Articles by Alan Draper (246303)

Final Game of Season for USC and Clemson

Spurrier, pictured above, was asked in our interview with him today about The Charleston Post and Courier article had this…

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Today’s Lineup 7/20 in SoCal

Ellsbury, lfPedroia, 2bDrew, rfRamirez, dhLowell, 3bYoukilis, 1bLowrie, ssCrisp, cfCash, c Wakefield, SP Fenway West- The Western Home to Red Sox…

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Summer League: Wolves 111, Knicks 91

From the Associated Press: Kevin Love was held out of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ summer league game Sunday afternoon against the…

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Aardsma To DL

As speculated earlier, David Aardsma has gone on the 15 day DL and Masterson has been called up to fill…

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Wolves Updates 7/20 Part 2

From Britt Robson/On The Ball: The devil’s advocacy position is that neither Smith nor Gomes fit into the Wolves’ long…

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Sunday links

After enduring another brutal loss by the Reds, who are playing fairly well otherwise, I decided to surf a bit….

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3 Games, 3 Taters for Papi

Big Papi looks like he is back to his old self. Last night for the third game in a row,…

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A Drive to the Hole

We have been ragging on Jacksonville for years now, but we had never actually been there.  Now, we can speak…

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A Conversation with Comcast about the Big 10 Network

In the interest of getting to the bottom of why we can’t see the Hoosiers and Boilers each week, we…

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Manning Up: Father vs. Son

The 2007 NFL season kicks off with the Indianapolis Colts playing host to the upstart New Orleans Saints on Thursday,…

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Is Marvin Harrison the NFL’s best active Wide Receiver?

It has been stated recently that Marvin Harrison is not the best wide receiver in the NFL right now.  Some…

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It’s Gonna Happen: 18 Bold Visions of 2007

We have made some bold claims before the season began.  Let’s take a look back and see how we did…

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Maybe Manny Should Go Back To Avoiding The Media

I like that Manny became more accessible to the media this year but he does not have a filter and…

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SOX ON DECK: Chris Carter bashing in Pawtucket

Chris Carter is the answer to a trivia question: Who’s the player Boston obtained from the Washington Nationals for strikeout-prone…

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PSL Choices

When John Mara unveiled the PSL purchase program, he injected a little wrinkle, offering a “tradedown” for those seasons tickets…

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Aardsma Might Be Headed to DL, Masterson Could Get the Call

The ProJo is reporting that David Aardsma has a leg injury and may be going on the DL. This could…

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Thriller

With Francisco Liriano’s discontent with the Twins organization, MLBTradeRumors had a post on the topic, and it was the subject…

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Wheels Come off in the 7th for Beckett

Josh Beckett was cruising today in Anaheim, giving up only 4 hits and shutting out the Angels through 6. The…

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Summer League: Wolves vs Knicks

On the last day of play at the Las Vegas Summer League, the Wolves face the Knicks at 3:00pm CST. …

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Wolves Updates 7/20

From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: Questions remain about how Love will fare come October against opponents taller and far quicker than…

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LAA 4, BOS 2: Beckett falters in 7th

Josh Beckett had blanked the Angels through six innings, but the seventh was a different story. A solo homer by…

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SOX ON DECK: Papi hits third homer in third game

Even though rehabbing David Ortiz belted his third home run in three games on Saturday night, Pawtucket Red Sox manager…

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Brewers stay hot and a trade is in the works

The Brewers beat the Giants on Saturday, 8-5, to win their third straight game and take the series from the…

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Keith Byars and counting…..

On the list of all-time great running backs at Ohio State, this name gets overlooked a lot, surprisingly. But #41…

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Old Man Rant

It’s official, I’m old and here’s why: I hate that young players don’t bend the bill of their hats, I…

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Summer League: Wolves 67, Bucks 81

Box Score     From Maurice Brooks/TrueHoop: Early in the third quarter, Minnesota’s Kevin Love appeared to roll his ankle…

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Team Preview: Green Bay Packers

2007 Record: 13-3 The end of one era…The beginning of another era…Or not. Just when the Packers thought Brett Favre’s…

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Links of the Day 7/19/08

In Europe, those affiliated with soccer are heroes because of their actions on the field or in the front office…

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More Manny (to be continued, I’m sure)

Did Manny intentionally sit on those three pitches? Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist, on July 19, 2008 wrote: When told of…

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