Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Sox let one slip, lose to Jays 6-5

Despite a rough start from Julian Tavarez the Boston Red Sox (54-35) still had a chance to win, but Kyle…

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Gary Sheffield is Bat Shit Crazy

Neil Best of Newsday must be loving this blog thing because he continues to post great stuff. First, he has…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

Toronto at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.Jericho – CBS, 8 & 9 p.m.Entourage (4 episode marathon) – HBO, 10…

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Knowing what you’re talking about…

is nice in life.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2935483 Why the Star article didn’t even speculate on this angle to the Simon story, I’m not…

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Drew’s Lines is it Anyway?

After reading the Ladies…’ ridiculous post about cheese (or cheeze), I got to thinking about Whose Line is it Anyway….

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The Big Ten’s Loss is the MAC’s Gain (and other stuff)

It looks like TV stations in the Midwest are finding ample replacements for Big Ten football games. Instead of finding…

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Mini Pony of the Day 7-13-07: Part 2

Well, that’s a first. Chalk it up to today being Friday the 13th. I figured I needed to add this…

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Mini Pony of the Day 7-13-07

Friday the 13th. I love Friday the 13th. My birthday is on the 13th (next month), and I always seem…

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UCONN Releases Men’s Basketball Big East Opponents

The UCONN athletic department released the Men’s basketball Big East opponents for the upcoming 2007-2008 season. Every Big Team will…

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More Friday Links

I wanted to get the first part of the links up so I could work on some more. Bob Wolfey…

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Pitt or Pittsburgh? Either Way, Its Money Down the Drain

Remember back in 1997, when then-Athletic Director Steve Pedersen decided to change the PITT name to Pittsburgh, to show the…

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Friday is Finally Here

Let’s get to some links for you. This Dan Patrick-leaving-ESPN story has grown plenty of legs since July 3 when…

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Visitor of the Week: Its Only the Second Week of July?

This week’s VotW race was too good. I couldn’t pick just one. The first (above) comes all the way from…

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Reader Response

From my least favorite form of literary criticism to a quippy blog entry title. It’ll work. I wanted to get…

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Finally some love for the line

I’ve been stating my boredom and relative ambivalence for ESPN’s unit rankings all week, but I am glad to say…

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Simon activated? No word on Freeney? What the sheol is going?

Many of you were probably greeted to this line from the Star today.http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070713/SPORTS03/707130441/1247/SPORTS If anyone is paying attention, the Colts…

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07/13: Tavarez On Friday The 13th

JULY 13th, 2007 GAME THREAD Shaun Marcum (4-3, 3.62) @ Julian Tavarez (5-7, 4.97) Toronto Blue Jays (43-45) @ Boston…

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Good Reality TV, Bad Reality TV

The Reality TV Genre is here to stay. Unfortunately, there’s too much of it. I enjoy shows like The Amazing…

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Spurs Trade Butler, Rights to Scola to Houston!

In a stupid ass move, the Spurs have traded Jackie Butler and the rights to Luis Scola to Houston for…

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Rolling With Dice

One of the biggest question marks facing the Red Sox as we open the second half is the depth of…

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Pens Avoid Arbitration with Armstrong’s Beak-Nose

Winger Colby Armstrong showed the team he could levitate. The Pens rewarded him with a 2-year deal, successfully avoiding arbitration…

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Mini Pony of the Day 7-12-07

A mini pony at the White House…world domination is almost complete. I think this is JFK Jr. However, I could…

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Red Sox win second half opener beating Jays 7-4

Maybe all that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz needed was some semblance of a rest. The result of that rest,…

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The COPS Drinking Game

I stand by the fact that drinking games are sports in their own right, and feel that I should introduce…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

Toronto at Red Sox – NESN, 7 p.m.Big Brother 8 – CBS, 8 p.m.PGA Golf – John Deere Classic –…

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Fixing the preseason

Clark Judge of CBS picked 12 preseason games that might be worth watching. He happened to put 3 of the…

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Thursday Mini-Update

I’ll give you a few links here. Jim Williams in his Watch This! blog in the DC/Baltimore Examiner spins things…

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The Thursday Links

Let’s get to our links today. MLB finally gets back into action. It seemed last night was a long grind….

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Is Francis Getting the Shaft?

Recently, PSaMP received an email from reader Jody diPerna, a hardcore Ron Francis fan with an interesting question. Francis, who…

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