Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Impressive Linguistic Talents — October 22nd
After a much needed weekend off, here are the best comments in the week that was. The Golden Ticketrj on…
Read more The Trouble With Tomlin
As I said in the Penguins post earlier this weekend, the Eddy Spaghetti squad has a hard time rationalizing slamming…
Read more Wolves Updates 10/22
From Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press,the Bucks Michael Redd on Corey Brewer: "He’s long," Redd told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "I encouraged…
Read more Red Sox World Series Bound
The Boston Red Sox came back from a 3-1 series deficit winning game 7 of the ALCS 11-2 on the…
Read more NYG 33 49ers 15
Business-like win again. We all want this team to accomplish BIG things. While the effort was impressive, some things really…
Read more Could Twins fans see a familiar face at the hot corner?
In La Velle E. Neal III’s collection of Twins notes today, he mentions that former Twin/Blue Jay/Brewer and current Canadian…
Read more By the Red Skin of their teeth
The Washington Redskins have an aversion to winning easy. The Redskins had the Arizona Cardinals put away early in the third…
Read more Titans nearly blow lead, saved by NFL-record FG
The final score was simple, Titans 38 – Texans 36, but the process of getting there was not so simple….
Read more How did Carolina lose to Vandy, Offense a no show
Count it, 6 quarters now without a touchdown. The offense just could not get anything going. Here are the Grades…
Read more Sunday Linkage
Good morning. Time to bring you some links from the Sunday papers. Starting with Bob Raissman of the New York…
Read more 10/21: Put Up Or Shut Up- Part III
@ Oct. 21 GAME 7 – ALCS 2007 Jake Westbrook (1-0, 2.70) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1, 7.71) Fenway Park (Boston,…
Read more Breaking News: Collins will start; Vince #2
According to ESPN and Chris Mortenson, Kerry Collins will be the starting quarterback for today’s game against the Texans. Vince Young…
Read more NFL Picks for Week 7
Well, after watching my Red Sox force Game 7 against Cleveland earlier tonight, it’s time for me to get into…
Read more Wolves Updates 10/21
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: The Wolves need to reduce their roster by Oct. 29 and have limited options other than…
Read more Preseason: Wolves 97, Bucks 106
From Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press: There was some bad for Brewer, but mostly there was a lot of good during what…
Read more For All The Marbles
Don’t mean to bump Dan’s and Shawn’s reaction, but I wanted to get my thoughts in…… The year 2007 for…
Read more You’re my boy, Drew!
At least for now. J.D. Drew hit a grand slam in the bottom of the first inning giving Boston an…
Read more The Cleveland-Denver rivalry lives!
Here’s what I’m hoping happens tonight. I hope that Cleveland wins convincingly over Boston, and the media continues to talk…
Read more Vandy Stuns Gamecocks
USC losses 17-6 to Vanderbilt. USC is the 15th team ranked in the top 10 to lose this year —…
Read more Jon Toews Will Destroy Your Life and Take No Prisoners in Doing So
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Read more Samuels will be needed Sunday
Chris Samuels has quietly put together his best season as a pro thus far. But perhaps the greatest task in…
Read more Championships
Was just listening to Russo on WFAN rip the Yankees for letting go of Torre. Look, Russo is a phony…
Read more The Proverbial “Wet Blanket” on Coaching Change??
So we had a little fun yesterday, beginning a series of potential coaching replacements for Bill Doba. But guess what?…
Read more 10/20: Put Up Or Shut Up- Part II
@ Oct. 20 GAME 6 – ALCS 2007 Fausto Carmona (0-0, 9.00) @ Curt Schilling (0-0, 9.64) Fenway Park (Boston,…
Read more Some Saturday Links
Good morning and I’m in a bit of a rush as I’m trying to do this before I have to…
Read more 99 Years of Cub Losses
The curse continues! After being swept by the D-backs, this video chronicles the last 99 years of Chicago Cub futility…
Read more More links
Here’s another Manning-Unitas piece (Sheesh, John! You are pulling them in from freaking Canada? Nice work). If you are interested…
Read more to Plaxico or not to Plaxico
Burress will be going on 6 days rest for the ankle vs. 8 days for the prev contest. By his…
Read more Late Friday Night Update
Ok, I’ve seen enough news to warrant an update tonight. Let’s go. Starting out with Neil Best of Newsday who…
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