Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Stuff people are saying…

that isn’t true: 1. The Colts defense benefited from playing ahead yesterday. The D forced a turnover on the first…

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Time to Swim With Sharks

Man vs. shark. Who ya got? I think Saturday will look a lot like this, don’t you? Basically trying to…

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Minor line-up change for Sox

Game thread coming around 3ish. Francona is sticking with Jacoby and Kotsay

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Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 10/13

UConn Huskies defensive lineman Rob Lunn adds some of his teammates to the Overachieving Fat Lineman category over at Thoughts…

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Batting Stance Guy – 2008 Playoff Edition

The Batting Stance Guy is back with an updated playoff version. Watch below: Fenway West- The Western Home to Red…

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Divisional Rankings

We’ve been calling the NFC East the best division in football all year. But with the Redskins loss to St….

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Monday Morning Quarterback

1) Just when we were all saluting the conquering of the NFC East over all comers, the division drops two…

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Season is Over, Romo Out 4 Weeks

The news just got worse, Romo is reportedly going to be out 4 weeks with a broken finger on his…

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Bye Week for Everyone

The Steelers had a bye week, and we did too. One of my friends got married, so I got to…

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Five post-bye week wishes for the Titans

The bye week is over. The players and coaches have had their annual week-long break from the monotony that comes with the…

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Wittman says team hasn’t been notified about a Telfair suspension

From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press: Timberwolves coach Randy Wittman said he had no knowledge Sunday of a report that guard Sebastian…

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AFC North: Who will suck the least?

Time to fork over some predictions about how the rest of the AFC North season will play out. We didn’t…

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Rebuilding

Hello Cougar Nation and the irreparably beleaguered Brinkhater Army. Hope you all are hanging tough. Well, when your beloved program…

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most unfortunate

Video of Cowboys highlights Video of Redskins highlights nothing like watching two of our faves lose on the last play….

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Will the Shadow Be a Factor?

Tomorrow’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies early. If the clouds clear before game-time the shadow between the mound and…

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The Beast Returns

Frank Dell'Apa reports Kendrick Perkins was back at practice today.  In a related story, Doc Rivers just delivered the quote…

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Big Improvements

One of the question marks going into the preseason was our low post play.  How will Perk's shoulder be?  What's…

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NBA Layoffs

Remember when I questioned how the economy might affect ticket sales and sports as a whole? Here's one way:  The…

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Terrible Cartoons gives you the ALCS roster

The funny is not happening right now, guys. This series is just freaking me out too much: Rays! scary! unpredictable!…

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Wheeler Should Be Able to Pitch Tomorrow

Even though Dan Wheeler went for three innings last night he should be able to go tomorrow if needed. From…

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Jacoby Ellsbury or Coco Crisp — who’s our CF?

Yesterday, I asked if Terry Francona should start Coco Crisp over Jacoby Ellsbury in Game 3, as Coco ended the…

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Spurrier reaches 100

The recent UK win was No. 100 in SEC play for Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier. He trails only Bear…

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Brushing off the haters

Quick takes on what I saw today at the building formerly known as the LOSer Dome: 1.) Marvin is Marvin….

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Kenny sets new SC records

McKinley entered the UK game needing just four catches to break Sterling Sharpe’s career record of 169 receptions in a…

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What is Chris Berman’s fascination with Christopher Columbus?

It seems that every time Chris Berman has been on ESPN this week, he makes sure to mention that this…

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Cowboys Lose, Fallout to Ensue

I wrote earlier that this was a must win for Wade Phillips, and we floundered from the first play of…

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Coco or Jacoby?

Should the Red Sox make a move to insert Coco Crisp into the lineup in place of the struggling Jacoby…

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Denial Is Not A River in Africa

Jacoby’s once again glosses over his o-fer on his postseason blog. After last night he is 0-11 in the ALCS….

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