Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
NCAA Tourney, Day 2 and Who will get MNF?
On this Friday, the NCAA Tournament is well underway and there was that Congressional testimony in the Steroids Hearings in…
Read more It’s Tourney Time!
Today is the beginning of the NCAA Tournament. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has his weekly Sports Business column. He…
Read more Farewell to the Monster
Dick Radatz Horrible news was heard by Red Sox Nation tonight as Dick Radatz passed away after falling down a…
Read more The NCAA Tournament and Steroids
Welcome to the Ides of March. As we now turn our eyes to Spring, the media columns across the country…
Read more Selection Saturday and Sunday
This weekend was amazing for college basketball fans. Switching back and forth between CBS and ESPN, a fan had the…
Read more How Important Is Matt Clement?
The Boston Globe ran an article on Matt Clement today, the various points I want to emphasize being highlighted below:…
Read more Friday’s Links
Many apologies to the regular readers to this site. I’ve been busy with work and other personal issues, but I’m…
Read more Rushing Schilling for Opening Day? Why?
>A lot has been made of Curt Schilling trying to make it back for April 3rd to pitch in baseball’s…
Read more Afternoon Update
For the afternoon update, we have another take on the New York Time Warner-Cablevision feud. This comes from Steve Zipay…
Read more Nine Up, Nine Down: Spring Training Notes
I’m going to pull a Peter Gammons Random Notes Column today. The first four random notes are had help with…
Read more The Holy Rollers Gather Moss
Originally posted on the old Is It Sports? site. Ryan was still a die-hard Vikings fan back when Moss was…
Read more Chuck Thompson 1921-2005
This morning, I was remiss in mentioning the passing of legendary Baltimore broadcaster Chuck Thompson. He died yesterday at the…
Read more Upset Sunday and The Blue Monster
Great TV sports viewing weekend for fans of college basketball and golf. Sunday was Upset Sunday as #1 Illinois fell…
Read more Double Southpaws Can Only Help / The Pen is Not Mightier, Wakefield Says
After the 2005 season, the Red Sox are going to have two outstanding free agents with possible replacements waiting in…
Read more Afternoon Update
Some more news from across the country: The Baltimore Orioles have signed a deal to put their games on three…
Read more I Believe Jose Canseco
Recently, I was able to sit down and read the Jose Canseco book (Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant
Read more Pflugrad’s comments on 2005 recruits
Pflugrad talks 2005 class SPEND TIME TALKING with WSU football coaches about what they look for on the recruiting trail…
Read more Doug Gottlieb is no friend of Wisconsin
ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb is beginning to make a name for himself. The former point guard at Oklahoma State and Notre…
Read more Marv to the Nets and a few others
Long time NBA announcer Marv Albert has a new gig. He has signed a new contract with the YES Network…
Read more Who Gets The Shaft?
Today in a Globe article about Tim Wakefield, he states: He assumes he will be a starter again this season,…
Read more Field of Dreams
“Ty Cobb wanted to play, but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told…
Read more A Couple’s Last Pictures
John and Jackie Knill were vacationing in a Thailand resort December 26 when the massive Asian Tsunami hit their beach….
Read more ESPNews burned
ESPNews got burned Wednesday in reporting the injury to Miami Heat Center Shaquille O’Neal. The network cited a “report” from…
Read more 2005 San Francisco Giants: It’s Now or Never
Originally posted on “Is it Sports?” by Kevin. With Kevin, we got a completely different perspective, San Francisco Giants talk….
Read more What I Learned from Basic Cable
Originally posted on “Is It Sports” by Ryan. It’s tough running a sports site in February, where there is pretty…
Read more Hotel Rwanda
I went to see this movie last night at the Avon Cinemas in Providence. I was so moved by the…
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