Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Series Preview: Brewers (33-30) @ Astros (32-32)
The True Blue Brew Crew meets the Astros for the third time in 2008, having been swept in three games…
Read more Classic Mini Pony of the Day 6-10-08
(originally published on 6-10-07) Yo kid. Move. You’re blocking the cool little horse. And you got poo or something on…
Read more WSU Football Blog Exclusive: Kaddy Reports From the Columbia River Dinner
A HUGE hat-tip to our own Kaddy, who had the privilege of attending the Friday night Columbia River Cougar Club…
Read more Bob Popa talks about Strahan’s decision to retire
Bob Popa spoke Monday evening with WFAN’s Schmoozer Steve Somers.1) “Shocked,” and surprised that Strahan retired. Expected Michael Strahan to…
Read more McKinney heads to Bucks
From Judd Zulgad/Star Tribune: The Timberwolves will be looking for a new radio analyst. Billy McKinney, who spent the…
Read more Jay Alford
Jay Alford talks with Giants.com about 2007 and 2008. We take it for granted the progression of a rookie, but…
Read more It finally happened, kids!
I’ll admit it, I thought it was pretty cool last year when Jim Thome, Frank Thomas and Alex Rodriguez all…
Read more How recent DUI’s could affect the Raiders
Former NFL and Oakland Raider star quarterback Ken Stabler was arrested and charged with reckless driving and driving under the…
Read more Buchholz Gets Shelled In Pawtucket
Clay Buchholz was gone after 3 innings today with the PawSox after giving up 6 hits, 2 walks and 2…
Read more Late Monday Night Links
I’ll give you a few more links tonight before calling it a night. First, Ken McMillan of the Times Herald-Record…
Read more Griffey Hits His 600th
Congrats to Ken Griffey Jr. Griffey hit his 600th career home run earlier tonight. I’ve told you before that Junior…
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Protect This With Your Lives
Before the series started, I told Around The Spectrum that I thought the Celtics would win games 1,2, 4 and…
Read more Schilling Not Impressed with Kobe
Curt Schilling sat courtside for Game 2 at the Garden. He was seated about 3 feet from the Lakers bench which provided…
Read more The Bandwagon Is Looking A Little Empty
The Celtics are in Los Angeles… up 2 games to none. It's what some might call a commanding lead… but…
Read more Paul Pierce > Kobe Bryant
This is always a fun one for Lakers fans. We've been saying this for a while. In fact… here's a…
Read more The Story Of The Truth
This is a very worthwhile read about Paul Pierce in today's New York Times. “It’s a cliché in Inglewood: you…
Read more Whitlock Blasts KG
In Monday's column praising the play of Paul Pierce, Jason Whitlock also took several shots at Kevin Garnett. In the…
Read more Paul Pierce > Kobe Bryant
This is always a fun one for Lakers fans. We've been saying this for a while. In fact… here's a…
Read more This Week in Angels Baseball (Week of June 9th)
By Victor Varadi – Angelswin.com Columnist Overall Record: 39-25Games Ahead: 4.5Week Record: 5-1 Week in Review: Ervin Santana was superb…
Read more BREAKING NEWS: CTV Gains Rights to Hockey Night in Canada Theme
In what can only be described as a major blunder by CBC, rival network CTV has signed with a deal…
Read more The Masterson Dilemma
What *should* the Sox do with Masterson? Right now the rotation is as follows: Beckett, Wakefield, Lester, Colon, Masterson. When…
Read more HBO to re-air Jim McKay Documentary This Week
From the fine people at HBO Sports comes word that the network will air “Jim McKay: My World in My…
Read more AL All-Star Voting Update
Scanning through the latest update of AL All-Star voting shows a ton of Red Sox and Yankees are going to…
Read more Quick Monday Afternoon Update
I can give you a few more links today. Starting with David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch where he…
Read more Schilling Thinks The Sox Will Be OK Without Ortiz
Curt Schilling checks in over at 38pitches.com and covers most of the recent events. He highlights one of the great…
Read more Rickie Weeks to the DL
Rickie Weeks was put on the 15-day DL on Monday afternoon by the Brewers. Weeks flew back to Milwaukee after…
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