Title: Toronto Raptors Don’t Move Into Draft
Date: June 28, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article reflected on the Raptors not acquiring a draft pick and what that means moving forward.
Title: CANUCKS 2013 NHL DRAFT PREVIEW: SIZE MATTERS
Date: June 27, 2013
Original Source: Canucks Army
Synopsis: My latest for CA looked at some recent trends in the NHL draft regarding player size and compared them to the Vancouver Canucks’ draft strategy.
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Title: NBA Draft Day Open Thread / Live-Blog-ish Thing
Date: June 27, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: The Raptors didn’t have a draft pick, but I still ran an open-thread for commenters and did some light live-blogging during the draft.
Title: Bryan Colangelo Steps Down as President
Date: June 26, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article breaks down the news that Bryan Colangelo stepped down from the Toronto Raptors.
Title: Pilot social media course profits from journalism-business crossover
Date: June 26, 2013
Original Source: The Thunderbird
Synopsis: The J-school I attend commissioned me to write two features for the school’s website for classes I didn’t take (no conflict of interest). This is the second, on a new business-journalism collaboration course on social media.
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Title: Are The Sedins Really That Sheltered?
Date: June 26, 2013
Original Source: The On Deck Circle
Synopsis: Originally crafted for Canucks Army, this piece toyed out loud with an xCorsi measure to predict NHL player possession performance. They didn’t want to run it until it was more fine tuned, so I threw it up on The ODC until the kinks are worked out.
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Title: Rays 5, Blue Jays 1: Jays Cry “No Mas” to Moore
Date: June 25, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: This article was a post-game recap for the June 25 game between the Jays and Rays.
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Title: BtBS Podcast #67: Imbalanced
Date: June 25, 2013
Original Source: Beyond the Boxscore
Synopsis: This edition of the podcast broke down a number of topics, including three super-young prospects, the Jays’ hot streak and more.
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Title: The Why and How of Acquiring a Draft Pick
Date: June 25, 2013
Original Source: Raptors Republic
Synopsis: This article looked at the recent history of traded and purchased draft picks on draft day to try and determine if the Raptors can move into the draft and why they should try.
Title: Hypotheticals for A Tough 14-Game Stretch
Date: June 21, 2013
Original Source: Bluebird Banter
Synopsis: With the Jays having won eight straight, this article looked ahead to a tough 14-game stretch and drew up standings possibilities for the end of the two weeks.
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