Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Steelers Schedule Breakdown
So we’ve been hearing it all offseason. The Steelers have the hardest schedule in the league. The Browns are poised…
Read more Labor Day Viewing Picks
College FootballFresno State at Rutgers – ESPN, 4 p.m.Tennessee at UCLA – ESPN, 8 p.m. GolfPGA Tour/Deutsche Bank Championship, final…
Read more Offense Could Not Deliver the Sweep
The Red Sox lost today with a piecemeal lineup against the Chicago White Sox. The team has been devastated by…
Read more Ryan’s NFL Preview: NFC West
The NFC West is arguably the worst division in football. It’s a solid argument, but I can’t think of a…
Read more Steve’s NFL Preview: NFC West
Probably the least contested division in football history, the NFC West, will continue the trend this season. In the 1970’s,…
Read more Links of the Day 8/31/08
Hey, Josh Zerkle agrees with me! He doesn’t think a college football tournament would solve anything either. Zerkle! Joe Nathan…
Read more Sweep in Pittsburgh improves Crew’s playoff chances
The Brewers’ three-game sweep of the Pirates in Pittsburgh brings their record to 80-56–the Crew will either be 5½ or…
Read more Sunday Morning Gloom – Okie Edition
Oh well. Week one in the books, and now we have something to go off – and look forward to…
Read more Today’s Red Sox Lineup 8/31 vs. the White Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF Jed Lowrie, 3B David Ortiz, DH Dustin Pedroia, 2B Mark Kotsay, RF Jason Bay, LF Jeff Bailey,…
Read more Eight signed for Titans practice squad
The Titans have signed eight players to their practice squad, reports ESPN’s Paul Kuharsky. The names are familiar: WR Biren…
Read more Videos of the Week: 2008 Olympics – Various Opens and Closes
Now that the Olympics are over, I can find some worldwide TV partners opens and closes. This includes the BBC…
Read more Which Titan will be cut next?
We now have our “final” 53-man roster, at least for a few hours. The Titans have traditionally picked up a…
Read more Upcoming National TV Games
August 31~ SOX v. CWS, TBS, 10:35 am September 1~ NYY @ DET, TBS, 10:05 am September 3~ NYY @…
Read more CW Sox manager Ozzie Guillen on Pedroia
From redsox.com: “I never thought I would walk a jockey,” quipped Guillen, who heaped enormous praise on Pedroia before the…
Read more So, Injuries a problem?
When you have team with depth, and you have a farm system you can trust, seems to me the injuries,…
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Heh Heh… “Beaver Roundup”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bza63nnqiKA] That's VP candidate Sarah Palin… doing sports 20 years ago when she was Sarah Heath. The "Beaver Roundup" happens…
Read more BOS 8, CWS 2: Pedroia tallies four hits
Batting out of the cleanup spot Dustin Pedroia collected four hits and Michael Bowden earned his first MLB win on…
Read more 8/31: Walking the jockey
Prev. Gm: Chicago White Sox (76-59) @ Boston Red Sox (79-56) Gavin Floyd (14-6, 3.70) @ Tim Wakefield (8-8, 3.73)…
Read more Is the Titan 53-man roster set in stone?
And then there were 53. The Titan roster now consists of the aforementioned number of players, due to yesterday’s final…
Read more Wolves Updates 08/31
GopherSports.com on Colton Iverson: That weight will be placed on the shoulders – and shooting stroke – of Mitchell, S.D….
Read more New York Giants make final roster cuts for 2008 season
The NY Giants made their final roster cuts, and there were a few items of note but nothing enormously surprising….
Read more Post-Game Thread
Well, one down and TWELVE BIG ONES left. While I am sure that many of you are disappointed by the…
Read more Half-Time Thread
So, we’ve reached the end of first half and seen what we expected: A defense that is better than advertised…
Read more Final Cuts
The Colts made the necessary cuts to arrive at their 53 man roster today. Maybe a couple mild surprises (six…
Read more Who Are These Guys?
Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that the Red Sox would have a lineup that included:…
Read more Tonight’s Red Sox Lineup 8/30 vs. Chicago
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF Jed Lowrie, 3B David Ortiz, DH Dustin Pedroia, 2B Mark Kotsay, RF Jason Bay, LF Jason Varitek,…
Read more BREAKING NEWS: WEEI Dumps Mustard & Johnson and Hazel Mae to the MLB Network
To prove to you that breaking news never rests for the weekend, David Scott of the Boston Sports Media Watch…
Read more Ryan’s NFL Preview: AFC East
Our AFC East preview, thankfully, falls on the first Saturday of college football season. This, of course, means as little…
Read more Steve’s NFL Preview: AFC East
The overriding story here is the Patriots, who finished 16-0 but lost the Super Bowl. But the acquisition of Brett…
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