Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
All Is Not Well In Beijing
Amongst the news of Team USA beating Argentina by 20 points to advance to the gold medal game, is the…
Read more Holy crap, college football
In all the Olympic hijinks and baseball discussions, it’s been lost on the masses that hey, the college football season…
Read more Hank Shoots the Messanger
Hank Steinbrenner delights us with another Hankism: “Most of the national media is full of Yankee haters. That’s why I…
Read more Preview of Real Sports for August 26
The next edition of Real Sports premieres August 26 on HBO. Here are the stories the show will cover. REAL…
Read more Fox Sports Announcing Assignments for MLB, 08/23/08
Fox has coverage of three games this weekend and give kudos to the network for picking up the Tampa Bay…
Read more Series Preview: Pirates (57-70) @ Brewers (73-55)
Pitching Probables: Friday, August 22, 7:05 p.m. CT: LHP Zach Duke (4-11, 5.26) vs. RHP Dave Bush (7-9, 4.26) Saturday,…
Read more 8/22: Byrd flys again
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (72-54) @ Toronto Blue Jays (66-61) Paul Byrd 7-11, 4.55) @ Shaun Marcum (8-5, 3.36)…
Read more Barry Melrose and Tampa Bay Fans Aren’t the Best of Friends
Observe, the wild Lightning fans in their natural habitat! So Barry Melrose is the new coach of Tampa Bay and…
Read more Cats Don’t Understand Remote-Controlled Steelers Trucks
Meekah truckUploaded by Loves_TaiShan Curiosity…scared the shit out of the cat. I’m a huge animal agitator, so I know the…
Read more Franken on the Wolves
Chad Hartman/KFAN interviewed DFL Senate candidate Al Franken at the State Fair this afternoon. They touched upon sports and Franken…
Read more Trudell talks hoops with Gomes
Mike Trudell/Timberwolves site talks to Ryan Gomes after the player’s Friday workout at the Target Center (audio). Gomes chats about…
Read more Somewhere Deep In The Notre Dame Special Police Bunker…
I found this at NDNation.com. It was written by a poster named mkovac. Please enjoy. Somewhere deep in the NDSP…
Read more This Is No Time To Panic
The Red Sox are 4.5 games behind the Rays and tied for the wild card, do not panic. Take a…
Read more Brinkley likely out for NC STATE
Any truth to the rumor that MLB Jasper Brinkley is out for the NC State Game because of the sprain…
Read more Roy Hall brings us down the home stretch
It’s Roy Hall day! 8 days left! Pictured left, Hall scoring an early TD against Iowa from 2006. Both teams…
Read more Barry Cofield
Robbins and Cofield, puff piece or genuine article? The default is always to assume puff piece unless there is something…
Read more Hey kids! It’s time for everyone’s favorite recurring feature…
How big are Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson’s brains! When last we saw our intrepid football men, they were basking…
Read more 10 tickets north? First look at the Brewers’ September callups
With the AAA Nashville Sounds and AA Huntsville Stars‘ seasons winding down (the Sounds finish up on Monday, September 1…
Read more Titans vs. Falcons preview
Coming off of a lackluster, albeit a winning performance against the Raiders, the Titans continue their preseason schedule with a…
Read more Colon Makes His Case
In a week where Beckett came up with a new injury and Buchholz was demoted to AA, the Sox were…
Read more One Mo’ to Go
Team USA is on the verge of its first Olympic Gold Medal in 8 years, thanks to their 101-81 victory…
Read more Gameday: Texans @ Cowboys
The Houston Texans roll into town hoping to defeat the Cowboys on our homefield. Historically, the Texans have always played…
Read more Olympic Viewing Guide for Friday, 8/22
Here is your viewing guide for the 2nd to last day of the Olympics. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 – DAY 14NBC…
Read more NBC Still Crowing About Olymipcs Viewership While Wednesday’s Ratings Were Second Lowest of the Games
Even with the beach volleyball final shown live with hardly any commercial interruptions, Wednesday’s ratings for the Olympics were the…
Read more Wolves Updates 8/22
From the Timberwolves site: The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Thursday the team’s local television schedule for the 2008-09 NBA campaign. Five…
Read more Site improvements/milestones
I’m working on a whole new domain and several site changes. I’m hoping to have everything finished by the end…
Read more Why The Hell Not?… Episode IV A New Hope
The season is drawing closer and closer to the opening kickoff for our beloved Irish. Notre Dame stands at 8-1…
Read more This Day In Red Sox History
August 21 1903: The Boston “Pilgrims” and “Cy” Young beat the White Stockings 11-3, despite the fact Chicago’s OF “Ducky”…
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