Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Well, You Caught Me
The Wiki ball of knowledge!(C) Wikipedia If you’ll excuse me, I’d like to interrupt the silence for a moment. If…
Read morePrimetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBToronto at Red Sox (weather permitting) – Rogers Sportsnet/NESN, 7 p.m.Seattle at Cleveland – FSN Northwest/STO, 7 p.m.Detroit at New…
Read moreTonight’s Lineup 4/29 vs. Toronto
Coco is back in the lead-off spot, Lowell and Papi return to the lineup. No Jacoby. Crisp CFPedroia 2BOrtiz DHRamirez…
Read moreCorey Designated For Assignment
Pitcher Bryan Corey was designated for assignment to make room for Mike Lowell on the roster. His second time with…
Read moreManny To Star in New ESPN Commercial
Manny Ramirez is going to be in a new Sportscenter commercial for ESPN. In the ad the Sportscenter anchors wait…
Read moreJeff Reed Is Almost Naked…Again
This awful group of pictures is brought to you by the fine lads at Kissing Suzy Kolber (via Deadspin). Hat…
Read moreSpurs vs Suns Game 5 Preview
What started out as a series for the ages, has come out to be a dud. The Spurs (3-1) will…
Read moreRemDawg Takes Over
Over at Boston Daily they explain how Jerry Remy is taking over everything Boston/Red Sox related. The President of Red…
Read moreWelcome Back Mike Lowell
Mike Lowell has finished his rehab with the Paw Sox (3-13) and will be in the starting lineup tonight against…
Read moreHal Gill Rules
(hat tip to TSW on this post for the image) Hal Gill had a quite fulfilling Game 2. Honestly, I…
Read moreSeries Preview: Brewers (14-11) @ Cubs (16-9)
The True Blue Brew Crew starts a 9-game roadtrip with three games against the NL Central leading Cubs–both their second…
Read more29th Sports Emmy Award Winners
Last night, the 29th Sports Emmy Awards were held in New York and the big winner was HBO with 8….
Read more4/29: Doc’s back
Prev. Gm: Toronto Blue Jays (11-15) @ Boston Red Sox (15-12) Roy Halladay (2-3, 3.73) @ Jon Lester (1-2, 5.40)…
Read moreProgram Reboot Might Take a While….
We’ve been saying it since the day Wulff was hired and the initial articles appeared. Wulff went out of his…
Read morePOLL RESULTS: What to do with Jed Lowrie
What should we do with Jed Lowrie? Have him be our top option from Pawtucket all year and then look…
Read moreClassic Mini Pony of the Day 4-29-08
(originally published on 4-29-07) (Editor’s note: I’m not re-printing today’s MPotD text. You can follow the link if you want…
Read moreWake and Tek Host Golf Event for Charity
Yesterday Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Pitching for Kids, Wake’s charity. Watch…
Read moreNew York Giants take their chances in the NFL draft
For the past two weeks Wonder has been preaching value to us. It is not who you pick but where…
Read moreCome to think of it, Mewelde DOES sound Slovakian.
We had some fun yesterday with the draft, didn’t we? Making fun of the Vikings’ picks is always a good…
Read moreRaider 4th rd pick Tyvon Branch father “life long Raider fan”
Tyvon Branch watched the draft this weekend with his family in Cicero New York. He had hoped to maybe slip…
Read moreSome More Links to Chew On
I keep finding stories to link to. First, from USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, the ratings from selected weekend events including…
Read moreMonday Night Links
So it’s time to give you some links this evening. I guess for its 10th Anniversary, the Sports Business Journal…
Read moreThese Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRaLpHoZA8E] All Kramer had to do was deliver a simple line: "These pretzels are making me thirsty" and he would…
Read moreCeltic Killer
Joe Johnson single-handledly beat the Celtics tonight. He torched the C's defense for 20 points in the fourth quarter (35…
Read moreSuspensions Coming?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKsS-3j9sfg] Ok… these are the questions we've got to ask after yesterday's "altercation." Question#1: Did KG push a ref? It's…
Read moreNo Fines or Suspensions
The Celtics will have all hands on deck for Game 5 Wednesday night. The league did not hand down any…
Read moreKG Cast – Episode 4
Another game in Atlanta, another big shocker! Despite a ferocious start to the game by the Celtics, Joe Johnson and…
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