Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
The Earth is a beautiful tapestry
I know much has been made about the glory and splendor of the Opening Ceremony, but for me, the image…
Read more Cowboys Special Teams Stinks it Up
Ok, the Cowboys just got trounced by the Chargers. The Cowboys first teamers, and first series dominated the Chargers, so…
Read more Sox Take Advantage of Ozzie Being Grady
Boston and Chicago were locked at one apiece until the the 7th inning when Boone Logan gave up a singles…
Read more BOS 6, CWS 2: Papi key in victory
David Orti’z three-RBI double in the seventh inning busted the game open for the Boston Red Sox and they never…
Read more Maybe Jim Rice Sould Be Batting Coach
On his blog ask14.com Jim Rice noticed a problem with Jacoby’s swing and the adjustment he has made. Since that…
Read more Happy Birthday Cooz
Bob Cousy turned 80 yesterday… and we'd like to wish him a happy 80th birthday. For the young and uninitiated,…
Read more Wolves Updates 8/10
From the Argus Leader: The Streetball Challenge, a benefit for the Mike Miller Foundation, which supports Sanford Health, will be…
Read more This is sweet!
Despite pounding out 11 hits today at LA or Anaheim, the Yankees were only able to score 4 runs, while…
Read more NBC Is Really Crowing About the Opening Ceremonies
The final ratings for the Olympics Opening Ceremonies are in and NBC still has a reason to beat its proverbial…
Read more Titans 34 Rams 13: Thoughts and observations
Smash mouth football reigned supreme for the Titans tonight, as they pasted the Rams 34-13 in their preseason debut. The…
Read more No Blog Tonight…
I just got home in time to see the end of the first quarter. I’ve been traveling since 10 PM…
Read more 7/9: Dice-K tries to go perfect on road
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (66-50) @ Chicago White Sox (64-50) Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-2, 3.04) @ Jose Contreras (7-6, 4.60)…
Read more Sheets keeps pace with CC
Ben Sheets pitched a gem for the Brewers on Saturday night. In fact, he finally kept pace with teammate CC…
Read more Eyewitness Report: Longball Observes a Sudden Outbreak of Violence on the Palouse!
Autumn is my favorite season on the Palouse and no matter what the calendar says I can tell you it…
Read more Tonight’s Lineup 8/9 in Chicago
J.D. Drew, RF Dustin Pedroia, 2B David Ortiz, DH Kevin Youkilis, 1B Mike Lowell, 3B Jason Bay, LF Jed Lowrie,…
Read more I Don’t Care If Manny Goes To The Yanks
In the NY Post today they cited several of Manny’s friends saying he wanted to play for the Yankees next…
Read more Saturday Hello’s
I’ll give you some links, but before I get into the linkage, I wanted give you my thoughts on the…
Read more Links of the Day 8/9/08
Tragic news from Beijing as Todd Bachman, CEO of Minneapolis institution Bachman’s was murdered in Beijing. In other sad news,…
Read more NBC Off to a Red Hot Start for the 2008 Olympics
It may have been tape delayed. It may have run on the West Coast while some Olympic events were already…
Read more Players of note, Chad signs with Bill, and more Plax
Shocking… Pennington signs with the Dolphins. Well, thank goodness the Giants couldn’t be their own worst enemy here. I hope…
Read more ‘Man, I really love this team’
In 2004, Bart Steele made waves with a country ditty called “Man, I Really Love This Team” in honor of…
Read more Ozzie Being Ozzie
Could you imagine Ozzie managing in Boston? The media would have a field day because he would create a firestorm…
Read more Weekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, August 9 GolfPGA Championship, 3rd Round – TNT, 11 a.m./CBS, 2 p.m./PGA.comIndy Racing LeagueMeijer 300 – ESPN2, 6:30 p.m….
Read more 2009 Gamecock Commitments
2009 Carolina Commits as of 8/9/08 Corey Addison – Saftey – 5-11, 190 Nick Allison- OL – 6-4, 295 DeMario…
Read more Gameday: Cowboys @ Chargers
The Cowboys are in San Diego for their first preseason game of the year. By this time of the year,…
Read more Another kid enlists with the gamecocks…
Well, it seems recruiting is going well thus far with the 14th pickup just the other day. Chaun Gresham switched…
Read more Preview of Titans v. Rams preseason opener-Titans to watch
Our long local nightmare is finally over! Yes, it’s actual live football action, for the first time in just over…
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