Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
USC Baseball wins Game 1
The Gamecocks are ranked among the top teams in the nation coming in at No. 2 (Collegiate Baseball) No. 3…
Read more USC Mens’ Hoops goes against MSU today
South Carolina, 12-13 and 4-7 in the SEC, hosts Western Division leader Mississippi State, 17-8 and 8-3 in the SEC,…
Read more #37 – Big Klu leads Angels to first victory
By Victor Varadi – Angelswin.com Columnist #37 – April 11, 1961: Big Klu leads Angels to first victory It was…
Read more Pitching Battles Begin
The most hyped battle of spring training will be between Coco Crisp and Jacoby Ellsbury for the center field job,…
Read more Nick Adenhart is coming to town….
By Kevin Mark -Angelswin.com Salt Lake Scout & Columnist Spring training is now in full swing and the realization the…
Read more Your Saturday Linkage
Before I begin, it’s nice to have some live sports this morning. While watching match play golf isn’t the most…
Read more Bennett to IU? Don’t Even Ask
At least that’s what he said on Friday. Per Bud Withers: Bennett said, “I’m not going to comment on anything…
Read more I’m back! Let’s talk basketball!
I’m sorry I didn’t post yesterday like I promised. I’m a bad blogger. I apologize profusely. At any rate, you…
Read more Giant Myths in 2007 and 2008
Let’s see if we can list some Giants (and NFL) myths and then quickly debunk them. 1) A Training Camp…
Read more Brewers’ “soft” as Prince’s tofu
Well, the first week of spring training is almost in the books, and, so far, other than the Gallardo injury,…
Read more Zach Thomas a Cowboy
Zach Thomas is expected to sign with the Cowboys after his meeting with Cowboys brass (dc.com). Zach Thomas has had…
Read more Back to football
With all the depressing crap happening with IU basketball, let’s go back to something cheery, huh? Making fun of the…
Read more Donte’ Stallworth is officially available
Yesterday, Donte’ Stallworth became the latest entry into the 2008 free agent WR market. The Patriots declined to pick up…
Read more Sox Are Headed To Washington
No they do not have to testify about steroids like most of the Yankee lineup, the Red Sox will go…
Read more Quick Friday Night Update
Giving you some links tonight before I check out some late night TV programming. The Sports Media Watch notes that…
Read more Weekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, February 23 DocumentaryJoe Louis: America’s Hero … Betrayed – HBO, 8 p.m. BoxingChampionship Boxing, Wladimir Klitschko vs. Sultan Ibragimov…
Read more Sampson out
Kelvin Sampson is out as head coach at Indiana University. Here are my initial thoughts: 1.) How did a 2…
Read more College Basketball Viewing Picks (All Times Eastern)
Saturday, February 22College Gameday, live from Memphis, TN – ESPN, 11 a.m.VCU at Akron – ESPN2, 11 a.m.UConn at Villanova…
Read more Aaaaand That’s All for This Week
Well, it was an interesting week. Chris Simon didn’t kill anyone, but was booed by the home fans upon his…
Read more Manny Is Now a Boras Client
Manny Ramirez will now be represented by Scott Boras joining many of his fellow Red Sox players. inlcuding Jason Varitek,…
Read more Wolves Updates 2/23
Myles Brown/SLAM Online on Al Jefferson, Sebastian Telfair, and Randy Foye: When looking at their respective talents, in time the…
Read more The Cavaliers are scary-good…..
Heading into tonight’s game, the word was that our four new acquisitions would be unable to play at all. Wallace,…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
College BasketballDavidson at Winthrop – ESPN2, 7 p.m.UCSB at Utah State – ESPNU, 9 p.m. College HockeyMichigan at Michigan State…
Read more The Friday Morning Megalinks
At 12 p.m., I lost my internet at work, but luckily, I did not lose anything so I can still…
Read more Walker “too good a player” to be sitting on bench
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: Veteran Antoine Walker’s place behind the Wolves bench, in a suit, for Thursday’s late loss to…
Read more Ortiz Says He’s Almost 100%
David Ortiz spoke to WBZ Radio’s Jon Miller in Ft. Myers. He said he is almost 100% healthy following off-season…
Read more Jared Zabransky Is The Pittsburgh Steelers
I have no real posts to type on this cold-ass Friday, so I’m just going to direct you to a…
Read more Post Trade Dealine Western Conference Rankings
The trade deadline has expired and teams seem set for the stretch run. So now that the dust has settled,…
Read more Theo Talks About Coco
Theo Epstein spoke with Redsox.com and discussed the Coco Crisp situation. Much of what he said was similar to Tito’s…
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