Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
A Compelling Gameday
Top of the morn to you, Cougar Nation. And welcome to the most compelling game day that we’ve had since…
Read moreSorting Out The Hassell Deal
Some notes about the Hassell deal… Hassell has three guaranteed years remaining on his contract, while Buckner has only two. Buckner…
Read moreNew Classic Colt
If you check out the main site, you know that we try to honor some of the great Colts that…
Read moreMedia Day Updates
Click here for a photo gallery of Friday’s media day. From Steve Aschburner/SI.com: The Minnesota Timberwolves were back…
Read moreSC Keys to a win vs. Miss State
It’s Homecoming as the South Carolina Gamecocks (3-1, 1-1 SEC) host the Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-1, 1-1 SEC) in an…
Read moreSaturday Morning Linkage
As I celebrate the Red Sox winning the American League East, Friday night was truly a great night of baseball….
Read moreSan Francisco decides fans aren’t important
Unless you’ve been trapped in a mine for the last week (I was going to reference R. Kelly’s “Trapped in…
Read moreIT’S ABOUT BLOODY TIME YOU WANKERS!!!
This kid never ceases to crack me up.FunnyHub.com Well folks, the day is finally here. It’s the Zero Hour. At…
Read moreWeekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, September 29Presidents Cup – NBC, 8 a.m.NHL Season Opener from London – Anaheim vs. LA – CBC/HDNet, noonMLB/Nationals at…
Read moreHockey’s Here!
At 11AM, locally, the NHL season officially gets underway. To commemorate this occasion, I present you with this video of…
Read moreGetting what’s coming to them
Apparently some Jets fans want blood. They are suing the Patriots organization for staging 8 fraudulent games between the Jets…
Read moreNFL Viewing Picks for 09/30/07
Fox NFL Sunday – Fox, noonBaltimore at Cleveland – CBS, 1 p.m. (DirecTV channel 704)St. Louis at Dallas – Fox,…
Read moreCollege Football Viewing Picks for Saturday, 09/29/07 (all times Eastern)
College Gameday (live from the University of Oregon) – ESPN, 10 a.m.Notre Dame at Purdue – ESPN, noonLSU at Tulane…
Read more09/29: Homefield Throughout?
September 29th, 2007 GAME THREAD Minnesota Twins (78-82) @ Boston Red Sox (95-65) Carlos Silva (13-14, 4.22) @ Tim Wakefield…
Read moreJuwan Howard’s trade request
From the Associated Press: (Click here for video) Soon after Garnett was dealt, Howard asked vice president of basketball operations…
Read moreDavid Ortiz: One-man wrecking machine
This comes to you as the first column of Fire Brand as the home of the DIVISION CHAMPION RED SOX!…
Read moreYour Obligatory Ultra Super Spectacular Pre-Season Speculation Post (Part II)
Western Conference Possible point totals are in parentheses. No scientific calculations involved, simply a ballpark figure. “The Haves” 1. *Detroit…
Read moreOn the Hassell/Buckner deal
From Britt Robson/On The Ball: Second, I don’t like the deal. Greg Buckner is about two inches shorter and three…
Read moreWolves Trade Hassell To Dallas For Greg Buckner
This one just came down the wire: The Minnesota Timberwolves traded guard Trenton Hassell to the Dallas Mavericks for guard Greg Buckner on Friday night. Hassell,…
Read moreAngelswin take on Cleveland vs New York
On July 4th 2007 it would have been reasonable to assume that the New York Yankees were on their way…
Read more“That’s the Wrong Video”
Thanks to Newsday’s Neil Best who posted this on his blog, this is an early candidate for Video of the…
Read more160 out of 162 ain’t bad
I, like everyone else in Brewers’ nation, am trying hard not to be bummed about the events of Friday, September…
Read moreProtect Your Stick
The game coming up tomorrow is not just a football match up, but also a Trophy Game. We are already…
Read morePrimetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLB/Minnesota at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.MLB/San Diego at Milwaukee – ESPN, 8 p.m.College Football/West Virginia at South Florida…
Read moreFriday Update – Big Ten Network picked up by WOW Cable and Other Stories
Some Breaking News for you. The Big Ten Network has signed an agreement with Wide Open West (WOW) Cable meaning…
Read moreMini Pony of the Day 9-28-07
In case you were wondering, that is a kid, not a full-sized man. The pony is smaller than the kid….
Read more09/28: Don’t Make This Interesting
September 28th, 2007 GAME THREAD Minnesota Twins (78-81) @ Boston Red Sox (94-65) Kevin Slowey (4-0, 4.57) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka…
Read moreHeadbutts And Groin Kicks… Boiler Week
Headbutts Jimmy Clausen. Your predecessor straight up OWNED Purdue. In fact, Quinn threw for more yards against Purdue than any…
Read moreA stunted trip around the web
My internet service has been in and out all day long, so I’ll do my best to share the links…
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