Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Red Sox Fans Must Not Lower Their Selves
Earlier this year, a drunken Yankee fan ran down two Sox fans in New Hampshire. Whether this was an act…
Read more BarryBonds*BarryBonds*BarryBonds*BarryBonds*BarryBonds*
Ain’t gonna happen. Papi took batting practice before the game with the Twins today and promptly deposited 6 balls out…
Read more Is Our Offense Good Enough?
(GETTY IMAGES) Garret Anderson By David Saltzer – Angelswin.com ColumnistJuly 6th, 2008 Driving home from Saturday night’s game (July 5,…
Read more Dice-K Locked in a Pitcher’s Duel
Dice-K might actually get a complete game today. Through 6 innings, he’s only thrown 83 pitches, 56 of them for…
Read more Wolves Updates 7/8
The Timberwolves site posts the team’s full summer league roster as well as the summer league tv schedule. …
Read more 53 days to go….
The legend, Randy Gradishar. I had to go with him for #53. Plus, here’s the list of players who have…
Read more BOS 1, MIN 0: Manny notches game winner
Until the bottom of the eighth inning, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Scott Baker kept both offenses at bay.
Read more a very boring Terrible Cartoon
I gotta be honest, folks. Following Wimbledon, the 15 inning Tigers game, and the (murderous) 10 inning Sox game, all…
Read more USC Gamecocks Baseball Team has a new Associate Coach
USC baseball coach Ray Tanner announced today that Chad Holbrook will succeed Monty Lee as the Gamecocks’ associate head coach…
Read more Kieth Law! ESPN! WTF?!
Kieth Law of ESPN calls to task the players who voted in their poll for reserves and compares Jason Varitek…
Read more Primetime Viewing Picks
MLBMinnesota at Red Sox – ESPN/FSN North/NESN, 7 p.m.New York Mets at Philadelphia – SNY/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Houston at…
Read more No word yet on Gomes
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: Ryan Gomes’ agent said today he still expects negotiations with the Wolves and other teams to…
Read more Gamecock Preview on Rivals.com
Just noticed that Rivals.com has the Gamecock 2008 Preview up.Rivals is doing a Top 120 leading up to the 08…
Read more Even More on Dan Patrick Joining NBC
Dan says in the NBC Sports conference call that he wanted to work for Dick Ebersol and do the Olympics,…
Read more More on Dan Patrick Joining NBC
According to the NBC Sports conference call announcing Dan’s joining Football Night in America, Dan’s contract will be for the…
Read more BREAKING NEWS: Dan Patrick Joins Football Night in America
In an announcement being made as I write this, NBC Sports Emperor Dick Ebersol has announced that Dan Patrick will…
Read more Federer-Nadal Final Garners Good Ratings for NBC
NBC Sports has a reason to crow today and it’s due to the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal Gentlemen’s Final at Wimbledon…
Read more The Back to Work Monday Links
I know, a three day weekend and you’re dragging. I’m aware that you’re feeling this way, but it’s never fun…
Read more Links of the Day 7/7/08
The Wild added Owen Nolan last night. He was on NHL ’94, which means he’s sort of old. Rafael Nadal…
Read more 7/7: It Gets No Easier
Prev. Gm: Minnesota Twins (50-38) @ Boston Red Sox (52-39) Scott Baker (5-2, 3.65) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-1, 3.12) 7:05…
Read more The Week Ahead
I’ll do the Week Ahead first, then do your links for today. The Week in Sport is a slow one…
Read more Ch-ch-changes: Buchholz back
It’s already been broken in the game thread, but in case you haven’t heard, the Red Sox will call Clay…
Read more Why do Cubs fans hate the Cubs?
It’s a fair question, but one that lacks an easy answer. Be it through goat-cursing or ball snatching, Cubs fans…
Read more Pac-10 Stuff
With some trickle of news here and there, thought it was good to check around the Pac-10 and see what’s…
Read more Guest Lecturer Series: Christy Hammond
The summer is a boring time in Hockeyville. You know this. To try and keep our sanity, various folks from…
Read more Time To Get Back Home
Once again the Sox proved they can’t win on the road. Boston will be back at home until the All-Star…
Read more It is tough being a Gamecocks fan
We have played a total of 114 seasons since 1892, and the numbers only reinforce the idea that being a…
Read more Tough love, aka “get outta my locker room”
Last year, just prior to the BCS National Championship game, we had a bit of bad news. It was referred…
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