Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Saturday Wrap Up: Alexei Yashin Dislikes American Currency
America will now have 65% less Carol Alt.Newsday NHL Exile: Alexei Yashin has signed a one-year contract with Lokomotiv of…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 7-21-07
I love this Brian Fellows skit from SNL. Tracy Morgan was way underrated. I love how he says miniature. That’s…
Read more Lincecum blanks Brewers
With the FOX Sports cameras there for Barry, another Giant showed up. Rookie pitcher Tim Lincecum started by allowing no…
Read more Titans’ 2007 Season Preview
I was contacted recently by someone who asked me to write a Titans’ season preview for their publication. Before I…
Read more Giants best Crew…”all with two outs.”
A 3-run 7th and a 2-run 8th by the Giants–with all 5 runs scoring with two outs–spelled doom for the…
Read more The Good, The Bad, and The Coco
I thought all day about something good to write about. After losing the final two to the Royals and the…
Read more Coming out party (we hope), Sox win 10-3
Coco Crisp and Julio Lugo combined for seven RBI’s, J.D. Drew had one RBI, but a bad call took away…
Read more Weekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, July 21The Open Championship – TNT, 7 a.m./ABC, 9 a.m.Tour de France – Versus, 8 a.m.US Open Series/Countrywide Classic…
Read more Some More Links
I’ll give you a few more links before doing the Weekend Viewing Picks. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times…
Read more Tarik Glenn to retire?
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070720/SPORTS03/707200535 Wow.Wow. What a disastrous blow to the defending champs. I can’t even process what this means right now. My…
Read more 07/21: Please…..Please Win Again
JULY 21st, 2007 GAME THREAD John Danks (6-6, 4.81) @ Kason Gabbard (3-0, 3.88) Chicago White Sox (43-52) @ Boston…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
White Sox at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.Jericho – CBS, 9 p.m.Doctor Who – SciFi Channel, 9 p.m.Monk –…
Read more Links I Missed
During my first linkfest, I missed these stories so here you go. Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News…
Read more Gamecocks Cliff Matthews a Two Sport Star
USC may be getting a two sport star soon. Cliff Matthews, who joined the football team earlier this summer, could…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 7-20-07
Rough workweek? Its the weekend! Go for a drive. Take your mini pony, too. And since I brought up ichc,…
Read more I’m here. Your Links are Safe and Sound
Ok, back from the jobsite. I’ll give you as many links as possible today. Let’s begin with David Scott from…
Read more Subway Domer’s “There Can Be Only One”
Alright folks, here are the rules for the Subway Domer Football Pick-Em contest… The games will be any team in…
Read more Gamecocks representing on the 2007 SEC Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Football Team
The 2007 SEC Coaches Pre-Season All-SEC Football Team was released on Thursday. Here are the Gamecocks who made the various…
Read more Steelers Sign TE Spaeth
The Steelers have signed 3rd round draft pick Matt Spaeth. The 6 foot 7 tight end from Minnesota joins Heath…
Read more 07/20: Please……Please Win
JULY 20th, 2007 GAME THREAD Jose Contreras (5-11, 5.32) @ Josh Beckett (12-3, 3.35) Chicago White Sox (43-51) @ Boston…
Read more Pittsburgh Passion Sportscenter Clip. Finally
I’ve been trying to find this clip for a while, but to this point, it had been unavailable on this…
Read more Peyton is NOW
I think that ESPN’s ‘Who’s Now’ is proving to be a major flop. It’s not generating buzz or discussion. Basically…
Read more Friday Update will be late
I’ll be at a jobsite early and won’t be back to my computer until later in the morning or early…
Read more Not to be Outdone…
GOOD LORD is Greg Trent a beast. Are you kidding me??? Uh, yeah, I think I’d be staying out of…
Read more Is it time to move on from Julian Tavarez?; Will Middlebrooks answers some questions
What should we do with Julian Tavarez? Over the last five starts, Tavarez is 0-4 with a 7.71 ERA. This…
Read more Red Sox cannot hold lead, lose 4-2
Another lead in the game, another lead blown. Daisuke Matsuzaka filled up the base paths in the top of the…
Read more USC #25 toughest place to play
in a recent article that can be viewed here on espn.com. Willy B was determined to be the 25th toughest…
Read more Check Out This Cool Pittsburgh Passion Video
Since the beginning of the postseason, the Post-Gazette has jumped on the Pittsburgh Passion bandwagon. Hard. As the team’s been…
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