Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

BREAKING: Milton Bradley still crazy

Milton Bradley is still struggling with being named after a board game company. This time, he was so enraged by…

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Spring Fish Wrap – Boys From Troy Edition

As a younger Coug fan, I used to hate USC. I really did. Back in the mid-to-late 90’s, they seemed…

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Colon Dazzles, Timlin Not So Much

Bartolo Colon earned his 150th career win tonight at Fenway with a win over the Orioles. He went 6 innings…

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Offensive explosion in first holds true

Boston’s offense wasted no time in letting their bullpen have a chance to blow up another game scoring five runs…

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“I Think I’ll Play”

X-Rays are negative… nobody's 100%… and Rajon Rondo says he' thinks he's gonna play.  The video of him talking after…

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“Get Your Rest”

All day Wednesday, ESPN was including in its Finals coverage a clip of Doc Rivers after the game telling his guys…

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We Really Want This One

A win in Game 3 would have been nice…. but its not exactly critical to the Celtics chances of winning…

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The Donaghy Effect?

A couple of weeks ago, the NBA decided it wanted to get $1 million from Tim Donaghy as reimbursement for…

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Enough Already… KG Gets It

You can't hear anything about the Celtics now without getting a "and KG needs to get into the post!" sort…

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Kobe is a Yankees Fan

According to the Associated Press: “Asked if he was disappointed in Schilling’s comments, Bryant responded, “Go Yankees!” I guess the…

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Wolves Updates 6/12

From Charley Walters/Pioneer Press: -The Timberwolves report sales of 539 season tickets resulting from their new "pay a pick" promotion,…

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Fireside Chats #11: Where Paul’s under the weather, Tim thinks Manny is the most loved, and we talk Interleague action

Boston Red Sox podcast for MVN Radio Episode 11 where Paul’s under the weather, Tim thinks Manny is the most…

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OUCH! This one hurts…

Anyone want a scholarship to play at IU? Enduring all the transfers was really no big deal, but now that…

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Tonight’s Lineup 6/11 vs. the Orioles

Jacoby Ellsbury, LFDustin Pedroia, 2BJ.D. Drew, RFManny Ramirez, DHMike Lowell, 3BKevin Youkilis, 1BJason Varitek, CCoco Crisp, CFJulio Lugo, SS Bartolo…

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Big Papi Becomes An American Citizen

David Ortiz became an American citizen today at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library. Ortiz immigrated from the…

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6/11: Crush The Birds

Prev. Gm: Baltimore Orioles (31-32) @ Boston Red Sox (40-27) Garrett Olson (5-1, 3.86) @ Bartolo Colon (3-1, 3.46) 7:05…

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Beanie Wells meets his new #1 fan

OK, so it’s time for me to fawn a little. Most of my readers know that I’m now managing a…

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Gamecocks Walk-ons given scholly

University of South Carolina men’s basketball coach Darrin Horn has granted scholarships to walk-on players Branden Conrad and Robert Wilder…

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Alternate Ending to Jericho

I don’t know how the person who posted this video at YouTube did it, this is ending to the second…

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Schilling Update

Curt Schilling has had no problems with throwing off of the mound and has been throwing harder. He will face…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLBBaltimore at Red Sox – MASN/NESN, 7 p.m.Chicago White Sox at Detroit – WCIU/FSN Detroit, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Cleveland –…

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Matt Capps Blows First Save, Sleeps With Fishes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T30eRyvzoLA&hl=en Sure, last night’s game was memorable for the game-winning homer by Lastings Milledge, or the dugout words between Elijah…

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Calling all callers…We need you!

Fellow Fire Brander’s…Paul and I are heading into the podcast studio this evening and are looking for people to call…

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The Mid-Week Linkage

On this Wednesday, Southern New England is much cooler and less humid than the last few days so I’m not…

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Bidding Adieu to the Year That Was (Part One)

Before we get too far into the summer to even remember it, let’s take a few minutes to look back…

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Wolves Updates 6/11 Part 2

From DraftExpress: Almost every draft service around has tabbed Brook Lopez as the third overall pick in their mock draft,…

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Oswalt fans 10 to beat Brewers 6-1

Brewers’ skipper Ned Yost, trying to give his team some momentum on the road, tweeked the batting order Tuesday night…

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Review of Back Nine at Cherry Hills: The Legends of the 1960 US Open

Tonight, HBO will air another documentary in its critically acclaimed series, “Sports of the 20th Century.” The latest documentary, “Back…

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A Friendly Reminder…

For those of you who are enjoying what you’re reading and may be new around these parts of the interwebs,…

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