Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
How The Yankees Blew It
How is that the team with the highest payroll in baseball is not going to make the playoffs? The answer…
Read more Thursday Links: Whitlock Hart the Colts
Big Sexy chimes in with his 10 Truths for this year. He loves Mike Hart (who doesn’t at this point),…
Read more Sabathia’s 7th straight is Brewers’ 8th straight
CC Sabathia and the Brewers just keep rolling along. Sabathia won his 7th straight with the Brewers, which represented the…
Read more Wolves Updates 8/14 Part 2
KFAN Rubechat on a new Ludacris song that name drops the Timberwolves. From the Bismarck Tribune: Minnesota…
Read more Miss Manners
In my life, I’ve been a guest in other team’s ballparks, and I’ve been a host to fans of other…
Read more Introducing a New Weekly Feature: How large are Mike McCarthy and Ted Thompson’s Brains?
Each week we’ll revisit the Favre situation and monitor the intelligence level of the Packers ‘brain trust’. Depending on how…
Read more Red Sox claim reliever
The Red Sox designated reliever Lincoln Holdzkom for assignment (5.24 ERA at Pawtucket) in order to claim Marcus McBeth from…
Read more Game Day 2
Let’s get PUMPED! The Steelers across the border tonight to face the Buffalo soon-to-be-Toronto Bills in a game that starts…
Read more Pepsi’s TRIVIA: Knuckleball Duos
The last trivia question was word association. Foxy Lady is the name of a strip club Mo Vaughn frequented; Fear…
Read more From Now on All Hockey Games Should Be Played in a Glacier
hockeyfans.ch Take a look at the picture to your right. How bad ass is that? If you said very, then…
Read more Big Country out for two weeks
One of the Titans’ biggest strengths is their young offensive tackle duo of Michael Roos and David Stewart. Both were…
Read more in case you missed it
1) Kicker Jay Feely of the Dolphins was cut in favor of a rookie. 2) Plax is back in practice,…
Read more Pregame Interview: Marshawn Lynch
Before games, I’ve decided to have a pregame interview with one of the opposing players to see their outlook on…
Read more The not necessarily incorrect sports news vol 2
– Last week congress approved a million dollar study of which results show that Brett does indeed rhyme with Jet….
Read more The Victoria Times Diet: Go ahead and try it at home
The Wall Street Journal has an article today, running down Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps’ daily diet. I thought it might…
Read more Tin Soldiers?
Head Coach Charlie Weis eluded to this term, “Tin Soldiers” back towards the end of the 2007 season and even…
Read more Jeff Bailey Up, Pauley Back Down
Jeff Bailey was called up from the PawSox tonight to give the Sox a backup for Youk and Casey. If…
Read more Sox Get Big Lead and Hold It (Sorta)
Earlier today I said to get ready for some more crooked numbers and that Lester should be able to hold…
Read more This Could Get Ugly
One of the problems with Team USA over the years has been their blase' attitude… even when they were getting…
Read more Take Your Souvlaki, Your Olives, And Your Feta… And Go Home
[dailymotion id=k4o3p7i99UdDcTJmrX] The first quarter of this game was a little closer than people expected. Then Dwyane Wade came in……
Read more Pierce To Co-Host ‘Mike & Mike’
Paul Pierce will spend 4 hours tomorrow morning co-hosting "Mike & Mike In The Morning" with Mike Greenberg. He'll be filling…
Read more Pierce To Co-Host ‘Mike & Mike’
Paul Pierce will spend 4 hours tomorrow morning co-hosting "Mike & Mike In The Morning" with Mike Greenberg. He'll be filling…
Read more Fox Sports Announcing Assignments for MLB, 08/16/08
Here are your announcing assignments and regional splits for Fox Sports this Saturday. Fox goes back to three games this…
Read more Did the Olympics Clean Up Tuesday’s Primetime Ratings? What Do You Think?
Once again, the Olympics wiped the floor with the other networks on Tuesday as NBC reached its highest ratings since…
Read more Wolves Updates 8/14
From Stephen Litel/Downtown Journal: Certainly, there are areas Foye needs to continue to improve, most notably in shooting percentage and…
Read more Whither Clay Buchholz’s 2008 future? Make him a reliever
With the acquisition of Paul Byrd and return of Tim Wakefield in two weeks, the short-term future of Clay Buchholz…
Read more Burnett Injuries Knee, Again
We’ve been through this before, another camp and another season with a hobbled Kevin Burnett. Of course, injuries are a…
Read more Fireside Chats #19: Where Byrd is the wyrd and things are looking up for the Red Sox
Boston Red Sox podcast for MVN Radio Episode 19 where Byrd is the wyrd and things are looking up for…
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