Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Angels Set to Hit Road for First Time in 2007
After a very successful 5-2 season opening homestand, the Angels head out on the road for their first and one…
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Zero Tolerance = Damn Straight
some kudos must go to new espn ombudsman le anne schreiber, who was very critical of colin cowherd’s attack on…
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First road game, first road loss
The Brewers took to the road for the first time this season, opening a 3-game series in Florida. And, as…
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Mini Pony of the Day 4-9-07
so here is the mini pony of the holiday weekend. ive been busy with work and the holiday, so i…
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Apologies Over, Now Back To Blogging
hey hey, the pirates won. i still get excited when the buccos win, mainly because its something i havent seen…
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Red Sox Claim J.D. Durbin
The Boston Red Sox have claimed 24-year old reliever J.D. Durbin off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks. Durbin’s only appearance…
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Former UCONN Players in the NBA Week 23
Here is the twenty third installment of the former UCONN players in the NBA. Read more about this after the…
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Solid Sticker
ok so i know i havent updated in awhile, so i promise to get a cool update tomrrow (hint: pirates…
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Papelbon To The Rescue
For a while Sunday night in Texas, it appeared the Curt Schilling bounce back start would be wasted. Joel Pineiro…
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Irish Running Backs
John David Booty never scared me. Armando Allen does though…cause he’s fast.
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The Cavaliers and the importance of the final four regular season games
The Cavaliers missed a golden opportunity today. They were leading the Detroit Pistons with less than two minutes to play,…
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Making it look easy
Sports announcing is a profession where truly excelling can catapult you into your fans’ memories. If an announcer is lucky…
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Head Games…
…or head cases? After the Cubs beat the Brewers 6-3 Saturday in Milwaukee, stars of both teams implied there was…
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Pacman Awaits Verdict
It’s been five days since troubled Titans corner Pacman Jones met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. At that time, Goodell…
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04/08: Another Frustrating Performance
APRIL 8TH, 2007 GAME THREAD Curt Schilling (0-1, 11.25) @ Vicente Padilla (0-1, 11.57) Boston Red Sox (2-3) @ Texas…
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Well, that didn’t take long…
…with Saturday’s 6-3 loss to the Cubs, the Brewers fall below .500 for the first time this season to 2-3…
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Something you might not know about the NBA Playoffs…..
If you’ve been watching the NBA on TNT, you certainly don’t know this one, because their commentators are dumber than…
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Mini Pony of the Day 4-6-07
the mini pony of the day comes straight out of the world book encyclopedia from like 1979 thats in my…
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Early deficit dooms Bush, Brewers
It’s never a good sign when the opposing team’s pitcher bats in the first inning. Brewers’ starter Dave Bush started…
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04/07: Where Has The Patience Gone?
APRIL 7TH, 2007 GAME THREAD Julian Tavarez (0-0, -.–) @ Kevin Millwood (0-1, 5.40) Boston Red Sox (2-2) @ Texas…
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Angels – A’s
Angels v. A’s (Game 2, Series at 0-1) Moseley v. Kennedy I need to say it. I hate Nick Swisher….
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Introducing Ask Vic Video – and my day just got unintentionally hilarious
http://www.jaguars.com/Multimedia/video.aspx?id=2299 This is funny on many levels. Deshawn refused to write about it because it embarrassed him so badly. The…
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Pullover! Posluszny is Irish
David Posluszny is the 6th commitment for the Fighting Irish’s 2008 incoming class. The linebacker from Aliquippa Pennsylvania, and brother…
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You see something new every year
Angels broadcaster Rex Hudler likes to say you can watch the game for years and eventually you will still see…
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First look at the Cubs
The second homestand of the ’07 campaign will also be our first look at the “new and improved” Cubs, a.k.a….
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Drafting for Nerds
On the right side is a link to a very good article which includes a draft value chart.(addendum.. the NFL…
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