Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Foye out for 3-4 more weeks
From Jerry Zgoda/On The Wolves: Randy Foye’s kneecap hasn’t yet healed completely and he is not expected to be ready…
Read more Brewers offer arbitration Wednesday; Should they stay or should they go now?
Wednesday’s deadline to decide who to offer arbitration to (or not) is fast approaching, so I thought I’d do a…
Read more Papelbon wins TYIB’s Closer of the Year
Closer Jonathan Papelbon has won the inaugural This Year in Baseball’s Closer of the Year. More than 9.6 million votes…
Read more Melrose Visits Newark, Devils Fan Fights Ignorance with Ignorance
Newark certainly appears safe, but is it fun? This picture says no, but I’ve never been there so I am…
Read more The Day the Hockey Died
Cause Gary Bettman’s a P-I-M-PJohn M. Heller/Getty Images Today is a not-so-happy anniversary for many of us around the hockey…
Read more Someone said something nice about me!
Just when I thought everyone in the world hated me, Kevin at Barry Melrose Rocks called me esteemed. Esteemed! In…
Read more The Amazing Race 12 – Ep. 6, “Cherry on top of the Sundae that’s Already Melted”
We begin in Vilnius, Lithuania, the 5th pit stop in this whirlwind race around the world. Six teams remain after…
Read more BROKEN NEWS: Wulff is the MAN!!
Just as reported (well, sort of) earlier today, the Wulfman cometh!!!!!! Congrats to Coach Paul who has a great, but…
Read more The Angels Past, Present, and Future: Part Eight–Right Field
The Big Fish watches one sail away Continuing my series: Introduction and Catcher First Base Second Base Shortstop Third Base…
Read more Some perspective on 9-4
You are your record. 9-4 certainly makes this a respectable year, and you have to give Coughlin a lot of…
Read more MLB Offseason Evaluations
I hate being mean….. LaTroy Hawkins signs with Yankees for 1 year, $4 million Hawkins is the first of a…
Read more Wolves Updates 12/11
From Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press: Wittman is expected to return to the bench for tonight’s game at Washington after missing three…
Read more San Diego charges back to defeat Titans in overtime
During the initial moments of the 4th quarter, LenDale Whites 7 yard touchdown scamper brought the capacity crowd of LP…
Read more Red Sox Players Continue to Give
I doubt there is a team in baseball that has more players who donate time and money than the Boston…
Read more Spurs vs. Warriors Preview
Tim Duncan goes down with an injury. All is lost for the Spurs right? WRONG! The Spurs (17-3) are on a…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 12-10-07
You’ve seen the original. You’ve seen the obvious follow-up. Thanks to Doug (The Man), we get to see the best…
Read more Final Week 16 NFL Schedule
This is the press release from the NFL in regards to Week 16. The original choice for primetime, Tampa Bay…
Read more Bank On It
Stay tuned for breaking news that appears eminent according to the Brinkhater army. Here’s your next coach (That means, for…
Read more Primetime Viewing Picks
NHL/Boston at Buffalo – Versus, 7 p.m.College Basketball/Coppin State at Ohio State – Big Ten Network, 8 p.m.I Want a…
Read more A Monday Update
Let’s give you an update for today. Neil Best of Newsday blogs that the Giants-Bills game was not chosen for…
Read more Red Sox buy minor league team that’s not theirs
New England Sports Ventures, which owns the Boston Red Sox, has just gotten bigger on a minor scale. An arm…
Read more Beckett Wins This Year In Baseball Award
Josh Beckett was the fan’s choice for the This Year in Baseball Starter of the Year Award. Its not the…
Read more Around the Horn
Some Monday randomness… *First, a shameless plug…here’s my recap of yesterday’s Vikings game. *Saturday’s game was absolutely one of the…
Read more Wittman back at practice
From Jerry Zgoda/On The Wolves: Randy Wittman returned to practice on Monday after missing three games because of a bad…
Read more Some Monday Morning Links
I have a lot of work to get to this morning and this week may be a bad week for…
Read more Schilling Continues To Help McCain
Curt Schilling has been busy helping Arizona Senator John McCain during the past 2 weeks. He has traveled to New…
Read more Monday Morning Chrysler New Yorker
We lost. I’m over it. In trying to find the silver lining, I only came up with one positive. A…
Read more Reflextions
This post will serve as a clearing house for any links I find throughout the day, but I’m not expecting…
Read more Re-Live the glory; or at least 6 innings of it
Editor’s Note: This article was originally written on October 24, 2007. It is being republished because I forgot to write…
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