Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Wycheck to try wrestling
Former Titans tight end Frank Wycheck was involved in an altercation at a wrestling press conference Thursday and will now…
Read more Josh Bard Just Went All George Brett/Pine Tar
With the score tied at 2, the Bucs and the Padres are in extra innings. Josh Bard thought he hit…
Read more The National Spelling Bee
I wasn’t going to write anything tonight. I was just going to let the 100 posts this month lie and…
Read more Shuttle Bus-ted
Football is becoming baseball. The football fan is getting dumped on. It comes in small doses. But it is like…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 5-31-07
No, today is no family member’s birthday. This card is for Joe Namath and Don Ameche. And Brooke Shields. And…
Read more 06/01: Welcome Back to Fenway
JUNE 1st, 2007 GAME THREAD Chien-Ming Wang, RHP (3-4, 4.13) @ Tim Wakefield, RHP (5-5, 3.36) New York Yankees (22-29)…
Read more 2007 May: Hot, hot, hot
The month of May was good to the Red Sox. The Red Sox went 20-8 despite many people slumping. It’s…
Read more VICTORY!!!!!!
I’ll give a full analysis later, but let me ask you one question. Can anyone tell me that LeBron James…
Read more Donovan leaving Florida to coach Orlando Magic?
ORLANDO (AP) — After leading Florida to two national titles, Billy Donovan has agreed to leave the Gators to coach…
Read more BREAKING NEWS: Bomb Threat to Pittsburgh Tunnels
Not sports related, but there is a reported bomb threat to the Pittsburgh tunnels. The Squirrel Hill Tunnels and Fort…
Read more Primetime Viewing Choices
Interesting choices tonight. Get your TiVO’s ready. French Open Tonight – The Tennis Channel, 6:30 & 10 p.m.Pirate Master (Series…
Read more I hate off-days.
The headline says it all. Some quickies: The controversy surrounding A-Rod is 100 percent acceptable. It doesn’t matter if he…
Read more Spurs on their way to 4th NBA Finals appearance
After winning game 3 in Salt Lake, the Jazz had their backs in the wall coming into San Antonio for…
Read more The Post-Gazette Uses Tricky Headlines
The Post-Gazette caught my eye with a headline about Steelers running back Najeh Davenport. The headline reads: Steelers’ Davenport Feeling…
Read more More Thursday Links
Some more good stuff for you today. Jim Williams of the DC/Baltimore Examiner says TNT’s Charles Barkley helps to make…
Read more Mark Messier Tells You Who Your Leader Is, and You Will Like It
After winning ‘Leader of the Year’ will Chelios make a run for the White House?Paul Sancya/AP You all know that…
Read more Not that there’s anything wrong with that…..
Oh, boyyyyyyyssssssssss……….. Tonight, King James takes over his Palace.
Read more More College Football Schedules
In the last post, I gave you the SEC TV schedule for this fall as we know it. Here’s the…
Read more Penguins Name New Captain
What does Sidney Crosby have in common with Ab McDonald, Ron Schock, Jean Pronovost, Orest Kindrachuk, Randy Carlyle, Mike Bullard,…
Read more Talkin’ Run Differentials
Nate Silver has a cool article (subscription required) about the different types of strong and weak teams, and it uses…
Read more Thursday’s Links
Back today as we look at the world of Sports Media and anything else in between. The Stanley Cup Finals…
Read more College World Series talk
So lets talk some baseball, it is summer and the college world series is just around the corner. This weekend…
Read more Gamecocks gets picked up by ESPN
The University of South Carolina football team will have at least two games broadcast as part of the Southeastern Conference’s…
Read more Sizemore and rest of Indians double-up Sox
Finally the Cleveland Indians lineup (32-19) that the Boston Red Sox (36-16) prepared for in this three game series showed…
Read more Two Words. Slapping. Machine.
I don’t know if you’ve already seen this or not, but dude in the cardigan got worked. Why are they…
Read more Must… Make… Time… Pass… Faster…
Sammy Pahlsson laid the smack down on the Sens’ candy asses in Game one, recording a game high eight hits.NHLPA…
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