Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Fire Brand Has A New Home
Hello, all. Yes, that’s right, Fire Brand of the American League is moving. We aren’t moving out of the organization,…
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The 17th at Sawgrass
Today begins the Tournament Players Championship, the so-called 5th Major Tournament on the PGA Tour. The signature hole at Sawgrass…
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Afternoon Update
Just a couple of links for this afternoon. Dusty Saunders of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver writes about Monday…
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Hyzd(u) and Neal
Kind of a sad attempt at trying to get the title to sound like “Hide and Seek”. Oh well. So,…
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Spring Practice day 1 update
It’s been a while, but I’ll start updating again now that spring ball is underway. Here’s a good report on…
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CBS and Fox to split Sunday Night NFL?
On this Wednesday, one rumor coming out of the NFL meetings in Maui is the possibility of ESPN obtaining the…
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Monday Links
Asides from the NCAA Tournament, the sports viewing weekend consisted of PGA Tour golf at Bayhill where Tiger Woods fell…
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Looking Back on ‘The Trade’
On July 31st, 2004, the face of the Red Sox departed for another team struggling for many years to win…
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Basketball Weekend
After watching and listening to a lot of college basketball since Thursday, I must say that viewers got to see…
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NCAA Tourney, Day 2 and Who will get MNF?
On this Friday, the NCAA Tournament is well underway and there was that Congressional testimony in the Steroids Hearings in…
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It’s Tourney Time!
Today is the beginning of the NCAA Tournament. Michael Hiestand of USA Today has his weekly Sports Business column. He…
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Farewell to the Monster
Dick Radatz Horrible news was heard by Red Sox Nation tonight as Dick Radatz passed away after falling down a…
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The NCAA Tournament and Steroids
Welcome to the Ides of March. As we now turn our eyes to Spring, the media columns across the country…
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Selection Saturday and Sunday
This weekend was amazing for college basketball fans. Switching back and forth between CBS and ESPN, a fan had the…
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How Important Is Matt Clement?
The Boston Globe ran an article on Matt Clement today, the various points I want to emphasize being highlighted below:…
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Friday’s Links
Many apologies to the regular readers to this site. I’ve been busy with work and other personal issues, but I’m…
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Rushing Schilling for Opening Day? Why?
>A lot has been made of Curt Schilling trying to make it back for April 3rd to pitch in baseball’s…
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Afternoon Update
For the afternoon update, we have another take on the New York Time Warner-Cablevision feud. This comes from Steve Zipay…
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Nine Up, Nine Down: Spring Training Notes
I’m going to pull a Peter Gammons Random Notes Column today. The first four random notes are had help with…
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The Holy Rollers Gather Moss
Originally posted on the old Is It Sports? site. Ryan was still a die-hard Vikings fan back when Moss was…
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Chuck Thompson 1921-2005
This morning, I was remiss in mentioning the passing of legendary Baltimore broadcaster Chuck Thompson. He died yesterday at the…
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Upset Sunday and The Blue Monster
Great TV sports viewing weekend for fans of college basketball and golf. Sunday was Upset Sunday as #1 Illinois fell…
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Double Southpaws Can Only Help / The Pen is Not Mightier, Wakefield Says
After the 2005 season, the Red Sox are going to have two outstanding free agents with possible replacements waiting in…
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Afternoon Update
Some more news from across the country: The Baltimore Orioles have signed a deal to put their games on three…
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I Believe Jose Canseco
Recently, I was able to sit down and read the Jose Canseco book (Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant
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Pflugrad’s comments on 2005 recruits
Pflugrad talks 2005 class SPEND TIME TALKING with WSU football coaches about what they look for on the recruiting trail…
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Doug Gottlieb is no friend of Wisconsin
ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb is beginning to make a name for himself. The former point guard at Oklahoma State and Notre…
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