Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Wycheck to try wrestling
Former Titans tight end Frank Wycheck was involved in an altercation at a wrestling press conference Thursday and will now…
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Josh Bard Just Went All George Brett/Pine Tar
With the score tied at 2, the Bucs and the Padres are in extra innings. Josh Bard thought he hit…
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The National Spelling Bee
I wasn’t going to write anything tonight. I was just going to let the 100 posts this month lie and…
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Shuttle Bus-ted
Football is becoming baseball. The football fan is getting dumped on. It comes in small doses. But it is like…
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Mini Pony of the Day 5-31-07
No, today is no family member’s birthday. This card is for Joe Namath and Don Ameche. And Brooke Shields. And…
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06/01: Welcome Back to Fenway
JUNE 1st, 2007 GAME THREAD Chien-Ming Wang, RHP (3-4, 4.13) @ Tim Wakefield, RHP (5-5, 3.36) New York Yankees (22-29)…
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2007 May: Hot, hot, hot
The month of May was good to the Red Sox. The Red Sox went 20-8 despite many people slumping. It’s…
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VICTORY!!!!!!
I’ll give a full analysis later, but let me ask you one question. Can anyone tell me that LeBron James…
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Donovan leaving Florida to coach Orlando Magic?
ORLANDO (AP) — After leading Florida to two national titles, Billy Donovan has agreed to leave the Gators to coach…
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BREAKING NEWS: Bomb Threat to Pittsburgh Tunnels
Not sports related, but there is a reported bomb threat to the Pittsburgh tunnels. The Squirrel Hill Tunnels and Fort…
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Primetime Viewing Choices
Interesting choices tonight. Get your TiVO’s ready. French Open Tonight – The Tennis Channel, 6:30 & 10 p.m.Pirate Master (Series…
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I hate off-days.
The headline says it all. Some quickies: The controversy surrounding A-Rod is 100 percent acceptable. It doesn’t matter if he…
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Spurs on their way to 4th NBA Finals appearance
After winning game 3 in Salt Lake, the Jazz had their backs in the wall coming into San Antonio for…
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The Post-Gazette Uses Tricky Headlines
The Post-Gazette caught my eye with a headline about Steelers running back Najeh Davenport. The headline reads: Steelers’ Davenport Feeling…
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More Thursday Links
Some more good stuff for you today. Jim Williams of the DC/Baltimore Examiner says TNT’s Charles Barkley helps to make…
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Mark Messier Tells You Who Your Leader Is, and You Will Like It
After winning ‘Leader of the Year’ will Chelios make a run for the White House?Paul Sancya/AP You all know that…
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Not that there’s anything wrong with that…..
Oh, boyyyyyyyssssssssss……….. Tonight, King James takes over his Palace.
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More College Football Schedules
In the last post, I gave you the SEC TV schedule for this fall as we know it. Here’s the…
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Penguins Name New Captain
What does Sidney Crosby have in common with Ab McDonald, Ron Schock, Jean Pronovost, Orest Kindrachuk, Randy Carlyle, Mike Bullard,…
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Talkin’ Run Differentials
Nate Silver has a cool article (subscription required) about the different types of strong and weak teams, and it uses…
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Thursday’s Links
Back today as we look at the world of Sports Media and anything else in between. The Stanley Cup Finals…
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College World Series talk
So lets talk some baseball, it is summer and the college world series is just around the corner. This weekend…
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Gamecocks gets picked up by ESPN
The University of South Carolina football team will have at least two games broadcast as part of the Southeastern Conference’s…
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Sizemore and rest of Indians double-up Sox
Finally the Cleveland Indians lineup (32-19) that the Boston Red Sox (36-16) prepared for in this three game series showed…
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Two Words. Slapping. Machine.
I don’t know if you’ve already seen this or not, but dude in the cardigan got worked. Why are they…
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Must… Make… Time… Pass… Faster…
Sammy Pahlsson laid the smack down on the Sens’ candy asses in Game one, recording a game high eight hits.NHLPA…
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