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…

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NHL 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,…

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Clemens* 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…

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Vote 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…

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Links 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…

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U 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…

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YAWN… 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…

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5/5: 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…

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Beginning 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…

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Red 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…

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Hayato 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…

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Fear the Playoff BTM

(click for bigger view) Yes, you heard correctly. Beware the Playoff BTM. I hope you know what a BTM is….

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USC should welcome Perrilloux

We all know by now that Ryan Perrilloux has gotten kicked off the team at LSU for some “trouble” —…

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’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…

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TRIVIA: 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…

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Classic 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…

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Baker the Butcher

Ok, so that’s a little unfair as titles go, but I went for wit over accuracy. Still as the Reds…

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Do 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…

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The 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…

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Gagne 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…

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2008 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…

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I 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…

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Random Stops On The Subway

Slow news around the Bend, however there are just enough tidbits and freak shows out there (gentleman on the left),…

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Cleveland: 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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Crazy 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. …

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Now On Barstool

Been a while since we linked back to a Barstool post… but its where I made my prediction for this…

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Sing 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…

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Game 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…

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Cleveland: 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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