlike the late, great…
Read more Check it to Pancakes Episode 13: Week 9 – Colts v. Eagles
In this episode the team reviews the Colts prime time domination of the Houston Texans, delves into the Colts’ depressing…
Read more Back in the motherland
My nephew up in Marblehead, (or should I say ‘Mobblehead’?) is getting married this weekend, giving me a good reason to come…
Read more Keys to Victory: A Formula for Beating the Ravens
Just got done checking ESPN.com, and much to my surprise, every single analyst is picking against the Dolphins this week….
Read more Game From Obscurity
Time once again to check in with the institutions that live their lives in the small print of the newspapers…
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Five Best Southpaws in MMA
Who are the five best southpaw fighters in mixed martial arts? That is the question I looked to answer in…
Read more Video: Highlights of UConn’s Win Over West Virginia
Since there’s no UConn Huskies football game this weekend, let’s take a look at back at last week’s 16-13 overtime…
Read more Pierce talks at length about 20,000
Paul Pierce took to his Globe blog today to talk at length (as the headline would suggest) about scoring his…
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Session to play through?
Dude is hard core Despite a fractured forearm and a dislocated elbow in his right arm, gritty Indianapolis Colts linebacker…
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Mini Pony of the Day 11-5-10
This picture is awesome. It’s a donkey sitting on a mini horse. This site says: “December 2009: my donkey attempts…
Read more Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 11/5
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…
Read more Eyes in the Backfield-Eagles
18 Things to Watch for During Sunday’s Colts/Eagles Game Clint Session says, “It’s only a flesh wound!” Last week, the…
Read more Week 8 Bloguin rankings
My ballot is below 1. Pitt 2. Ind 3. NE 4. ATL 5. BAL 6. NYJ 7. TENN 8. NYG…
Read more 5 Things-Eagles
Oehser gets us ready for the game Not only did wide receiver Austin Collie two weeks ago play through a…
Read more Navegating choppy waters
Caldwell is steering the ship In retrospect, if Caldwell had gone soft on McAfee, especially in the wake of a…
Read more Find a way to help him
Management tries to help guys make ammends They make mistakes,” the Colts owner said. “But life is long. An NFL…
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Bacon, More Bacon & The Friday Links
Content. We need content in the off-season. So really it was only a matter of time before we ordered the…
Read more Match speed with speed
Indy has to negate Vick’s main advantage We were just in the meeting room talking about Dwight, how he sacked…
Read more Bullitt would coach
Dungy called him the player most like himself If Bullitt’s NFL career hadn’t become a reality, he would have gravitated…
Read more Session out means Wheeler in?
Kuharsky speculates The Colts have announced surgeries and declared players with big injuries out early in the week this…
Read more In the training room: Session
Dr. Blue gives us a prognosis Because Session doesn’t need to have the fine motor skills that would be compromised…
Read more Jake Plummer: Pro handball star
Tip to Bobman, interesting quotes about Shanahan and perfection. To me, this explains why he’s obssessed with Manning. By the…
Read more There goes Thibs… forgetting to sub again
So there were the Bulls, down big to the Knicks in the 4th quarter… but making a run. The bench…
Read more Game Preview: Patriots @ Browns
Finally, the New England Patriots are at least in the conversation and, in some cases, the top team in the…
Read more Luther Head out for Saturday night.
Sacramento Kings reserve guard Luther Head will miss Saturday nights game against the Memphis Grizzlies due to “personal reasons.” Although…
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