Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
The Angels Past, Present, and Future — Part 2: First Base
By Jonathan “Angelsjunky” Northrop – Angelswin Columnist Part 2 in my series, surveying the Angels position-by-position, past, present and future….
Read more Oh God, We’re Going to Have to Listen to Mark Messier Speak (and Probably Cry, Too)
Mark Messier seems to be spawning all of these players from his behind. Interesting.(C) Hockey Hall of Fame The annual…
Read more A Return to Normalcy
After almost 48 hours of a joke that never really caught on, we’re back to normal. It’s probably for the…
Read more It’s a Thursday Night Update
Time for some quickie links tonight. Andrew Krukowski of TV Week gives us the National Sports Ratings for the week…
Read more Is Mirabelli gone?
The Dallas Morning Post reported that the Rangers are interested in a trade with the Sox for Coco. Texas would…
Read more Dallas at NYG
The stakes are huge for the Giants. If they lose there is realistically no bye this year. How do they…
Read more Wolves Updates 11/9
Kent Youngblood/Star Tribune on tonight’s game at the Lakers: The team could still be shorthanded. Guard Rashad McCants, who had…
Read more Early Thoughts on Flordia Game
Florida has dominated this series through the years, holding a 20-4-3 advantage in the series, including last year’s 17-16 squeaker…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 11-8-07
I gave love to Rob and Big about 6 months ago because they got a mini horse, so I figured…
Read more Buys and Sells: November 8th
Every week, or as often as I remember, I’ll provide you with my poorly thought out ideas on whose stock…
Read more Primetime Viewing Picks
NHL/Montreal at Boston -NESN, 7 p.m.NHL/Washington at Ottawa – Rogers Sportsnet/NHL Center Ice, 7:30 p.m.College Football/Louisville at West Virginia –…
Read more Dice-K and the Trip to Japan
The Red Sox players have not all agreed to the Japan trip yet. It seems like Boston is the team…
Read more Hot Stove Continues
Theo met with the devil yesterday to discuss A-Rod. I would not read too much into this, it is similar…
Read more James Harrison = Defensive Player of the Week
It only seems like yesterday that I was doing this for Ike Taylor. Silverback is the latest Steelers player to…
Read more Preview Week 11 – Illinois
I’ve previously discussed the danger of this game, the “Trap Game”. The fact that it is Illinois playing us does…
Read more McCants going on road trip
From Kent Youngblood/On The Wolves: That’s the good news, that shooting guard Rashad McCants’s right ankle — sprained early in…
Read more Maybe this game really will be Manning vs. the Chargers
If the injury report is to be believed, and it has been pretty accurate all season, the Colts will barely…
Read more Meet The Staff For the 16th Consecutive Losing Season
Pirates news? Wtf? Yeah, the Buccos hired a manager in my absence. If this was the Steelers or Pens, I…
Read more Open Thread: Who should be the Brewers’ 6 other relievers in ’08?
Everyone and their sister have been complaining that the Brewers’ bullpen was to blame for much of their drop-off in…
Read more The “Walker Wiggle”
Antoine Walker buries a clutch three for the Boston Celtics… but more importantly, you get to see him bust out…
Read more Impressive Linguistic Talents – November 8th
Better late than never? I’m sorry for the lack of updates recently, but it’s been a busy week. Expect a…
Read more The Amazing Race 12 – Ep. 2 Preview
Thanks to the Reality Fan Forum for posting this. Online Videos by Veoh.com
Read more Sox first games on U.S. soil might be in the Bay Area!
When the Sox return from Japan(tentative) where they will play 2 “home” games they will play the next 2 games…
Read more Wednesday Night Linkage
Some links to give you here tonight. Chris Pursell of TV Week updated his Pressbox blog and he talks with…
Read more The NFL Ranks: Week 9
This past week we had our clash of the (non-Tennessee) Titans in Indianapolis. Despite the Patriots pulling out the 24-20…
Read more Wolves Updates 11/8
Rick Alonzo has a new Timberwolves blog at the Pioneer Press. From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: The Wolves took…
Read more Yeah, I said it: Don’t bring back Mike Lowell
Yeah. I did just say it. I’ll say it again. Do not bring back Mike Lowell. Why would we bring…
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