Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Football links? It’s about time…

Here are a couple of interesting ones to chew on: Scouts Inc ranks the top 64 wideouts. Wayne, Harrison and…

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Manny Wins 1 Million Yen

Manny Ramirez was named the MVP of the opener in Japan and was awarded the prize of 1 Million Yen….

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This DirecTV Outage is Irritating Not Just Me

Well, I sent an e-mail to DirecTV asking what happened with the system outage this morning that effected the two…

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Verron Haynes Likes To Bounce Checks

Stupid Verron and your flashy cars. It appears that (former?) Steeler Verron Haynes sucks at paying bills (he was released,…

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Opening Day Links

It may be early for baseball to open the season, but there’s always something special about Opening Day. For Red…

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What do you want to ask Peter Gammons?

Wow, what a treat. On a flier, I e-mailed Peter Gammons and asked him if he would be willing to…

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DirecTV Outage Costs Many Fans Opening Day

As has been reported on in many places this morning, DirecTV subscribers waking up early to watch Opening Day were…

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Moss and Manny Help Sox Steal A Victory

The Red Sox are 1-0 but for much of the night (or morning) it looked like they were headed for…

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Gamecocks Garcia latest in Arrested

So what do you say or what can you say? There have been seven USC players arrested or cited since…

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Moss and Manny deliver

The stage was set for Daisuke Matsuzaka to have a big showing, but Brandon Moss and Manny Ramirez stole the…

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BREAKING NEWS: Brewers release Claudio Vargas

Adam McCalvy of MLB.com’s story JSOnline.com’s Tom Haudricourt’s take on it Wow…neither McCalvy, Haudricourt, Vargas, or myself saw that coming….

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Foregone conclusion

No, it’s not just the name of David Brent’s band (bonus points to anyone who gets that reference). The Cleveland…

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Classic Mini Pony of the Day 3-25-08

(originally published on 3-25-07) Trip and Cuddles rule. They are the Mini Pon(ies) of the Day. This picture comes from…

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Even Video Games Love Carolina

With our biggest hoops game since the 1941 NCAA title game coming up Thursday, the experts are coming out of…

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Dice-K Struggles in the First

As I posted earlier, Dice-K needs to pitch well in the first and the Sox need to win the inning…

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J.D. Drew Out of Lineup

J.D. Drew was scratched minutes before the first pitch in Tokyo due to a bad back. Drew was replaced with…

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The Wisdom of Crowds: 2008 Red Sox Predictions

I usually write my posts the day before they publish here on Fire Brand of the American League and then…

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POLL: Who will be in a Sox uni?

Predict a player who is not in a Red Sox uniform now that will be before October. Rich Harden 20%…

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Western Conference Playoff Race Celebrity Power Rankings

As you know, I’m not the most knowledgeable when it comes to the Western Conference. But far be it from…

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3/25: …and we’re back

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (0-0) @ Oakland Athletics (0-0) Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-0, -.–) @ Joe Blanton (0-0, -.–) 6:05…

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#6 – Oct. 5, 2002: Angels beat Yanks, win first postseason series

By Adam Dodge, Angelswin.com Senior Writer Fresh off of a Game 3 come-from-behind win, one in which the Anaheim Angels…

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Ryan’s MLB Preview, Postseason and awards

Let’s get those awards out of the way first. We’ll start with the MVPs, in which I suspect they will…

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Championship Week

In the fantasy hockey world, this week is the big cheese, the whole enchilada if you will. It’s time to…

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Morning Viewing Picks

MLBBoston Globe Pre-Game Show – NESN, 5 a.m.Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland A’s – NESN/ESPN2, 6 a.m.Extra Innings – NESN,…

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Some Monday Night Links

Let’s give you some links this evening. The Sports Media Watch says College Gameday, the football version gets its earliest…

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More on the XM-Sirius Merger

Earlier today, the Department of Justice approved the buyout of XM Satellite Radio by Sirius. The agreement between the two…

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Steve’s MLB Preview: AL East

Time for the Yankees, Red Sox, and everyone else division. The Red Sox actually won the division for the first…

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Steve’s MLB Preview: AL Central

The is by far the most talked about division on this site, so let’s talk about it some more, shall…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

College Basketball National Invitation TournamentCal at Ohio State – ESPN, 7 p.m.Dayton at Illinois State – ESPNU, 7 p.m.UAB at…

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