Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
Wake and Tek Host Golf Event for Charity
Yesterday Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Pitching for Kids, Wake’s charity. Watch…
Read more New York Giants take their chances in the NFL draft
For the past two weeks Wonder has been preaching value to us. It is not who you pick but where…
Read more Come to think of it, Mewelde DOES sound Slovakian.
We had some fun yesterday with the draft, didn’t we? Making fun of the Vikings’ picks is always a good…
Read more Raider 4th rd pick Tyvon Branch father “life long Raider fan”
Tyvon Branch watched the draft this weekend with his family in Cicero New York. He had hoped to maybe slip…
Read more Some More Links to Chew On
I keep finding stories to link to. First, from USA Today’s Michael Hiestand, the ratings from selected weekend events including…
Read more Monday Night Links
So it’s time to give you some links this evening. I guess for its 10th Anniversary, the Sports Business Journal…
Read more These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRaLpHoZA8E] All Kramer had to do was deliver a simple line: "These pretzels are making me thirsty" and he would…
Read more Celtic Killer
Joe Johnson single-handledly beat the Celtics tonight. He torched the C's defense for 20 points in the fourth quarter (35…
Read more Suspensions Coming?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKsS-3j9sfg] Ok… these are the questions we've got to ask after yesterday's "altercation." Question#1: Did KG push a ref? It's…
Read more No Fines or Suspensions
The Celtics will have all hands on deck for Game 5 Wednesday night. The league did not hand down any…
Read more KG Cast – Episode 4
Another game in Atlanta, another big shocker! Despite a ferocious start to the game by the Celtics, Joe Johnson and…
Read more Free Agent signings for the New York Giants, Sean Payton on Shockey
Wallace Gilberry DE Alabama signs UFA contract with Giants Vacchiano has a good list of signings…“the Giants’ 2008 undrafted rookie…
Read more Burn the bases, Jacoby!
Does Carl Crawford have Jacoby Ellsbury on his fantasy baseball team or something? “Let him go,” said Crawford to the…
Read more Wolves Updates 4/29
From the Star Tribune: Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player. Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson was…
Read more Fireside Chats #5: Where we are happy we had our flu shots, Tommy Rancel tells us how good the Rays are, and Mailbag!
Boston Red Sox podcast for MVN Radio Episode 5 where we are happy we had our flu shots, Tommy Rancel…
Read more Dom Rhodes Cut Loose
Kenton Keith is having a baaad week. The Raiders have cut Super Bowl XLI hero Dom Rhodes. I’m not saying…
Read more Passion Move To 2-0
What with the NFL draft and intense-ass Pens-Rangers hockey this past weekend, I forgot to mention that the Pittsburgh Passion…
Read more Recalling the 78 Sox
Sports Illustrated has been running an SI Vault series that goes back in the archives and reminds us of some…
Read more Some Additional Monday Links
I’ll give you some more links on this Monday afternoon. From the Sports Media Watch, Tennis Week is reporting that…
Read more Phillips Turn to Fix Secondary
The Parcells era came and went, but the one area he failed to fix was the secondary. One year removed…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBNew York Yankees at Cleveland – ESPN/YES/STO, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at New York Mets – FSN Pittsburgh/SNY, 7 p.m.Cincinnati at St….
Read more Some Monday Links
Back to the work grind today. Not totally happy to be here, but gotta earn a living. Let’s give you…
Read more A Great Story in Salt Lake City
By Kevin Mark – Angelswin.com Minor League Contributor The best story of the 2008 baseball season isn’t happening in Boston,…
Read more Angelswin Prospect Hotlist – April 28, 2008
By David Saltzer – Angelswin.com Columnist 1. The Salt Lake Bees (the entire team)21-1 W/L record, 9-Game Lead313/391/896 161 runs,…
Read more Beckett Whines About Schedule
There were no complaints about the Red Sox schedule early last week when they were winning games but there is…
Read more Wolves Updates 4/28 Part 2
PA Sports Ticker on Orlando’s Hedo Turkoglu receiving the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award: Gay, 21, showed marked improvement in…
Read more Classic Mini Pony of the Day 4-28-08
(originally published on 4-28-07) In honor of the first successful NFL Draft first day between the coalition of Kevin Colbert…
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