Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
The FREE Fantasy Football Challenge 2007 Update
Our Super-Crazy-Ultra-Free Contest is filling up fast. Eleven of the 20 available teams in our league are already in place….
Read moreERIC GAGNE TRADED TO RED SOX
5:16 PM A potential roster crunch was just solved … unfortunately. Brendan Donnelly is undergoing Tommy John surgery and will…
Read moreJoel Pineiro traded to Cardinals
Joel Pineiro, who may have become the closer (although that wouldn’t have lasted very long) had Jonathan Papelbon elected to…
Read moreOff Season Midterm Grades: The Winners
Read: “Winner”+ Boston accent. Last week, Batman and Robin helped tell you about the losers of the off season thus…
Read moreThe Last Mary Tyler Moore Show
Growing up as a kid in Rhode Island in the 1970’s, I’ll always remember the CBS Saturday night lineup including…
Read moreJust say NO to Jermaine Dye!
Note: I’ll be obsessively tracking the the moves by Theo made (if any) today throughout the day. As soon as…
Read moreTitans training camp report, Tuesday morning, July 31
Ken Stabler wrote in his autobiography Snake that training camps made leaf-raking look like an exciting occupation and that the…
Read moreThe Genius Passes
Farewell to Bill Walsh, the greatest coach of his generation, the greatest football mind of my lifetime. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2954719&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines We stated…
Read moreKeeping it Low
But you really can’t anymore. Check out this link: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2954205 Put plain and simple: this upcoming year is going to…
Read moreBREAKING NEWS – NHL RETURNING TO ESPN?
According to the Sports Media Watch blog, the NHL is talking to ESPN about picking up NBC’s portion of the…
Read morePrimetime and Late Night Viewing Picks
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies – ESPN, 7 p.m.How I Met Your Mother – CBS, 8 p.m.Hell’s Kitchen – Fox,…
Read moreMonday Afternoon Links
Just got the sad news that former San Francisco 49er coach Bill Walsh died of leukemia. He was a pioneer…
Read moreStill enjoying the Ride
When I woke up this morning, I made a promise to myself that I was going to go an entire…
Read moreMini Pony of the Day 7-30-07
Aw c’mon! Who’s the punk that’s leaving a mini horse all alone? I would never do such a thing. In…
Read moreBig Ben’s Ex Wins First Tourney
Natalie Gulbis, the former Anna Kournikova of golf, won the Evian Masters in France. It was her first LPGA victory….
Read moreOur Tribute to Kevin Garnett
What can I say? I’m absolutely devastated at the loss of Kevin Garnett. No amount of draft picks, “potential”, or…
Read moreWhat Kind of Procedure/Surgery Did Santonio Holmes Have?
New poll time! Santonio Holmes has not disclosed the background of his “personal” injury. Supposedly, it was some kind of…
Read moreOther Results From The Dave Littlefield Poll
The What is Dave Littlefield’s Legacy? poll has been up for too long, so its time for a new poll….
Read moreTrade Jenkins? Turnbow?
Sigh…I made the mistake of listening to Heller & Murphy on ESPN 1070 Radio in Madison on Monday…I like them,…
Read moreThe Dumbest man alive
That’s it. Vic is officially insane. Today he questioned whether Marvin Harrison was going to the Hall of Fame because…
Read moreThe Monday Links
Back to work on a Monday. Had heavy rains here early in the morning, but they’re over now and we…
Read moreMike Lange Is Coming Back!…To Radio
Scratch my back with a hacksaw, Mike Lange is returning to the Penguins. I know this is semi-old news, but…
Read moreWhere did they hide that elephant in the room?
Corey Simon is missing. Seriously, he just didn’t show up and won’t tell anyone where he is. Hiiii–larious.http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070730/SPORTS03/707300359/1247/SPORTS Also, vote…
Read morePacman To Wrestle?
Reports are surfacing that you can soon see Adam “Pacman” Jones in a wrestling ring. It will be the first…
Read moreTitans positional analysis – cornerbacks
There’s an old debate whether quality or quantity is more important. The Titans may find out this year — they’ve…
Read morePlay This. Part 2
So I posted the original version of this game about a week ago. Several people emailed and commented that they…
Read moreIce Cold Brew(ers)
Since today is an off day for the Crew, and I had a moment, I thought I’d look to see…
Read moreTrade Deadline News And Notes
Other than Opening Day, unquestionably my favorite day of the regular season occurs on the last day of July. The…
Read moreBryan Burke and Kevin Lowe Are Like So Totally Not Talking Right Now
“Oh my gawd, Kevin Lowe is soooo dreamy.”HockeyTalk.biz On Friday, Anaheim GM Brian Burke spouted off in a media conference…
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