Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
Myers of the Daily News with more New York Giants post mortem
Gary Myers had a good piece over the weekend which recapped the 4 game playoff run.It is always easy to…
Read more This Week in Angels Baseball – (Week of April 14th)
By Victor Varadi – Angelswin.com Columnist Overall Record: 7-6 Games behind: 1.5 Week Record: 3-3 Week in Review: Last week…
Read more Weird April So Far
Coco is hitting, Papi is not. ‘Manny Being Manny’ is now the ‘Man-Ram.’ Detroit is in the cellar, but Baltimore…
Read more Got Manny?
Manny Ramirez continued his MVP start with another great game. Manny’s game winning 2 run homer in the top of…
Read more Yooooooooooouuuuuuuukkkkkkkk
Kevin Youkilis continues to drive the Sox offense. His 1 run homer to start the 8th inning has put the…
Read more All Suited Up (Except KG)
Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce did not play in tonight's game against the Knicks. While it appears Doc Rivers is…
Read more This Is Not Entirely Fair
This thing you see here is a chart of local NBA TV announcer "homerism". That little blob way at the…
Read more Wolves Updates 4/15
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune looks at each player’s probability to continue with the team. From Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site: The…
Read more Preview of Real Sports for April 15, 2008
Coming up the new edition on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO, premiering Tuesday, April 15 at 10 p.m….
Read more Kruk puts a curse on the yanks
John Kruk was in a great commercial for ESPN’s ‘Baseball Tonight’ during the Sox-Tribe game today.In it, he’s working the…
Read more Big Papi’s woes
Last night, despite Ortiz’s 2-4 night, I was frustrated at the way he handled the at-bat against Rafael Betancourt, especially…
Read more Walvius resigns as USC women’s basketball coach
University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Susan Walvius has resigned after 11 years at the school. Seems things were…
Read more Manny trounces Tribe…
With some help of course. Down 4-2, Kevin Youkilis homered to deep left field to bring it closer at 4-3…
Read more Fireside Chats #3: Where we break down the series with the Yankees and look at the schedule ahead
Boston Red Sox podcast for MVN Radio Episode 3 where we break down the series with the Yankees and look…
Read more NFLDraft101’s Titans’ selections in seven round mock draft
There are a lot of mock drafts out there but very few good ones include a real life seven round…
Read more Tonight’s Lineup at Cleveland
Coco will be starting in center again and leading off tonight. Crisp has been getting the majority of the starts…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBBoston at Cleveland – ESPN/NESN/STO, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Detroit – FSN North/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Tampa Bay…
Read more Series Recap: Brewers at Mets
After three disappointing games against the Reds, it was hard to imagine much good coming out of New York. Sure,…
Read more Links of the day 4/14/08
So there was this. In other news, White Sox fans working on the new Twins stadium…. don’t give a damn….
Read more Nominations for Boston/New England Emmy Awards Announced
I thank Skip Perham over at Comcast SportsNet New England for giving me the heads up on this. The nominations…
Read more Yankees May Press Criminal Charges On Shirt Joker
The New York Yankees seem more concerned about punishing a practical joker than putting a winning team on the field….
Read more 4/14: Let’s rock and roll
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (7-6) @ Cleveland Indians (5-7) Jon Lester (1-2, 4.50) @ Jake Westbrook (1-1, 2.76) 7:05…
Read more Hidey ho, off to Pawtucket I go
Rob Bradford reports that Kyle Snyder has accepted an assignment to Triple-A Pawtucket. This move gives us additional depth, but…
Read more Hip-Hip-Jorge!
I attended the game last night and witnessed Jorge Posada try to catch. The Red Sox took full advantage of…
Read more Cleveland Paper Calls For Pitchers To Throw at Manny!
The Cleveland Plain Dealer had this in today’s paper: “He needs to be knocked down — at the least. Ramirez’s…
Read more Should the Indians go high and tight to Manny?
Have the Cleveland Indians and their fans forgotten the “grandstanding” of Manny Ramirez upon hitting a home run in last…
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