Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Manny’s 16 Tickets

Someone got those 16 tickets! From the Los Angeles Times: THE DODGERS sent someone to the left-field pavilion on Saturday…

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Bagpipe Monday… LATE!!!

I may be late, but I’d bet that the St. Andrew’s Pipes and Drums never are. Enjoy.

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Big Ten Network Picks Up Another Cable System

Unfortunately for Iowa, it’s not Mediacom. The Big Ten Network has signed an agreement with Midcontinent picking up subscribers in…

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The Monday Linkage

Good Monday to you. If you’re back at work, I certainly hope your weekend went well. Let’s get to some…

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Not Good

Re-read my title for this post. And again. It cannot be stressed enough. Every training camp, the Steelers go for…

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Why Jason Bay Will Thrive at Boston

It’s his destiny. From redsox.com: A couple of things he may not have had time to pack came from his…

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Injury Update

David Aardsma– He played in a game in Pawtucket yesterday, getting 3 quick outs on 14 pitches. Look for him…

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Pepsi’s TRIVIA: Left-handed heaven

The last trivia question asked the three Canadian players who have more career homers than Jason Bay. The answer is…

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Road UNI Watch – WSU Football Blog Style

With practice sessions about to begin, we will step outside the box a bit today. All the buzz has been…

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Team Preview: St. Louis Rams

2007 Record: 3-13 The Rams 2007 season was the epitome of injuries happening at bad times. Star running back Steven…

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Series Preview: Brewers (62-50) @ Reds (51-61)

The Brewers are 4-5 against the Reds in ’08, and sit in second place, 5 games behind the Cubs for…

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Boy, the evidence is really piling up

First, there was this video of shirtless guys in a locker room. It was kinda…..well, you finish that sentence. Here’s…

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Brett Favre, Aaron Ross and Sanya Richards

1) Yesterday Goodell reinstated Favre. What this means now is that the ball is in the Packers’ court. The Packers…

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2008 HOF Class: We’re not so different after all

The Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies took place this Saturday. The inductees were OT Gary Zimmerman, DE Andre Tippett, DE…

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Skip Caray, 1939-2008

In a story that the USA Today Game On blog has just put online, it’s so sad to report that…

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More Pierce Details

So in the midst of the apparently hour long ordeal, Paul Pierce was handcuffed by Las Vegas PD. Though Bill…

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Hey Paul, the Party is Over

For the past six weeks, the Celtics have partied like rock stars. There was the parade in Boston, a weekend of…

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Meanwhile, at the Yankees old timers game

David Wells had this to say about the new Yankee Stadium: “I don’t think the old ghosts are going to…

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2008 July: A month of change

July was certainly a month of change… none more so than the end of the month. Manny Ramirez long overstayed…

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Thank God for Will Allen. Today’s your day!

26 Days to go before opening day at Ohio Stadium! Wearing the uniform of the day today is none other…

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Interview With Sox Prospect Lars Anderson

NECN has a great interview with Sox prospect Lars Anderson who was recently promoted to Portland. Lars could be the…

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Is the Elephant Out of the Room? Looks Like It!

The Sox have now won 3 straight games, finishing a sweep of the A’s today, winning 5-2 behind Dice-K’s 6…

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Seattle Times – HOME RUN

(Sappy sap sap alert – You have been warned…) I have to admit I was taken by surprise by today’s…

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The Bang For the Buck Ratings

We all know about the large money disparities in baseball and how it sometimes leads to having the same teams…

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Romo Best of 2003 QB Class, Darren Woodson 2009 HOF

With two solid years under his belt, Tony Romo has leap frogged the rest of his 2003 draft class, QBs…

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Live HOF Game Blog

The game starts at 8pm, but here are a few links to start it off: Be sure to send an…

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BOS 5, OAK 2: Sweep complete

Jed Lowrie’s triple to deep center field that plated two was the difference in the Red Sox 5-2 win. It…

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Titans, Rams clash all this week

The first week of training camp is officially history. After pounding each other to the point of oblivion, the Titans…

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Eddieeeee, want to talk to youuuuuuuuu

27 days to go. Here’s a personal hero of mine. Grandma brought him up right, kept him out of a…

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