Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Top 6 Teams MLB Should have taken over

Yesterday Major League Baseball took over the Los Angeles Dodgers amid the financial uncertainty of owner Frank McCourt.  The Dodgers…

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Your Morning Dump… Where Ray’s not worried about shots

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing…

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And another road victory!

  After starting off the 2011 campaign with a downright fugly 2-10 W-L record, the Red Sox have seemed to…

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Angel Fans Show Carl Crawford the Money, Literally

I don’t even know how to react to this just yet, but, in case you missed it, fans at tonight’s…

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New Scrimmage Look May Be An Improvement

We’re excited to have Eric Taylor bringing us some insight from on campus in this guest post! The upcoming Spring…

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Friday 5: Josh Caray

Baseball is known as a game that fathers pass down to their sons and, in turn, they’ll pass down to…

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Did anyone expect this to be the problem?

Let me run through some stats for you:So far, the Twins have hit just 8 home runs.(last in the league)So…

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A pre-draft look at the Titans’ roster: Offense

One of the great difficulties about this year’s NFL draft is not just that it occurs free agency, but that…

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4/21 Game Recap

Player of the Game Josh Tomlin earned a ‘Player of the Game’ score of 5.89 with a no decision, pitching…

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Bruins Tie Series 2-2 Thanks To Ry…Wait Who?

Well…who saw this coming about halfway through the second period?  Help from a lot of unlikely sources in this one,…

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The Future of US Soccer

The future is in good hands. Here’s Juan Agudelo’s stunning finish against DC tonight.

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Game 19: Marlins 9 Pirates 5

Unfortunately, James McDonald’s penchant for giving up grand slams caught up to him again and his bad start was the…

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Worldwide Server outage leaves Eagles’ Smartest Fans stranded again…

Surely April is the cruelest of months… for the 3rd time in 21 days, the greatest and most intelligent Fan…

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Black is the New Blue

The Mets lineup built a lead that even Taylor Buchholz couldn’t blow. Maybe it was reverting to the black undergarments…

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Third effort falls short, Pacers one away from being swept by Bulls

Wow.  Conseco Fieldhouse was electrifying.  The Indiana Pacers had not seen their fans this pumped up since the last time…

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Miller time

Sorry I haven’t posted a Sabres thought since the end of game 2. I’ve been busy at work and my…

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Red Sox Lineup vs. Angels 4/21/11

Here is the lineup for tonight’s game against the Angels: Drew RFPedroia 2BGonzalez 1BYoukilis 3BOrtiz DHLowrie SSCrawford LFVaritek CEllsbury CF…

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Wood Is Gone, But Will Others Soon Follow?

So has everyone settled down about Brandon Wood getting DFA’d yet?  Yes, yes, it is a big deal and we…

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Straightening out J-Mac

I haven’t had a chance to look at James McDonald’s ugly start in Cincy very closely (his Electric Meter is…

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Hue Jackson Pre-Draft Conference Highlights

New Oakland Raiders’ Head Coach Hue Jackson had the joy of meeting with the media today from the Raiders Alameda…

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Player X: Duncan can’t be rattled

On ESPN Insider’s Player X blog, an anonymous NBA player has been blogging about relationships in the NBA, season predictions…

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Wings Sweep Coyotes, Will Probably See Sharks-Kings Winner In Round 2

So much for “limping” into the playoffs. The Red Wings completed a sweep of the Phoenix Coyotes with a 6-3…

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Revolution Look to Rebound Against Sporting KC

My draft had stuff in it about re-branding, Sinovic, and new signings, then Tuesday night happened.  Now we can talk about…

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Late-Round Prospects: OLB

Mark Herzlich, OLB, Boston College Herzlich was considered to be among the nation’s top LB prospects in 2008 before bone…

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Sporting KC Look to Escape Bottom of East

Sporting Kansas City will look to escape the bottom of the Eastern Conference this week as they make a trip…

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Sounders Head to Colorado to Climb the Table

Seattle is heading to Colorado to try to pick up 3 points and get into a better groove then the…

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Brewers Sign Ryan Braun to 5-year, $105 Million Extension

photo © 2008 Steve Paluch | more info (via: Wylio)Talk about dropping a bombshell on an off-day. The Brewers announced…

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Gamecocks Football Recruiting: Brendan Nosovitch Visits

This Gamecocks Blog normally does not point out when a player visits the University of South Carolina as we leave…

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Maloofs to meet with NBA officials in Sacramento.

According to our friend Sam Amick over at SI.com via twitter:   @sam_amick Sam Amick Being told the Maloofs will…

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