Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Defending Rickie

Argh, now Tom Haudricourt has joined in the criticism of Brewers’ second baseman Rickie Weeks. I think the criticism is…

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Sox Need a Spark

The trade deadline is fast approaching. Thursday at 4pm Eastern to be exact. Much of the discussion in the past…

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LAA 7, BOS 5: Dice-K roughed up

A six run outburst in the sixth inning was the all the Angels needed dumping Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston…

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Manny to Dodgers?

Reports have very early talks between the Red Sox and Dodgers for Manny Ramirez. The Red Sox would most likely…

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One in town…one isn’t

It seems Peyton showed up in Terre Haute. Does anyone want to bet about the odds he tries to play…

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TrueHoop chats with Love

Henry Abbott/TrueHoop talked to Kevin Love on the way to photo shoots for rookie trading cards in New York.    …

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Titans Position Analysis: Safety

Next up in our position analyses is the safety position. A healthy Chris Hope and emerging former first round draft…

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Monday Camp Reports

Mon Morning Practice Training Camp Video Update Mon Afternoon Practice Kiwanuka: “Football’s a lot more fun now … than it…

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Rooster’s Picks

This is a hard year to pick how the Pac-10 is going to end up. It seems like lots of…

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Wolves Updates 7/29

From Joe Palladino/Republican-American: Terms of Gomes’ contract with the Timberwolves have not yet been released. Word on the street is…

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Wonder comments on Favre and a possible Jets landing

Late last week Wonder had the opportunity to discuss the possibility of the Jets going after Favre: “If they’re smart,…

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Gomes agrees in principle to a five-year contract

From the Associated Press: The Minnesota Timberwolves and restricted free agent forward Ryan Gomes have agreed in principle on a…

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Kwame Brown or Patrick O’Bryant?

The Detroit Pistons – the Celtics number one threat in the Eastern conference – have signed Kwame Brown to a 2-year, $8…

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Donaghy Gets 15 Months

Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy was sentenced to 15 months in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty last year to taking…

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Aren’t They Supposed to be Angels?

AAAAARRGH. The Sox good news streak has ended at….1 day in a row. They can’t seem to put together a…

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I’m thinking of doing the Tour de France

Really, I think I would be a shoe in. Look at the facts: I have been riding bikes since I…

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Titans training camp 7-29 morning practice

Just a few tidbits from this morning’s practice on another hot day. It will be sweltering when the pads will…

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Could Red Sox deal for catcher at deadline?

Let’s take a break from the Manny saga and check out another trade rumbling on the horizon: The Texas Rangers…

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Monday’s 6-4 loss: I was there–here’s what I remember

The Brewers dropped the first game of the series against the Cubs, 6-4. The Brewers are now two back of…

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7/28 Sox Lineup vs. LAA

2B Pedroia, Dustin1B Youkilis, Kevin DH Ortiz, DavidLF Ramirez, Manny3B Lowell, MikeRF Drew, J.D.SS Lowrie, JedC Varitek, JasonCF Ellsbury, Jacoby…

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Gammons Hits Manny Hard

The late Congressman Mo Udall once said during a Congressional hearing that was going on and on, “everything’s been said,…

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Manny to D-Backs? AZ Sportswriter Says No Chance

After all of the Manny comments in the past few days and weeks, you knew the trade rumors were going…

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Monday Linkage

I’ve been a bit busy at work today, trying to get some paperwork finished before the end of the month….

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLBAnaheim at Red Sox – ESPN/FSN West/NESN, 7 p.m.Baltimore at New York Yankees – MASN/YES, 7 p.m.Toronto at Tampa Bay…

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Titans Position Analysis: DE

There’s good news and bad news about the Titans’ defensive ends this year. The good news is the two starting…

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Worst Headline Ever…and other thoughts

A couple of things that I’ve been thinking about: How pointless is this headline? I read it and immediately thought,…

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Ok, back to hockey!

I found this article on TSN: http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=244291&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_nhl#videoyourcallarticle I agree with the revenue sharing but not moving teams back to Canada….

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Here Come the Angels

Even with a good win last night the Sox will still have their hands full when the Angels come to…

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POLL: Justin Masterson’s nickname

Here are the results of the nickname “contest” for Justin Masterson: Monsterson 27% of all votes Jedi Masterson 17% of…

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