Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Some more Wednesday Stuff
Giving you a few more bits of news today. First, the fine blog, Sports Media Watch looks behind the poor…
Read more Finals Preview Coming Tomorrow
Our Finals preview including an overview of the series, positional matchups, predictions, preview podcast, wallpaper and links to external articles…
Read more Charles Wang Has Had Enough of Your Shenanigans
Thanks to the buyout, Yashin is now an UFA.Kevork Djansezian/AP After six years of the Alexei Yashin Experiment on Long…
Read more Please Pray For Alianna Marie Haggans
I try to refrain from overly-serious posts, but this needs to be addressed. Clark Haggans, an outstanding linebacker for the…
Read more Wednesday Links
Time to give you some links for today. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand has an interesting feature on an NFL broadcast…
Read more A bold prediction
Two years ago, as the 05-06 season was about to begin, the Cavaliers filmed and released a commercial featuring their…
Read more 06/06: Please? Can We Win?
JUNE 6th, 2007 GAME THREAD Tim Wakefield (5-6, 4.24) @ Joe Kennedy (1-4, 3.30) Boston Red Sox (37-20) @ Oakland…
Read more This goes beyond “consistent improvement”
LeBron James and I are on the same page. When he was first drafted, I was not ready to say…
Read more 10 Reasons To Love Dustin Pedroia
10. You have to admit, Pedroia is eerily similar to what a love child between Jeff Frye and Jody Reed…
Read more The Brits are an Angry Lot
It’s 1:49 a.m. on the East Coast of the US and I should be in bed, but I couldn’t help…
Read more Waiter, I’ll Have What He’s Having
Littering and… Littering and… Smokin’ the reefer.CP Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Ferguson has made a good point. The problem…
Read more Municipal Spending
I realized I made a terrible mistake, putting pictures on my posts fairly quickly after I started doing so. I…
Read more Tuesday Night Stuff
If I’m NBC, I certainly hope the NHL is making money somehow because it won’t do it through ratings. Last…
Read more Athletics turn 5 double-plays in Sox’s third consecutive loss
Despite two runs given up in a solid start by Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-4) the Boston Red Sox (37-20) hit into…
Read more Sticking With Kotchman Pays Dividends for Angels
At this point in during the 2006 season, things were bleak for Angels first baseman Casey Kotchman. After hitting an…
Read more Tuesday’s Primetime Viewing Choices
French Open Tonight – Tennis Channel, 6:30 & 10 p.m.Women’s College World Series – Championship Game, Tennessee vs. Arizona –…
Read more USC v. UNC, For all the marbles
Well here is the schedule for this upcoming weekend Chapel Hill Super RegionalAt Boshamer StadiumChapel Hill, N.C. June 8 South…
Read more More Tuesday Links
Some more stuff for you. ESPN plans to air a movie on the horse, Ruffian, who died back in 1974….
Read more Off day thoughts
Tomorrow, I’ll post my thoughts on The Finals. Obviously, I’m biased so I’m picking the Cavaliers. But I’ll tell you…
Read more If This Had Lasted Any Longer, Bill Clement Might of Had a Seizure
Phillip MacCallum/Getty Images Yes folks, that’s the Golden Boy and Grapes sitting next to each other. Scary, right? During the…
Read more 06/05: Time for Dice-K to be the Stopper
JUNE 5th, 2007 GAME THREAD Daisuke Matsuzaka (7-3, 4.83) @ Lenny DiNardo (1-2, 1.80) Boston Red Sox (37-19) @ Oakland…
Read more Replacing Coco Crisp; Is this a June swoon?
Five notes I wanted to talk about today. Three are relatively short, two are a bit more meaty. The short…
Read more Torres to Return as Closer
Most Pirates fans should be questioning their loyalty to the team after reading that headline. Torres is coming back as…
Read more Rookie DT can help Titans
Although I watched a pretty fair amount of SEC football last fall, I did not have a clue who Antonio…
Read more Draft Outlook, 2007.
The Brewers have the 7th pick in this year’s draft, which takes place Thursday-Friday this week, and the first day,…
Read more Tuesday Links
Last night, the Ottawa Senators lost Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals putting the Anaheim Ducks on the verge…
Read more Bush whacked in 7th
Once again, Yost left his starting pitcher in too long. The Brewers 2-1 lead evaporated with a 5-run Cubs’ 7th,…
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