Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Sheets tops Santana in duel of pitching Aces

Ben Sheets continued his dominant 2008 season when the Brewers beat the Mets 5-3 on Saturday afternoon at Shea Stadium….

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Isn’t this what make the Olympics great?

Many are up in arms over the fact that the Chinese have the Olympic games this year, and in case…

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Whoa

A gem from SI.com. Check out the rest of their feature. Joe Sakic and Harry Connick Jr… Twins? _uacct =…

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Weekend Viewing Picks

Saturday, April 12 BoxingShowtime Championship Boxing/Light Heavyweight Unification Bout, Antonio Tarver vs. Clinton Woods and WBC light heavyweight champion Chad…

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Some remarks from Eli Manning and Amani Toomer

1) Interesting take from Toomer on the W17 game…from giants.com… While nobody associated with the Giants felt good about losing…

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When Are They Gonna Start Hitting?

It’s not like Chen-Ming Wang is a Cy Young award winner or anything, but the Sox sure made him look…

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Bryant Gumbel To Give Up Play-By-Play for NFL Network

In a story that’s breaking just this evening, the NFL Network has announced that Bryant Gumbel has given up his…

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Alien Awakening

 It took Sam Cassell more than a month but he finally looks comfortable in a Celtics uniform. It's not often…

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Cruise Control

The C's cruised to a 102-86 victory tonight over the Bucks. This truly was a systematic execution. The Celtics defense…

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I Remember When…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGUT63NknSc] Since it will probably be Celtics-Hawks in the playoffs… and we're getting a preview tonight… here's a fun little…

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Rays’ Reyes Tased

Tampa Bay pitcher Joes Reyes became the most famous person to get tased by police since the “don’t tase me…

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Wolves 102, Magic 101

From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: So tight all too often earlier in the season, the Wolves recovered from 14 points down…

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Wang proving he is an ace

Chien-Ming Wang went the distance for the New York Yankees tossing a two-hitter against the Red Sox. With stellar pitching…

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Bombs Away!

Clausen Kamara Haywood

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Tonight’s Lineup

Here’s the Sox lineup for tonight but the tarp is on the field.Update: Game On!!! Crisp 8Pedroia 4Ortiz DHRamirez 7Youkilis…

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Figueroa two much for Brewers

There was two much going on in Shea Friday night–former Brewer Nelson Figueroa’s line told the story: 2 hits (both…

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Fenway Flyover Pilot Grounded

One of the F-16 pilots who conducted the opening day flyover at Fenway Park on Tuesday has been grounded by…

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Series Preview: Brewers (6-3) at Mets (4-4)

The Brewers begina 10 day, 9 game road trip at Shea this Friday, getting their only trip to New York…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks (with Some Afternoon Picks Added)

GolfThe Masters, 2nd Round – ESPN, 4 p.m.The Masters, highlights – CBS, 11:35 p.m. MLBNew York Yankees at Red Sox…

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Civic Arena Ice Sucks

Home ice advantage? Yes (according to me, no, according to Max Talbot). Morning warm ups proved that ice conditions are…

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Hey, That’s Enrico Palazzo!

It looks like world famous tenor Placido Domingo will be singing God Bless America at Fenway during the 7th Inning…

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It’s Our Friday Megalinks

I’m still having computer issues at home which are preventing me from doing an evening update. I can still blog…

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Links of the Day 4/11/08

It’s cold and miserable here in the greater Victoria Metropolitan Area, so here’s a couple of baseball links, and another,…

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Its A Little Too Quiet For Red Sox-Yankees

The Yankees come to Fenway today for the most unhyped meeting of the two in recent memory. Traditional media is…

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Wolves Updates 4/11 Part 2

From Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press: The Wolves are also without Craig Smith, who was ruled out for tonight’s game. Smith suffered…

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4/11: It’s on!

Prev. Gm: New York Yankees (5-5) @ Boston Red Sox (5-5) Chien-Ming Wang (2-0, 1.38) @ Clay Buchholz (0-1, 5.40)…

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Timlin in, Corey out

Mike Timlin has been activated off the disabled list, and Bryan Corey was removed from the roster to make room…

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It’s time for the Sox and Yankees! (insert dramatic music)

Now coming to you in a promotional spot for NESN Friday night baseball, FOX Saturday afternoon baseball and ESPN Sunday…

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Series Recap: Reds at Brewers

I thought waiting a day to talk about this series would take away some of the sting but it hasn’t….

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