Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBRed Sox at Detroit – NESN/ESPN/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Toronto – Comcast SportsNet/Rogers Sportsnet, 7 p.m.Chicago Cubs…
Read moreNHL Conference Finals Schedule and Times
Eastern Conference FinalsGame 1/Pittsburgh wins, 4-2 – Friday, May 9, CBC/Versus, 7:30 p.m.Game 2/Pittsburgh wins, 4-2 – Sunday, May 11,…
Read moreClemens* Apologizes for (some of) His Mistakes
Roger Clemens* apologizes for some of his mistakes in a Houston Chronicle story yesterday, but did not address the apology…
Read moreVote For Red Sox Players for All-Star Game
You can vote for Manny, Pedroia, and Youk online here. Fans can vote up to 25 times for the starters…
Read moreLinks of the Day 5/5/08
Happy Cinco De Mayo! Probably the holiday that residents of Victoria relate the least to. Closer to Mexico, Dallas played…
Read moreU of Iowa Newspaper Rips Sox Fans
The University of Iowa’s newspaper The Daily Iowan published an opinion piece today saying the following about Sox fans: “Though…
Read moreYAWN… Good Morning, Dallas
I’m sure you’re heard about it by now, but if you didn’t, the Stars and Sharks finally finished up Game…
Read more5/5: On the road again…
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (20-13) @ Detroit Tigers (14-18) Daisuke Matsuzaka (4-0, 2.52) @ Jeremy Bonderman (2-2, 3.86) 7:05…
Read moreBeginning of the Workweek Links
As we’re back to work, let’s give you some links on this Monday. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand says NBC Sports…
Read moreRed Sox top MVN’s Power Picks
The Red Sox sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays was enough to propel them up to the top of this…
Read moreHayato Doue Will Not Be Joining The Sox
According to the Boston Herald, Japanese catcher Hayato Doue did not get a working visa and will not join the…
Read moreFear the Playoff BTM
(click for bigger view) Yes, you heard correctly. Beware the Playoff BTM. I hope you know what a BTM is….
Read moreUSC should welcome Perrilloux
We all know by now that Ryan Perrilloux has gotten kicked off the team at LSU for some “trouble” —…
Read more’08 Schedule – Now With Helmets!
This is making the rounds among the various message boards, but the above is your 2008 Pac-10 schedule for all…
Read moreTRIVIA: Pitcher over 3.00 ERA to lead league?
Before I get to this trivia question, check out the last one: Who is the only Red Sox player to…
Read moreClassic Mini Pony of the Day 5-5-08
(originally published on 5-5-07) Sorry about the size of this pic, but I couldn’t get it any bigger. When I…
Read moreBaker the Butcher
Ok, so that’s a little unfair as titles go, but I went for wit over accuracy. Still as the Reds…
Read moreDo you start in your first game as a rookie?
With the exception of QB, ultimatenyg believes that the question a franchise should ask itself when picking that first rounder…
Read moreThe disrespect continues: Titans ranked 20th in SI Power Rankings
The beginning of the 2008 season is months away and already, the Titans have been given some bulletin-board material. Following a draft…
Read moreGagne blows another save; Brewers swept in Houston
Quick review for those uninformed: Yovani Gallardo was lost for the year on Friday due to a torn ACL and…
Read more2008 April: As good as advertised
Another season, another Month to Month! The Red Sox got off to a pretty good start. There’s been a ton…
Read moreI want one of these shirts
I don’t know if you peruse the news sites as much as I do (it’s been pretty quiet lately at…
Read moreRandom Stops On The Subway
Slow news around the Bend, however there are just enough tidbits and freak shows out there (gentleman on the left),…
Read moreCleveland: The Anti-Hawks
Thank GOD that's over. I'm thrilled that the bandwagon fans of Atlanta, who waited until hours before game 3 to…
Read moreCrazy Thought: Start Posey
I'm going to trash my own argument before I begin by saying you don't toy with what has worked so far. …
Read moreNow On Barstool
Been a while since we linked back to a Barstool post… but its where I made my prediction for this…
Read moreSing it, Rock
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPVB1COw0Gs] I think I remember someone telling me something about respecting your opponent. They also told me that smoking pot…
Read moreGame 7 Intros
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgzOz7haLg] For those of you who didn't make it to game 7… this is the intro that made the Hawks…
Read moreCleveland: The Anti-Hawks
Thank GOD that's over. I'm thrilled that the bandwagon fans of Atlanta, who waited until hours before game 3 to…
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