Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Vote for the 2009-10 Fan Awards
Updated:Vote for the 2009-10 Fan Awards The Blues official web site, stlblues.com is currently running a poll where fans can…
Read more133 Reasons to Love the Pac-10
Updated:Greetings Cougies. With summer flying by and only 40 DAYS until the Cougs and the rest of the Pac-10 kick…
Read moreThe Bookends Of Thwack
Updated:Game 2 of the day/night doubleheader with the Nationals began with Justin Turner crashing into Andrew Brown. It ended with…
Read moreBaseball Bloggers Alliance Hall of Fame Ballot
Updated:As you’re all probably aware, The Brewers Bar is part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, a group of baseball blogs…
Read moreWhich Teams Had the Worst Offseasons?
Updated:The NBA offseason is not over, but with the draft and the first couple weeks of free agency in the…
Read more2013 Pre-Season Preview: Miami Hurricanes
Updated:2012 Record: 7-5 (5-3 in ACC) Head Coach: Al Golden (13-11 at Miami, 40-45 Overall) Last Bowl Game: 2010 Sun Bowl: lost…
Read moreShould Sox trade Delcarmen for Nick Johnson?
Updated:Peter Gammons went on Mike and Mike’s ESPN Radio show this morning. Thanks to Hacks with Haggs, there is a transcript of the proceedings. An interesting tidbit:
Washington with their 2-16 bullpen are trying to move Nick Johnson and Austin Kearns and some of their semi-attractive veteran players to get relief pitchers. I know they offered Nick Johnson to Boston for Manny Delcarmen. That hasn’t happened and may not until the Red Sox make a decision on David Ortiz.
This is a deal the Red Sox would instantly do if Big Papi was at his current level of production on July 31.
It’s May 22, however.
It still begs the question: should the Red Sox do the trade? If so, when?
Read moreMini Pony of the Day 6-25-08
Updated:Thanks to the millions (kidding) of readers who sent this one in. Off the top of my head, I can…
Read moreVideo: Shinya Aoki Calls UFC Style “Boring”
Updated:Japanese lightweight king Shinya Aoki recently sat down with The Grappling Dummy for a candid interview on all things mixed martial…
Read moreThe Untold History Of The 1946 West Coast Baseball Association
Updated:The West Coast Baseball Association launched in May, 1946 and folded in July, 1946. But there is much more to…
Read moreVOTE: What Is The Greatest Catch in Angels Baseball?
Updated:After watching JB Shuck’s amazing robbery of Jose Bautista last night and recalling Peter Bourjos’ incredible leap over the fence…
Read moreMini Pony of the Day 1-5-11
Updated:That’s a dog made out to look like a Budweiser clydesdale. And since the dog is small in comparison, I…
Read more2016 Ole Miss Depth Chart As Told By The Recruiting Stars
Updated:Before the 2016 season started, I took a tour of awe through Alabama’s depth chart, then after needing to lie…
Read moreThings I’m Wrong About, Volume: Infinity
Updated:While I will brag to anybody who will listen that it was me all along who said for months that…
Read moreMonday Morning Fact Slap
Updated:– Well, it has been a few days and I’m still puking my guts out over Saturdays performance. The word…
Read moreSpurs jerseys ranked in ESPN’s top 20
Updated:You’ve heard all of the old sayings. The Spurs are boring. The Spurs are old. Yada, yada, yada. Some fans…
Read morePaw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 12/4
Updated:Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…
Read moreThe Admiral Challenge
Updated:Every Spurs fan’s dream is to sit courtside at a Spurs game, but PinkDingo wants to take your dreams to…
Read moreQuick Post: Monday Links
Updated:• According to the Los Angeles Times, even after the urging of former Laker Rick Fox, Robert Horry has no…
Read moreBask in the glory that is Stephon Marbury
Updated:Did you miss the Starbury marathon yesterday? I’ll admit, I missed a lot of it too… but that’s ok. …
Read moreDraft Day 2: Open thread
Updated:A few more thoughts on yesterday: Tim at BuccoFans makes the great point that the Pirates were hardly the only…
Read moreLinks of the Day 11/16/08
Updated:HHR is excited for a video game due out in the Spring. I’ll give you a hint, “King Hippo“. A…
Read morePurple Jesus Diaries Masturbatory Game Preview: Suck It, you Hipster Doofus Football Team!
Updated:It’s already week eleven? Heading into week eleven you can start to feel the toll of an entire season of…
Read moreReport: Damian Lillard would prefer the Knicks if traded
Updated:After a couple of controversial tweets and rumors, the newest name to pop up in trade ideas is Portland Trail…
Read moreWhy Was Matt Millen on my TV During the Draft? (Update: And Making Polack Jokes?)
Updated:UPDATE: Matt Millen can’t even do THIS job right. In this same segment (pictured above) he made some general joke…
Read moreVladimir Tarasenko calls his rookie season “good, but average”
Updated:Vladimir Tarasenko’s rookie season was surrounded by big hype and even bigger expectations. When the doors closed on the 2012-13…
Read moreNow On Barstool
Updated:Tony Allen = Wily Mo Pena There was nothing quite like watching Wily Mo Pena put up 0-3, 2K lines…
Read moreMini Pony of the Day 5-17-11
Updated:Thanks to Doug for this. The filename of this pic is MINIHERD.jpg. I like that.
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