Alan Draper

I grew up a fan of Tim Raines. I mean…SOMEONE south of Thunder Bay had to be a fan of…

August 1st, 2007 GAME THREAD Steve Trachsel, RHP (5-7, 5.26) @ Julian Tavarez, RHP (6-8, 5.08) Baltimore Orioles (50-55) @…

Baby Strahan blinked, finally spoke w Coughlin and Reese, and will be deciding whether he wants to retire or not….

As I work on getting another edition of the Vince Young files ready for the lead page, check out Peter…

Wow, what a day for Boston sports. The Patriots’ camp is in session and early reports speak very highly of…

Brian Roberts and Kevin Millar combined for four RBI’s and Erik Bedard earned his 11th win of the season in…

Terrific baseball trade deadline. /sarcasm. Two horrible teams, the Buccos and Giants, swapped players for whatever reason. The Giants got…

First off, thanks to FSN New England for letting me know that it will carry the Celtics live press conference…

Finding perspective while we search for a fix Steve Weinman of MVN’s Taking it To The Rack offers his perspective…

With the college football season just a month away, the talking heads are out in full force on T.V. and…

JULY 29th, 2007 GAME THREAD Erik Bedard, LHP (10-4, 3.05) @ Josh Beckett, RHP (13-4, 3.27) Baltimore Orioles (49-55) @…

Time for some more links. Checking around to see what’s going on for you. Newsday’s Neil Best says ESPN has…

USC Faces Tough Football Schedule in 2007 but let’s break it down.USC coach Steve Spurrier said the goal is to…

Our Super-Crazy-Ultra-Free Contest is filling up fast. Eleven of the 20 available teams in our league are already in place….

5:16 PM A potential roster crunch was just solved … unfortunately. Brendan Donnelly is undergoing Tommy John surgery and will…

Joel Pineiro, who may have become the closer (although that wouldn’t have lasted very long) had Jonathan Papelbon elected to…

Read: “Winner”+ Boston accent. Last week, Batman and Robin helped tell you about the losers of the off season thus…

Growing up as a kid in Rhode Island in the 1970’s, I’ll always remember the CBS Saturday night lineup including…

Note: I’ll be obsessively tracking the the moves by Theo made (if any) today throughout the day. As soon as…

Ken Stabler wrote in his autobiography Snake that training camps made leaf-raking look like an exciting occupation and that the…

Farewell to Bill Walsh, the greatest coach of his generation, the greatest football mind of my lifetime. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2954719&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines We stated…

But you really can’t anymore. Check out this link: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2954205 Put plain and simple: this upcoming year is going to…

According to the Sports Media Watch blog, the NHL is talking to ESPN about picking up NBC’s portion of the…

Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies – ESPN, 7 p.m.How I Met Your Mother – CBS, 8 p.m.Hell’s Kitchen – Fox,…

Just got the sad news that former San Francisco 49er coach Bill Walsh died of leukemia. He was a pioneer…

When I woke up this morning, I made a promise to myself that I was going to go an entire…

Aw c’mon! Who’s the punk that’s leaving a mini horse all alone? I would never do such a thing. In…

Natalie Gulbis, the former Anna Kournikova of golf, won the Evian Masters in France. It was her first LPGA victory….

What can I say? I’m absolutely devastated at the loss of Kevin Garnett. No amount of draft picks, “potential”, or…