Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Gamecocks Pearce moving on up

The AP news is reporting that Former University of South Carolina infielder Steven Pearce has climbed another step in the…

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BREAKING NEWS -Is the YES Network for Sale?

Mike & Mike of ESPN Radio helped to break the story from Fortune magazine this morning. Jon Birger and Tim…

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Vargas stumbles, Parra shines in 8-5 loss

Only a quick second…Claudio Vargas gave up two 3-run homers before the end of the 3rd inning Wednesday night, as…

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8/2: Dog Days

August 2nd, 2007 GAME THREAD Jeremy Guthrie, RHP (7-3, 2.89) @ Tim Wakefield, RHP (12-9, 4.59) Baltimore Orioles (50-56) @…

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A Handy Guide for ESPN: How to Not Ruin Hockey

This picture looked really cool in 1997.ConsoleClassix.com By the looks of it, the NHL is trying to go crawling back…

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Kielty: Ripe For The Taking

Watching another painful Wily Mo Pena at-bat tonight in the Red Sox-Orioles contest, MASN announcer Gary Thorne, who is normally…

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The Rangers and Sean Avery are Now Contractually Obligated to Like Each Other

That doesn’t look too fun.ViewImage In the first (and potentially only) big-name arbitration settlement of the summer so far, the…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

Orioles at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.Mets at Brewers – ESPN, 7 p.m.Giants at Dodgers – ESPN2, 10 p.m.Ninja…

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Mini Pony of the Day 8-1-07

Yes, that is a pony you see running next to that woman. The pony’s name is Rory. Rory was MPotD…

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Fast Bill Won’t Play On Sunday

The Steelers play their first preseason game on Sunday. Willie Parker will not. Soreness in his left knee will sideline…

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FO and the 06 Colts

As promised, here are some highlights from the Footballoutsiders about the World Champs: 1. An interesting recap of the Colts/Pats…

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An absolutely must read

The Indy Star really does have great Colts coverage. With the exception of Kravitz, the reporting by Chappell and Phillip…

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Matthews to be first Titan in Hall of Fame

Six years ago, Bruce Matthews was the presenter for Mike Munchak’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction. This Saturday evening…

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Wednesday Update

I’m here after being at a jobsite early this morning. I’ll give you a lot of links today. Let’s start…

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Woodley Is Getting Good. Real Good.

Don’t ask about the picture. I found it here. The good news about the Steelers second rounder is that he’s…

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Tenacious win in 13th, 4-2

Tuesday’s series opener against the Mets, for all intents and purposes, looked, sounded, and felt like a playoff game at…

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Ripken, Gwynn…now what?!?

I grew up a fan of Tim Raines. I mean…SOMEONE south of Thunder Bay had to be a fan of…

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8/1: Righting the Ship

August 1st, 2007 GAME THREAD Steve Trachsel, RHP (5-7, 5.26) @ Julian Tavarez, RHP (6-8, 5.08) Baltimore Orioles (50-55) @…

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Strahan blinks

Baby Strahan blinked, finally spoke w Coughlin and Reese, and will be deciding whether he wants to retire or not….

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Postcards

As I work on getting another edition of the Vince Young files ready for the lead page, check out Peter…

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Live From The Deadline

Wow, what a day for Boston sports. The Patriots’ camp is in session and early reports speak very highly of…

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Ortiz powers up, Boston falls short

Brian Roberts and Kevin Millar combined for four RBI’s and Erik Bedard earned his 11th win of the season in…

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Mini Pony of the Day 7-31-07

Terrific baseball trade deadline. /sarcasm. Two horrible teams, the Buccos and Giants, swapped players for whatever reason. The Giants got…

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Primetime and Late Night Viewing Picks

First off, thanks to FSN New England for letting me know that it will carry the Celtics live press conference…

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Del.icio.us links for July 31

Finding perspective while we search for a fix Steve Weinman of MVN’s Taking it To The Rack offers his perspective…

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Polish Pride

With the college football season just a month away, the talking heads are out in full force on T.V. and…

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07/31: Bring It On

JULY 29th, 2007 GAME THREAD Erik Bedard, LHP (10-4, 3.05) @ Josh Beckett, RHP (13-4, 3.27) Baltimore Orioles (49-55) @…

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It’s Tuesday

Time for some more links. Checking around to see what’s going on for you. Newsday’s Neil Best says ESPN has…

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USC Faces Tough Football Schedule in 2007

USC Faces Tough Football Schedule in 2007 but let’s break it down.USC coach Steve Spurrier said the goal is to…

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