Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
Five Hours To Go.
I’m excited. Leave comments before, during, and after the game if you want to. Nothing to see here, folks. It’s…
Read more Our First Real Mailbag
Originally posted on Is It Sports? Yes, we finally got an e-mail to answer as a mail bag question, and…
Read more April Fools Edition
Back with the Friday media columns from across the country. Don’t worry, I’m not going to passing off false reports,…
Read more Q+A: Will Carroll
Will Carroll, writer of the “The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball’s Drug Problems” and another book on baseball injuries,…
Read more NARVESON RESCUED FROM COLORADO
The Boston Red Sox finally traded beleaguered pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim. Kim is headed to thin altitude as the Colorado Rockies…
Read more Ryan and Joel’s Spring Break Road Trip: Day 3
Originally posted on Is It Sports? This is day 3 of Ryan’s 7 day spring break road trip in 2005…
Read more Nine Up, Nine Down: Eagerly Awaiting Opening Day
* This from Maryann Vanderventer: Hey Red Sox Fans, what’s your story? We’re doing a documentary about Red Sox Fans,…
Read more Know Thy Enemy: 2005 Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are just a couple pieces away from either being Wild Card winners or the division winner. Adding…
Read more Will Carroll Q+A Session
Will Carroll has given me the opportunity for Red Sox Nation to ask him questions! Will Carroll is the author…
Read more Ryan and Joel’s Spring Break Road Trip: Day 2
Originally posted on Is It Sports? This is day 2 of Ryan and his friend Joel’s spring break road trip….
Read more Go On Over
As I stated yesterday, Fire Brand of the American League can now be found at All-Baseball, the new location of…
Read more Ryan and Joel’s Spring Break Road Trip: Day 1
Originally Posted on Is It Sports? This was the first of 7 posts on Ryan and his friend Joel’s Spring…
Read more Fire Brand Has A New Home
Hello, all. Yes, that’s right, Fire Brand of the American League is moving. We aren’t moving out of the organization,…
Read more The 17th at Sawgrass
Today begins the Tournament Players Championship, the so-called 5th Major Tournament on the PGA Tour. The signature hole at Sawgrass…
Read more Afternoon Update
Just a couple of links for this afternoon. Dusty Saunders of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver writes about Monday…
Read more Hyzd(u) and Neal
Kind of a sad attempt at trying to get the title to sound like “Hide and Seek”. Oh well. So,…
Read more Spring Practice day 1 update
It’s been a while, but I’ll start updating again now that spring ball is underway. Here’s a good report on…
Read more CBS and Fox to split Sunday Night NFL?
On this Wednesday, one rumor coming out of the NFL meetings in Maui is the possibility of ESPN obtaining the…
Read more Monday Links
Asides from the NCAA Tournament, the sports viewing weekend consisted of PGA Tour golf at Bayhill where Tiger Woods fell…
Read more Looking Back on ‘The Trade’
On July 31st, 2004, the face of the Red Sox departed for another team struggling for many years to win…
Read more Basketball Weekend
After watching and listening to a lot of college basketball since Thursday, I must say that viewers got to see…
Read more 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…
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