Articles by Alan Draper (246303)

SECOND SEASON

Saturday will mark the 12th game–or second season–with little Alex at the helm of the sinking good ship Cougar. After…

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Manny Trade?

A roundtable of experts discuss the possibility of a Manny trade?

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Notes From the Weekend

One more complaint about Brink and then I’m done. He follows his receiver the whole way. Even Thrasher noticed that…

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The Steal’s Anniversary

Yeah, it was one year ago today.

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I KNOW NOTHING

That’s right, nothing. I never played organized football past my sophomore year in high school. I’ve never coached football, at…

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“ITS NOT HOW MANY YARDS YOU RUSH FOR”

Its not how many yards you rush for, its how many times you rush the ball.-Charlie Weiss, yesterday.. Those words…

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The Final Red Sox Game of 2005

Well, I finally came through with some pictures and video of the last Red Sox game. Go ahead and check…

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Ten Games (Part 2 of 2)

In Part 1 yesterday, I talked about 5 games that influenced me as a fan; they were numbers 10 through…

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Recruits for the weekend – BIG time

First, Rooster, you are right. Your reasonings make perfect sense as to why we’ll lose. If I could change picks…

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I Hope You’re Right Hawk!

I’m expecting that even if UCLA’s offensive time on the field is limited, they’ll make the most of it. Unless…

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Best time of the Year – Midnight Madness

Today is the start of my second favorite college sport, College basketball, at midnight major basketball programs will have there…

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Why the Cougs can win, plus other picks

GOOOOOOOO BRUINS! 🙂 Ask yourself, are you REALLY afraid of the powder-blue and gold? Seriously, reasons why the Cougs can…

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Ten Games (Part 1 of 2)

We all have games that we remember in their entirety, like lightning bolts. We have games where we remember a…

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Red Sox Bargains and Busts

Andrew checks in today with his top ten Red Sox games that made him a fan today. Check it out!…

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Episode 10 coming soon

We just recorded Episode 10, and it turns out to be Mike Paceleo’s last rookie podcast. It was a bit…

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NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND

Good news is never long for the Coug Gloom Squandron (SAE)..Courtesy of Mr. Glenn at the Spokesman (3:19pm Thursday): Hill…

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Good practice news; Pflu chat recap

First, as you’ll read today, Hill and Jordan practiced the entire way on Wednesday. That is good news guys. VERY…

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PLAIN AND SIMPLE

Over the past two weeks, much has been made about Brink, Swogger, scheme, philosophy, coaching and what have you. All…

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Running Diary: Game 2 of the ALCS

Angels-White Sox Game 2 running diary, Bill Simmons-esque. This is my first time ever really doing this, so don??t completely…

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Texas football at its best

Baylor on the road in the Big 12Baylor won its first Big 12 road game … ever. The 23-13 win…

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MIND GAME: David Ortiz, Johnny Damon, Kevin Youkilis, Nomar Garciaparra

MIND GAME: How the Boston Red Sox Got Smart, Won a World Series, and Created A New Blueprint for Winning…

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We’re actually nice around here

These guys HATE Doba: http://nwsports.blogsome.com/ Well, HATE is a very strong word. They strongly dislike the old guy and think…

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Senior leadership, and reality check time

First, remember a couple of years ago, when ABC ran that graphic during the Cougs run with Gesser about how…

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Why Has Our Bullpen Consistently Been A Weakness?

For the last few years, the Red Sox’s bullpen has always been the achilles’ heel of this team. You would…

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SEC Defensive and Freshman of the week honors

Some might say that the win over Uk was not all that great, but when you have been playing as…

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Swogger time

As Jim Moore in the P-I writes today: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/moore/243963_moore10.html It’s Swogger time. I admit it. I was wrong. I have…

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