Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
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Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBRed Sox at Minnesota – NESN/ESPN/FSN North, 7 p.m.Toronto at Cleveland – Rogers Sportsnet/STO, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Tampa…
Read more Links of the Day 5/12/08
Continuing with the “apparel” theme, here‘s a look at some poor parenting among Packers fans. If you find these people,…
Read more NHL – Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh, Game 2 Highlights
Here are the highlights from last night’s Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Joe Beninati…
Read more Monday Linkage
Time to give you some links on this Monday. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy says Versus is interested in tracking pucks…
Read more Angelswin Prospect Hotlist – May 12th, 2008
By Jason Sinner – Angelswin.com Columnist 1. Peter Bourjos, CF, Class High A, Rancho Cucamonga QuakesSeason Totals: .354avg, 9 dbls,…
Read more Red Sox DFA Julian Tavarez
Does Theo read Fire Brand? A few weeks ago, I said that I thought it was time for Julian Tavarez…
Read more ESPN2 and Tennis Channel are Your New Homes of the U.S. Open
The United States Tennis Association, ESPN and the Tennis Channel have all announced a new deal that gives the U.S….
Read more Manny Gives Himself An A+ On Defense
Manny Ramirez made some very interesting comments to the Herald’s Rob Bradford yesterday. Here are a few highlights: “I think…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 5-12-08
Seeing as how there’s no MPotD from May 10-14 from last year, I had to go back to finding a…
Read more Ortiz plays the clown, Francona the bad ass
Just another Joe Morgan interview with a manager…that is until Big Papi steps in. Watch Papi as the clip goes…
Read more TRIVIA: Missed opportunity
The previous trivia question asked who the only Red Sox player garnered 100+ RBI for the Sox while posting an…
Read more John Clayton of ESPN reports on the NY Giants
1) John Clayton says that despite all the talk about Shockey, he is going to stay. The Saints were the…
Read more Cuckoo for Coco’s 4th OF role
Could four outfielders work out for the Red Sox after all? With the Red Sox finding no trading partner to…
Read more Brews win, 5-3, with pink bats & new ‘tude
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, 5-3, due to: a. They always seem to win when…
Read more Will Home Cooking Turn the Tide for Stars, Flyers?
This picture is completely irrelevant, but still funny.CBC.ca Last night, the Penguins took Game Two in Pittsburgh from the Flyers…
Read more Spurs Make Mom Proud
Many of us thought that this would be another close game, however, with the reappearance of King Fundamental, that would…
Read more More Thoughts
Tito has done an absolute fantastic job of getting adequate playing time for Crisp and Ellsbury. I didn’t think Ellsbury…
Read more Thoughts on Tim Wakefield as Sox are Doubled Up (4-8) by Twins by 5th Inning
It can be frustrating to be a Sox fan on the west coast. Few games are on TV over the…
Read more Wake Digs Too Big of a Hole
The Red Sox offense tried valiantly to overcome the massive hole dug by Tim Wakefield early in the game but…
Read more The Week Ahead
Coming up this week, the major sporting event is the second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes….
Read more See… This Road Thing Is Tough
We'll wait until tomorrow night's game to talk further about the Celtics road woes in the playoffs… but I hope…
Read more Tickets Available Today
From the Celtics: A limited amount of playoff tickets for Game 5 (Round 2, Home Game 3) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, to…
Read more How To Win On The Road
With all this talk about the Celtics forgetting how to win on the road… I figured I'd take the opportunity…
Read more Seeing Pink
J.D. Drew and Coco Crisp helped charge a ninth inning rally by scoring two runs in the frame, but the…
Read more Red Sox release Abe Alvarez
Well, I suppose you had to see this coming. Former 2003 second round pick Abe Alvarez, a left-handed starter, made…
Read more Wolves Updates 5/12
From Marc J. Spears/Boston Globe: Timberwolves forward Ryan Gomes is also Cape Verdean, and while the ex-Celtic was considering playing…
Read more Pass Targets Revisited: Titans 2007 Targets v. Expected
About a week ago, I took a look at who the Titans actually threw the ball to in 2007. Today,…
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