Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
Clemson’s Mays goes undrafted
We here at LOHD almost forgot to report about Clemson’s thug…sorry I meant basketball player James Mays. You know the…
Read more Frequently Asked Questions
About Us Who are you? The Steelers n’at is run by Ian and John. We met at the great institution…
Read more Gomes calls trade “beneficial”
From the Associated Press: ”I think it’s beneficial to our organization the way they’re going,” Gomes said. ”O.J. was a…
Read more Busy, Busy
I’m off from work today and as you can probably tell, that has manifested itself into lots and lots of…
Read more Mid-year Review: The best “B” team in baseball
As Paul and I looked back on the first half of the season in last night’s podcast, we found ourselves…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBCincinnati at Cleveland – FSN Ohio/STO, 7 p.m.Colorado at Detroit – FSN Rocky Mountain/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Toronto –…
Read more Evgeny Grachev Wants To Be Like Evgeni Malkin
Wanna feel old today? Evgeny Grachev, drafted by the Rangers in the third round last week, made sure everyone knows…
Read more Links of the Day 6/27/08
After yesterdays Will Leitch roast (which included Scott Van Pelt and Bill Simmons), today, his last day at Deadspin is…
Read more Press conference introducing Love
The team held a press conference this afternoon to introduce Kevin Love to the media. The Timberwolves site has a…
Read more 6/27: Final Interleague Duel
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (49-32) @ Houston Astros (37-42) Daisuke Matsuzaka (8-1, 3.46) @ Runelvys Hernandez (0-0, 0.00) 8:05…
Read more Our Friday Megalinks
Time for our Friday megalinks. Before we get to the links, we look at the weekend viewing. Weekend Viewing Picks…
Read more BOS 5, ARI 0: Wakefield dominates in win
Tim Wakefield yielded two hits over seven runs out dueling Randy Johnson for his fifth win of the season. Dustin…
Read more Wolves Updates 6/27
From Shannon Shelton/Detroit Free Press: Former Michigan State guard Drew Neitzel was awake long after he learned that he wasn’t…
Read more Post-draft press conference
The Timberwolves site has a link to the audio of the post-draft press conference with Kevin McHale, Jim Stack and…
Read more Reactions to trade for Love
From Britt Robson/On The Ball: First of all, the question isn’t whether the Timberwolves helped themselves last night–compare the pre-draft…
Read more Pepsi’s TRIVIA: Before Pedro
Daniel Rathman and Tessie’s Dad are jockeying for first place! Tessie’s Dad was able to identify Ray Culp as the…
Read more Wolves second round picks
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: When the draft concluded, the Wolves had Love, a promising European center (Nikola Pekovic) who won’t…
Read more POLL: Is Schilling a Hall of Famer?
Is Curt Schilling a Hall of Fame pitcher? Yes, he’ll make it there but it will take a few years…
Read more Part 2: Wolves trade Mayo for Love
From the Timberwolves site: The Minnesota Timberwolves tonight acquired the draft rights to 6-10 forward Kevin Love, the fifth overall…
Read more Free Agency Primer: So There’s Marian Hossa and… Let’s See… Marian Hossa
flickr July 1st is an exciting day in the hockey world. It’s one of the few days in the year…
Read more Part 1: Wolves select Mayo in the draft
(My sincerest apologies for the late updates. I had a little too much fun at the Wolves draft party last…
Read more Greenspan Gone
With all the Pacer draft stuff, we plumb ran out of time to comment on IU A.D. Rick Greenspan resigning…
Read more The PR Masters of 600 First Avenue
A paragraph from today’s Tom Powers column says it all: I’m also going to have to say that Hoiberg is…
Read more Timlin back in a week
My buddy Sean Williams ran into Mike Timlin at Logan Airport today, where he’s flying to Rochester for a rehab…
Read more Personal Seat Licenses at Giants Stadium… here it comes
The first official word is breaking from Mara/Tisch on the introduction of PSLs for Giants tickets. If the PSLs are…
Read more Flush Twice, It’s a Long Way to Texas
I read the above headline in a bathroom stall in Alaska several years ago and it seems appropriate today. The…
Read more Bo Scaife: Stud, or the next Ben Troupe?
The Titans placed a high priority on upgrading the tight end position this offseason. First, they acquired the services of…
Read more Series Preview: Brewers (43-35) @ Twins (43-36)
Milwaukee continues its road trip with three games in the Twin Cities to face interleague rival Minnesota. The Twins have…
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