So things got a little more interesting over the last couple of days in the current war between media outlets in Boston.
CBS radio’s The SportsHub, 98.5-FM, scooped up another Boston media celeb by giving Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy a Saturday afternoon radio show.
While that move give the Boston Globe some more exposure, management must [...]
Fran Tarkenton was already a legend. If he wasn’t, he would be anyways after Tuesday’s radio interview in Atlanta.
The former Minnesota Vikings quarterback has been very outspoken on Brett Favre since his first retirement fiasco. Not only did the Hall of Fame quarterback roast Favre for how he treated the Green Bay Packers after the [...]
NASCAR lost a good guy today. No, not an owner or driver – but a reporter.
Longtime NASCAR writer David Poole died of a heart attack on Tuesday. According to a Charlotte Observer report, the 50-year-old Observer writer and Sirius Satellite Radio commentator had just returned from this past weekend’s race at Talladega Superspeedway and was [...]
Pennant fever it ain’t, but some kind of illness is gripping the Hub. It’s holding on for dear life with fans, commentators, radio’s talking heads and even newspaper scribes.
Can you believe it? Without Kevin Garnett the pundits all declare that the Boston Celtics will not win another NBA title. Seriously? No, seriously? Please guys and [...]
And the Column of the Year goes to . . . Channel 5’s Bob Halloran for his piece “Seller’s regret on Hanley may be in future“, which ran in the March 26 edition of the Metro Boston.
Halloran dug himself a hole from the outset, asking readers if they want Hanley Ramirez or Jed Lowrie playing [...]
So the rumors were true. Manchester’s own Chip Kelly is taking over for Mike Bellotti as head football coach at the University of Oregon.
In early December, a deal was struck to keep Kelly in town long term. The deal had Bellotti taking over as the college’s athletic director and Kelly sliding into the head coach position. Originally, this plan was not supposed [...]
Oh how sweet it is to hear of the “brotherhood” that is the NBA.
Miami star Dwayne Wade made that claim prior to Wednesday night’s 107-99 win over the Celtics. According to Mark Murphy’s piece in the Boston Herald, he made it regarding Stephon Marbury. It’s nice to see that the thugs can all stick together. [...]
Tony Massarotti is on to something. Well, at least in his outlook toward the Celtics and this year’s playoffs.
Forget home-court advantage, this team needs to be healthy first and foremost. In Tuesday’s Boston Globe, Mazz throws the thought of home-court advantage out the window. At this moment, many Celtics fans are throwing their arms up and [...]
Forget $14 million quarterback, it appears Matt Cassel is now a stand up comedian.
The USA Today’s Game On Blog was all over what can only be described as a verbal gaffe during Monday’s press conference in Kansas City.
During his Q& A with the Missouri media, Matt Cassel fielded this question: “Do you plan on meeting with Bernard [...]
Man, oh man, did Chad Finn let ‘er rip on Thursday.
The Boston.com sports reporter and OT columnist offered up his ideas on fixing sports radio. Namely fixing Boston sports radio and WEEI in particular.
Finn, a talented writer and former assistant sports editor at the Concord Monitor, did his best WEEI host impersonation. And he did [...]
