Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Yanks Win Round 1

The Mannyless offense came up short as the Sox lost the first game of the three game series to the…

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Rematch?

In the admittedly way too early look at the upcoming season, Ian Thomsen has the Lakers and Celtics as the…

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Hooray for Saturday!

A lot of kids growing up get excited for the normal made up holidays…Valentine’s Day, Halloween, the last day of…

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Fisk Talks About the Sox-Yankees Rivalry

#27 talks about the old days. Watch below: Fenway West- The Western Home to Red Sox Nation http://www.fenwaywest.com

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Manny Scratched From the Lineup

Manny will not be in the starting lineup of tonight’s game vs. the Yankees because of the sore knee. Here’s…

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Wolves and Gomes Agree To Deal

From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: "Three for three: Ryan Gomes became the third Wolves’ free agent in eight days to agree…

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Tonight’s Lineup 7/25 vs the Yankees

Manny is in the lineup and in the field, Ellsbury has lost the leadoff spot and will bat 9th. 1….

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D-Lowe to the Bronx?

The Yankees are looking for a starter for the second half and Derek Lowe’s name is now in the rumor…

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Pregame Cerimony For ALS Reseach

A former CVS employee got her old company to help raise money for ALS research. Jeanne Bouley used to work…

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Sirius NFL Radio To Air From Every NFL Training Camp

For subscribers of Sirius Satellite Radio (and eventually, XM), Sirius NFL Radio will be hitting every NFL training camp this…

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Mulder and Scully

I just got home from watching the new X-Files film: I Want to Believe. I suppose that beauty is in…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLBNew York Yankees at Red Sox – WWOR/NESN, 7 p.m.Anaheim Angels at Baltimore – KCOP/MASN, 7 p.m.Seattle at Toronto –…

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7/25: It’s On

Prev. Gm: New York Yankees (56-45) @ Boston Red Sox (60-43) Joba Chamberlain (2-3, 2.52) @ Josh Beckett (9-6, 3.98)…

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Exploring the Vikings’ competence

While I was mired in computer hell, I kept seeing this article by Jim Souhan. He delights in the change…

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Links of the Day 7/25/08

Here are a few things from friends of the Times that you may have missed while the computer exploded. Of…

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A Friday Megalink Thing

Ok, let’s do your Friday megalinks. As usual, we look at the weekend viewing picks before we do our links….

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Series Preview: Astros (46-55) @ Brewers (59-43)

The Brewers return home still a game back in the NL Central to face the Houston Astros for three games….

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Bring It On

Now is the time for the Sox to bury the Yankees for the season. The Yankee fan base and their…

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Mini Pony of the Day 7-25-08

Dude, Itty and Bitty rule. What a clutch find. Check out the other bits of wonder in that link. You…

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Haynesworth signs one-year tender

Looks like Albert Haynesworth won’t be missing any time in training camp afterall. According to media reports, Haynesworth and the…

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SOX ON DECK: Mastering a New Role

Believe it of not but Justin Masterson once did a reasonable impersonation of Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon. Masterson,…

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Wilkinson on PUP List

The news that Wilkinson is on the PUP list is not good. I THINK THIS IS JUST A SMOKE SCREEN…

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We Have Been .Com’ed

“.Com’ed” Is that anywhere close to being correct? Maybe it’s “.comed”? I have no idea. Whatever the hell it is,…

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Sox Looking For Help at Short

The Red Sox have been in discussions for Juan Uribe and ’04 hero Orlando Cabrera but have come up empty…

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Happy Anniversary you crazy bat, you

“I played 20 years in the major leagues, I did some good things, and the one at-bat I’m remembered for…

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Buck O’Neil Finally Makes it to Cooperstown

Even though he was not elected into the Hall of Fame and is no longer alive to see it, Buck…

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Let’s Buy A Team!!!

We're all basketball fans, right? We all think we know how to run a team, right? Then let's prove it….

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What’s Wrong With This?

We live in a land of hypersensitivity.  So it's no shock that Nike's new ad campaign that, among other things, features…

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Open The Floodgates

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ewIkVRdEo] All the mid-level guys who don't think they're mid-level guys are willing to leave the NBA to go make…

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