Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBNew York Yankees at Toronto – YES/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Atlanta at New York Mets – Peachtree TV/SNY, 7 p.m.Washington at…
Read moreTRIVIA: Three straight starts against pitcher
The last trivia question asked “What actor paid $93,500 for the game-winning baseball that rolled between the legs of Boston…
Read moreRed Sox Sign Backup Catcher
The Red Sox have signed catcher David Ross to a minor league deal, he will be the third string catcher…
Read moreOne big question…
For those who have been following the freakout in the comments section over at Stampedeblue over the report that Manning…
Read moreNews from USC – now it’s just getting uncomfortable
Seriously, I wish I were making this all up….but I’m not. Most of us who love college football enough to…
Read moreNBC Sports to Televise Lots of Swimming Over the Next Four Years
Call it the Michael Phelps effect. Now that swimming brought in ratings gold for the first eight days of the…
Read moreIt’s a Thursday Linkage Thing
As I’m trying to watch the USA-Brazil gold medal women’s soccer game through NBCOlympics.com, but the video keeps buffering and…
Read moreWhat Does Buchholz Departure Mean For the Rotation.
With Clay Buchholz in Portland the Red Sox rotation now includes: Beckett, Byrd, Dice-K, Lester, and Wake. Since they demoted…
Read moreSox Sign Ross, Lane
While not major moves, the Red Sox front office continues to prepare the roster for September call up season adding…
Read moreSports Illustrated’s Top 10 players in the Big Ten
You’re going to love this list, and I have no reason to quarrel with it; 10) Curtis Painter, QB –…
Read moreEichelberger Key to ’08 D?
While we mostly lament the defensive tackle situation as the likely “soft spot” on the defense, and the praise mainly…
Read morePick-Em Shirts 2008
I can make all of these shirts (except the dog shirt) in XXXL and in a women’s shirt as well….
Read moreGene Upshaw, suffering from pancreatic cancer, is dead at 63
This may break the logjam with rookie salaries. The NFL will be polite and honor the 7 time Pro Bowler…
Read moreSteelers sign Farrior to a long-term deal
Steelers.com broke the news this morning. Five more years of James Farrior. I guess this means that Foote’s days are…
Read moreTeam Preview: Indianapolis Colts
2007 Record: 13-3 Coming off their Super Bowl Championship in 2006, the Colts expected big things from their team. When…
Read moreWRs, TEs, RBs
1) Maybe it is time to STOP drafting Wide Receivers. For one year?! Granted that we pulled a Ryan Grant…
Read moreJoe Paterno – Creepy-Old-Guy, or Pants-Pooper?
This is the Big Ten Network’s latest promo commercial, featuring all 11 coaches of the league. Watch it and tell…
Read moreWrigleyville
I’m not going to get into my experience in the bleachers last night. It would just be too easy. I’ve…
Read moreThree amazing Buckeyes days to go!
Folks, we’re into single digits finally….there’s only 9 days left before kickoff! The countdown we have been running has been…
Read moreBrews bounce back, win rubber match, 5-2
The Brewers and Manny Parra took the rubber match Wednesday afternoon, 5-2, thanks to early run support for Parra, as…
Read moreSheets, Crew lose to Astros, 5-2
Ben Sheets threw 96 pitches–66 for strikes–on Tuesday. But it was the strike that Geoff Blum smacked for a 3-run…
Read moreTitans break camp with dizzy bat race
One of my favorite days at training camp is the last one. As camp progresses, things start to get more…
Read more2008 Preseason Blogpoll Is Released
The preseason Blogpoll is released over at MgoBlog. It is fair to say that my #25 ranking of ND may…
Read moreRed Sox Staff Stinks Up the Joint
How bad an outing was it for the Red Sox pitching staff? So bad that Alex Cora had to warm…
Read morePrecious Olympic Moments
The Olympics provide so many special moments… I… I just can't control my emotions right now. So Special.
Read moreLarry Bird: I’d Sit For Kobe
Larry Bird was on the Dan Patrick show… and Dan tried to bait him into all sorts of crazy answers. …
Read moreDennis Johnson Tribute
BallerBlogger.com has a nice little tribute to one of the most underrated players in NBA history: Dennis Johnson Johnson was…
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