Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
Thursday’s Primetime Viewing
Red Sox at Toronto – NESN, 7 p.m.Ottawa at Buffalo, Game 1, NHL Eastern Conference Finals – Versus, 7 p.m.Survivor…
Read more The Return of Peter Puck!
Old school NHL fans (like me) will remember when NBC and CBC ran a cartoon feature in-between periods explaining the…
Read more 05/10: Sweep Won’t Come Cheap
MAY 10th, 2007 GAME THREAD Tim Wakefield (3-3, 2.11) @ Roy Halladay (4-1, 3.59) Boston Red Sox (22-10) @ Toronto…
Read more More on Marcus Mason, Terry Caulley, Redskins’ newest backs
Every young athlete wants to play for the hometown team. Few get the chance, but Marcus Anthony Mason of Potomac,…
Read more WSU Names Captains, Also Sign Two Recruits
In a move lacking little suspense, the Cougars named their four captains for the 2007 season. Senior QB Alex Brink,…
Read more Can Kevan Barlow Catch 3rd Down Screen Passes?
The Steelers signed RB Kevan Barlow. His most notable success came as a member of the 49ers. Last season, Barlow…
Read more Jericho and Lost
Some thoughts on the two shows tonight. I hope this isn’t the end of Jericho. The show ended the season…
Read more 2007 Angelswin Prospect Hotlist, 6th edition
1. Brok Butcher SP, Class A Rancho Cucamonga (Angels) Brok moves to the top of the list this week after…
Read more Wayne’s World
Reggie Wayne is an amazing receiver, and we very well could have entitled this blog 18 to 87. I don’t…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 5-9-07
I understand that MPotD stands for mini pon-y of the day. Singular. Yet there are times that group photos really…
Read more Wednesday Afternoon Links
A couple of news items for you today. Embattled Boston Globe writer Ron Borges appeared on the Michael Felger show…
Read more Bucs Win In 15
Although they have already won a game in 16 innings this season, the Bucs were out to prove that winning…
Read more And now for something completely different (e.g., Meetin’ the Mets)
The Brewers finished off the Nationals, 3-1, Wednesday afternoon, to sweep the 3-game home series: (Wednesday’s box)…Claudio Vargas got the…
Read more 3 Point Line Backing Up
College basketball players might want to start practicing longer shots. The men’s basketball rules committee approved a measure last week…
Read more Writer’s Block
I’m a little out of sorts right now. I didn’t even realize that the last post I wrote was the…
Read more Glenn Geffner is getting worse
Last night, I listened to the Red Sox-Toronto radio broadcast as I was out and about. I truly believe that…
Read more 05/09: Another Test In Toronto
MAY 9th, 2007 GAME THREAD Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-2, 5.45) @ Tomo Ohka (2-3, 5.50) Boston Red Sox (21-10) @ Toronto…
Read more Time For Some Rebut
After I posted my feelings on the Matt Capps suspension, I received several emails complaining about my reasoning. Here is…
Read more Prisco just trying to please everyone.
So this makes almost no sense. Pete Prisco, quickly trying to take his name off the ‘writers we like’ list,…
Read more Game 2 – a team victory
Most of the time, it’s very easy to look for one or two shining stars and point to them as…
Read more How not to make a call….
Suzyn Waldman is in her third year as an announcer for the Yankees Radio Network. I try to give her…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 5-8-07
I can’t really speak for the pseudo-Indiana Jones (or even Jack Bandit. Wa Na Nah) chick in the background, but…
Read more Angels v Indians (Game 1 of 3)
Santana v. Lee I am generally not a pessimist and when it comes to the Angels I generally take a…
Read more Rocket Optional
So how much is he really going to help the Yankees? Roger is expected to take 4-6 weeks to get…
Read more Crew wins 5th straight.
A 6-4 win over the hapless Nationals. Their 5th straight, 9 out of the last 10. Quickly — to the…
Read more Tuesday Afternoon Update
Some links for you this afternoon. This weekend, NBC will be airing the Players Championship, also known as golf’s Fifth…
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