Alan Draper

Chapter One FIRST PLACE  In the beginning, competition reflected the nature of mankind. Whether you look to the first life-form slithering…

Though the season hasn’t gotten off to a great start, the Cincinnati Bearcats will return home coming off a convincing 41-3…

  On Saturday, the Steelers and Ravens will face off for the 8th time in the last 3 seasons. It’s…

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

Hey, did you hear that USC is #1, but we’re #10!?! Uh, dude….#10 in the CONFERENCE. Well, what do you…

Will Ryan Anderson be on the move soon? Heading into the offseason, all of the momentum was in the Houston…

We posted this like a few days ago from the Globe… but in case you missed it… I’d like to highlight…

The last week in April brings many things in Pittsburgh. This year it has brought us some not-so-typical occurrences like snow and…

Will Dave McGinnis replace Chuck Cecil as DC? Three Titans coaches are gone and it will probably get worse.  I…

>2009 Record: 10-3 (5-2- Tied for 2nd in Big East) 2009 Bowl: Meineke Car Care Bowl (beat North Carolina 19…

I’m not going to bore you with everything I did and said at Blogs with Balls 2.0 in Las Vegas……

Congratulations to Kobe Bryant for becoming the fifth man to score 30,000 points in the NBA. http://youtube.com/watch?v= ydzoWL8Kt-E[/youtube] Big Up:…

As usual, I research and scout the opposing team before every Celtics game. Today, I uncovered some interesting facts about…

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

We’re not going to pretend like we know a lot about soccer. Or that we watch it besides when the…

This morning Greg Poole, EC Dawg of the Leather Helmet Blog, took on the issue of stipends for scholarship athletes:…

The only weekly update guaranteed to not use the “M” word. For whatever reason, I couldn’t get this song out…

Let’s give you a brief update and perhaps a mini-rant if I have time. We start with NBC Sports. It…

Once again, Saints GM Mickey Loomis is drawing praise … and criticism for his seemingly brilliant/short-sighted ability to fit in…

Britt Robson/On The Ball with notes from Saturday’s game and on the “Garnett backlash”: Garnett isn’t perfect, by any stretch….

It’s time to let the new jewel of Houston shine. The Houston Cougars will start the 2014 season against UTSA,…

Whenever the East Carolina Pirates hit the field on game day, there is no doubt that senior quarterback Shane Carden…

2012 Record: 5-7 (2-5 in Big East; 3-3 home; 2-4 away) Head Coach: Paul Pasqualoni (Third year, 10-14; 151-90-1 in…

Maybe I should be writing this week’s column for Purdue. In a sanctioned-crippled division, Purdue was the popular pick for…

Why do you have to turn me into an angry, hateful bitch every regular season? Why? It seems like such…

The Saints will travel to Philadelphia and will play a brand new opponent on Saturday night they haven’t faced all…

Another study by the Think Big Sacramento Committee, titled the Capital Corridor Impact Report, was released today.  And it pretty…

Three years ago we ran a series of articles and polls on Total Titans to determine an All-Time Tennessee Titans…

As is the custom with voting in polls and rankings here at MadTown Badgers we will always err on the…