Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
WOOOO!!!! WE MADE IT!!! SUCK IT HATERS!!!
Folks, I am proud to announce that this is a pointless milestone post BMR’s 500th post. Champagne and hookers for…
Read more J.D. Will Not Start On Tuesday
J.D. Drew says his back is ok and he is ready to return but Tito is going to keep him…
Read more It’s compensatory pick day!
The Colts were awarded three sixth round compensatory draft picks by the NFL today. Pretty nice. I love getting draft…
Read more New day, same story
Three hits? I waited 6 months for the same team that is utterly incapable of generating offense as last year….
Read more Wolves Updates 4/1
From Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press: Timberwolves coach Randy Wittman was disgusted, angered and frustrated by what he learned Monday morning. …
Read more DirecTV Expands Channel Capacity for MLB Extra Innings
In a move that’s been long awaited, DirecTV has expanded its channel lineup for the MLB Extra Innings pay per…
Read more David Amber, FanHouse and Origami
altopower on flickr Believe it or not, I still write for FanHouse. I’ve been slacking, but that will soon change,…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
College Basketball NCAA Women’s TournamentNew Orleans Regional Final/#2 LSU vs. #1 North Carolina – ESPN/Westwood One Radio, 7:30 p.m.Spokane Regional…
Read more NFL Week 1 Primetime Schdule.
The NFL has announced the primetime games for Week 1 including the season opener on NBC and the Monday Night…
Read more NCAA Final Four Tip Times and Announcing Assignments
Saturday, April 5 The Final Four Show – CBS, 4 p.m. (hosted by Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis)The…
Read more Red Sox Sign Another Japanese Pitcher
The Red Sox ties to the land of the rising sun have grown stronger with the addition of another Japanese…
Read more Opening Day
Clean up the grill, stock the fridge, and find a comfortable chair; baseball is back. The long winter wait is…
Read more Madden-riffic
The NFL has announced that the Colts and Bears will play the first Sunday night game of the 08-09 season…
Read more A Tale of two games at Wrigley Field
The Milwaukee Brewers took round one of sixteen versus the Chicago Cubs this season with a 4-3, 10 inning victory…
Read more Latest Project Spurs Western Conference Power Rankings
With the regular season almost over and the playoffs right around the corner, which teams are tops in the West?…
Read more Greg Lloyd Fights Kids, But DID NOT Put A Gun In His Son’s Mouth
Greg Lloyd just wants to be around his kids. And he’ll muss up some punk karate kid along the way…
Read more Clock is Ticking on Kielty
Bobby Kielty may not be with the Red Sox by day’s end. He told the Red Sox he would report…
Read more Classic Mini Pony of the Day 3-31-08
(originally published on 4-1-07) Today’s MPotD is another in the line of shoddy cell phone images. This is another mini…
Read more Seckbach talks to Jefferson
Embedded NBA Correspondent Elie Seckbach chats with Al Jefferson (video) about this season’s MVP and which of his teammates he’d…
Read more Offseason Workout Program Begins Today for New York Giants, early signs are that Strahan looks to return for another year
Today marks the beginning of the voluntary offseason workout program. It looks to be a non-event. The only no-show of…
Read more IU searches for a coach
As someone who has hated the Indiana Hoosiers for their entire life, I have to say I’m enjoying their current…
Read more It’s Just Avery Being Avery
Ray Stubblebine/Reuters If Eliot Spitzer was Client 9, then Sean Avery may have been Client 10. That’s if you believe…
Read more Wolves Updates 3/31
From Abby Simons/Star Tribune: Souksangouane Phengsene, the man convicted of and imprisoned for criminal vehicular homicide after killing Minnesota Timberwolves…
Read more Terry Francona’s not a good statistical manager — or is he?
Readers of Fire Brand of the American League have been aware of my fandom for manager Terry Francona. Simply put,…
Read more Wolves 110, Jazz 103
From Jon Krawczynski/AP Sports: Al Jefferson had 22 points and eight rebounds and Rashad McCants scored 13 of his 16…
Read more Buchholz Struggles Again
Clay Buchholz did not get through 4 innings after giving up 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits and 3…
Read more Bennett to IU: PASS!
Sweet! Tony stays, as Vince at the SR.com has the news. Like many of you thought, the job just isn’t…
Read more Sunday Links are Late
I’m at work and have been since early morning. Plus, the computer that has internet access is on dial-up so…
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