Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Manning to practice tomorrow
I saw this on the Star page about two seconds before reader Justin emailed it to me. It’s no guarantee…
Read more TRIVIA: O Canada
The last trivia question asked who the last pitchers were that faced each other three straight times. The answer was…
Read more Hardy wins it in extras on his day
J.J Hardy fans in attendance Sunday were rewarded twice–first with a J.J. bobblehead, and then Hardy driving in Rickie Weeks…
Read more Get Bradshaw off specials and into the backfield
Unless your name is Brian Mitchell, you ARE going to get injured returning kickoffs/punts and subsequently have your career shortened….
Read more We could count the hours now, if you’d like
We have only 5 more days until college football returns! Here’s Chimdi Chekwa, preparing to make a lot of hits…
Read more Roydell Williams: An endangered WR?
A lingering ankle injury has prevented veteran WR Roydell Williams from making much of an impact this preseason. The bothersome…
Read more Raiders Preseason game 3: Ballers & Busters
This was the third game of the preseason which is supposed to be the most telling game for how a…
Read more Transcript of Bob Costas’ Interview with IOC President Jacque Rogge
Because this occurred at halftime of the US-Spain gold medal basketball game during the overnight early Sunday morning, many of…
Read more Bagpipe Monday… Ice Dancing
The results are in for last weeks poll… 39% think Joe Tiller is a great big piece of shit. 32%…
Read more The Last Stand at Yankee Stadium
The Sox leave Toronto with a series win and head to the Big Apple (rotten to the core) for their…
Read more Ch ch ch ch Changes… Two Generations of Longballs Check Out the New CUB
As I am sure you are all aware, Cougar football Saturdays will be getting a face lift over the coming…
Read more Jed Lowrie is Today’s Hero
Bottom of the 1st, it looked as if the Sox pitching staff was still working Toronto BP as Dice-K gave…
Read more Book Preview: ‘The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty’ by Buster Olney
I’m only up to page 58, but oooh! This is a good one so far! One thing is fo’ shua~…
Read more RedsArmy.com Team Photo
The thing about being a blogger… you tend to be anonymous. Well.. Chuck and I just got our new team…
Read more Questions… Questions… Questions…
Welcome to the part of the off-season where we forget the Celtics are defending champions and those seeds of doubt…
Read more Why the David Ross signing matters more than you think
David Ross, a 31-year old catcher, was released by the Cincinnati Reds last week and promptly signed a minor league…
Read more BOS 6, TOR 5: Lowrie impacts win
Jed Lowrie jumped on Brandon League’s 1-1 offering and lined it out of the park to right field giving Boston…
Read more Some Final Sunday Links
I’ll give you some final links as I’ve been editing my awards for Olympics coverage throughout the evening. From Tripp…
Read more Team Preview: Cincinnati Bengals
2007 Record: 7-9 Earlier this year, Marvin Lewis said that Chris Henry would never be a part of the Cincinnati…
Read more UMENYIORA GONE FOR THE SEASON
Yes, it is over. Umenyiora’s season is over and so is the Giants’. Without Strahan and without Osi it is…
Read more The Luke (in brief)
Tomorrow night, Demond and I will be reviving 18 Plays for this season. We’ll do a full run down of…
Read more NBC Says The Beijing Olympics Are Now The Most Watched Event
NBC is crowing over the fact that Communist China’s Olympics were the most watched in US history. Covered is the…
Read more The Fang’s Bites Awards for Olympics Coverage
Now that the Olympics in Communist China are over, it’s time for me to hand out my Gold, Silver and…
Read more Sunday Afternoon Links
Well, the Olympics are over, but not according to NBC. The network is showing taped boxing on the East Coast…
Read more First Trip to Lucas Oil
DZ and I are heading to Lucas Oil Stadium tonight for the preseason game against Buffalo. It’s our first trip…
Read more A Jaguars preview from a Titans’ perspective
Continuing our series on AFC South opponents from a Titans’ perspective, we now turn to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Although the…
Read more Well, that wasn’t so bad
The Olympics are over, and while some may point to all the scandals and things that went wrong. There was…
Read more Umenyiora injury status
His knee locked on him. They do not think he tore ligaments, results of MRI will be disclosed later today….
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