Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Gamecocks Baseball gets some Practice Time
The boys of summer are warming up. Practice for the #3 USC Baseball team began recently and the Carolina faithful…
Read more Spurrier gets a cool million
The executive committee of USC’s Board of Trustees amended Spurrier’s contract to create a tax-deferred retirement plan worth $250,000 per…
Read more What others are saying about Bradshaw
Mike Vrabel: “He is a great back and he is one of those guys who is gaining confidence each time…
Read more Sox Skipper Happy With Rotation, Glad Santana Will be in NL
Terry Francona shared his views about the Santana trade and the Sox rotation with an Associated Press reporter on Friday….
Read more Titans offseason positional review – safeties
It was a scary sight. Chris Hope lay twitching on the Field Turf of Paul Brown Stadium. Scarier words would…
Read more THE ROOKIES
The rookie draft class of 2007 will be remembered for a long time.Ross- starting CBSmith- #3 WR behind Burress and…
Read more An Apology to Keith Law
I’m an idiot. Friday, while having a bit of down time at work, I went to the Brewers’ area of…
Read more Santana Deal Done
The Mets and Johan Santana have reached an agreement after a 2 hour extension to the 72 hour deadline. Santana…
Read more Our Friday Night Update
Time to give you an update. Newsday’s Neil Best has been busy at the Super Bowl. First, he recaps Giants…
Read more Wolves Updates 2/2
From Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press: Obama’s visit to the Twin Cities just three days before Minnesota’s precinct caucuses could be well…
Read more Wolves 104, Clippers 83
From Kent Youngblood/Star Tribune: 10 Victories by the Wolves, which means they are no longer on the lowest NBA rung;…
Read more Here We Go
Yep, its that time, time to go ahead and jump off that god damn bridge into the deep abyss. Like…
Read more Weekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, February 2European PGA Tour/Dubai Desert Classic, 3rd Round – Golf Channel, 8:30 a.m.NHL/New York Islanders at Montreal – CBC/NHL…
Read more College Basketball Viewing Picks for 02/02 & 02/03/2008 (All Times Eastern)
Saturday, February 2College Gameday, live in Los Angeles – ESPN, 11 a.m. Syracuse at Villanova – ESPN, noonMaryland at Georgia…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
College Basketball/Iona at St. Peter’s – ESPNU, 7 p.m.NHL/Colorado at Detroit – TSN/NHL Center Ice, 7:30 p.m.College Hockey/UNH at Vermont…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 2-1-08
The Chronicles of Grow-A-Pony. Here he is at 44 hours. No penny this time to show size ratio, though. The…
Read more Our Friday Megalinks, Part 2
Now that I’m back at work, I’ll finish the megalinks plus some other stuff. We left off in the South….
Read more Quick PECOTA reaction
Some quick and dirty reactions to the PECOTA predictions of Red Sox players: For those who wanted Sean Casey over…
Read more Goodbye Hinske, Hello Casey
The Red Sox signed veteran first baseman Sean Casey to a one year $800,000 deal today. Casey is the left…
Read more Questions surround the 08 USC Football Team
Here are some questions going into the 2008 Football season, I know it is like 7 months away but these…
Read more This one ain’t close
I am issuing a brief, pre-emptive congratulations to the fans of the soon to be Super Bowl champion Patriots. I…
Read more Curt Schilling and McCain Involved in $ Controversey
Everyone knows Curt Schilling is an outspoken Republican who often talks about politics on his blog. Last month Schilling went…
Read more Red Sox in L.A.
Tickets for the Red Sox-Dodgers exhibition game at the L.A. Coliseum go on sale this Saturday at 10 am Pacific….
Read more The Mayor heads to Boston
The Boston Red Sox have added first-baseman Sean Casey to their team for a scant $700,000. Casey, who possesses a…
Read more Over! Rated! (Clap, Clap, Clap clap clap)
In pro sports, the “yeah, but who have they beaten?” argument is usually crap. In college, it matters. Another IU…
Read more Time to play catch-up!
OK, everything is in order and I’m ready to get back at this blogging thing. I want to thank EVERYBODY…
Read more Head, Meet Elbow and Ice
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Read more Wolves Updates 2/1
Previews of tonight’s game against the Clippers: Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune Associated Press Jonathan Abrams/Los Angeles Times …
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