Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
News and notes while we wait in limbo
Gene Wojciechowski is back again this year with his 100 predictions for the 2007 NFL season. Before you get too…
Read more The Usual Suspects blast Houston, 14-2
Astros’ pitches were flying like–well, rockets–on Wednesday night…and the usual suspects were doing the launching: Prince Fielder blasted his 41st…
Read more My Deepest Apologies To Mike Frank
Dear Mike Frank, After my subscription to Irish Eyes was ended this summer I did some debating on my next…
Read more Glaus and Wells power Jays past Sox
Troy Glaus tied the game with a solo-homerun in the seventh inning at 4-4 and Vernon Wells hit a two-run…
Read more 2008-09 UCONN Men’s Basketball Schedule
DATE OPPONENT/LOCATION TIME/SCORE TV/REC NOVEMBER Wd 5 AIC (exhib.) [gp] W, 83-58 WW- Su 9 UMass-Lowell (exhib.) [xl] W, 82-63…
Read more Giants Fans, Newman is Starting
Yes, Newman is banged up, but he’s determined to play against the Giants. Tomorrow Newman, will get the injection to…
Read more “Gus Chiggins” (Will Ferrell – SNL)
Pretty funny. Will Ferrell is in the army as an "Old Prospector." {youtube}8WqkI9_eebc{/youtube} [cw2]
Read more Shoppe Til You Droppe
Make sure to visit the newly-opened Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies Olde Tyme Shoppe. You can find awesome shirts, hoodies…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Choices
Toronto at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.US Open – USA Network, 7 p.m.Dodgers at Cubs – WGN/ESPN, 8 p.m.The…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 9-5-07
Lucky little twerps. Why do people find it necessary to put hats on/dress up a mini pony just for kicks?…
Read more Move Over Boring Sports, Football is Back!
On the eve of America’s real “pastime” it doesn’t matter if your favorite team is not the Saints or Colts,…
Read more The Offseason: Asking What, Why, and WTF
The NBA offseason isn’t officially over. NBA training camp is slated to start in about a month. But for all…
Read more Mid-day open thread
Just got home from work, and before my morphine drip kicks in, I’d better get a few items out of…
Read more Jaric with time on his hands
From Clips Nation: By the way, former Clipper Marko Jaric and his Serbian team, not long ago the best team…
Read more Mid-Week Linkage
Hello. Every day, I briefly check WEEI to hear who’s hosting the morning show for Dennis & Callahan. Today, it…
Read more My copy of Connersvine came!
And I am rocking out. For the uninitiated, Connersvine is Hunter Smith’s band. They released a 3 song EP, and…
Read more Steelers Name Captains
The Steelers have a long tradition of having the players vote on potential team captains. When Mike Tomlin was hired…
Read more Wolves Updates 9/5 Part 2
From the Canadian Press: Houston Rockets’ swingman Justin Reed was released Wednesday after being arrested for misdemeanour possession of marijuana….
Read more Villanueva Vilified No More
Pitcher Carlos Villanueva–the starter turned reliever turned starter turned reliever turned starter–made his return to the rotation…as well as his…
Read more OSU recap later today
I’ll post my long-delayed game recap later today. I do have one request…does anybody know where I can download the…
Read more Visions of 1995
Last night, bored out of my mind, I went and rented “Blades Of Glory”. I’ve seen it already, but I’s…
Read more When Female Tennis Players Attack
This year’s US Open has brought us many an attractive female tennis player. Unfortunately, Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic and Daniela…
Read more Paw Prints – UCONN Football
Dan Davis and the other five captains at UCONN have decided to institute a new tradition at home UCONN football…
Read more Tuesday Night Linkage
Time to give you a few links tonight before heading to bed. It appears that the NFL’s TV partners will…
Read more In the year 2000…
We make claims here on 18to88.com. We make predictions. We foretell the future. But unlike so many charlatans that never…
Read more This Commercial Killed Me
I try not to stray too far from sports (or little horses, for that matter) here at PSaMP, but this…
Read more NFL Preview, AFC West
Holy crap! It’s football in less than a month! You know what that means? That’s right! It’s time to lose…
Read more Arch-Proteges
As a Red Sox fan, it is never truly possible to breathe easy. Even being as we are, at a…
Read more Enter Blake Mitchell
Who then you ask? Spurrier still isn’t willing to say that fifth-year senior quarterback Blake Mitchell will start Saturday at…
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