C'mon guys. The Boston Globe. Allegedly THE paper of record for New England sports, is embarrassing themselves with this Tom Brady holdout garbage. Albert Breer's lede on the Extra Points blog: With all the noise of a Tom Brady holdout (which I hear pretty strongly isn't happening ... and was never happening), it's worth asking … Continue reading Globe Staff Going Whole Hog On Brady Holdout
WEEI’s Desperate Attempts To Spin The Ratings
Even though WEEI maintains a ratings lead in the local sports radio wars, they're not comfortable. They're feeling the need to manipulate, exaggerate, whatever it takes to appear even more imposing. As Chad Finn points out this morning: While certain WEEI hosts refuse to acknowledge that the station no longer has a sports-talk monopoly, there … Continue reading WEEI’s Desperate Attempts To Spin The Ratings
Week Log: Seven And Fading
Beantown Sports Observer gripes that after an early summer flood of interesting topics, there is zilch gong on now unless you count baseball. Fortunately, Week Log does count baseball so let's get started there, where the count is presently at seven games back - eight in the lost column, five in the Wild Card. Red … Continue reading Week Log: Seven And Fading
Red Sox Drop Series In Oakland, Head To Seattle, Fading Fast
Clay Buchholz came off the DL yesterday, but was rusty in his first start back in the rotation, as the A's beat the Red Sox again, 6-4 out in Oakland. Adrian Beltre hit another home run and drove in three of the four Red Sox runs, but it wasn't enough. Now the Red Sox head to … Continue reading Red Sox Drop Series In Oakland, Head To Seattle, Fading Fast
NESN Inks Jerry Remy to Multiyear Extension
Coming off the major health issues he went through last season, this is certainly good news. NESN and longtime Red Sox color analyst Jerry Remy have agreed to a multi-year contract extension. “I am truly fortunate to have been part of the NESN family for the past 23 years and that relationship will continue into … Continue reading NESN Inks Jerry Remy to Multiyear Extension
Sox Can’t Go Extra In Oakland
With the Yankees and Rays having already lost, the Red Sox had a great opportunity to make up a game in the AL East standings. They jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but Tim Wakefield gave it right back, surrendering four runs of his own in the third inning. The scored remained tied until the … Continue reading Sox Can’t Go Extra In Oakland
Dice-K, Sox Take A Tight One In Oakland
Daisuke Matsuzaka gave up just one run in 6 2/3 inning, and Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon closed things out for him as the Red Sox edged the Oakland A's 2-1 out in Northern California last night.Adrian Beltre homered for the Red Sox in the win. With the Red Sox out West, it's once again … Continue reading Dice-K, Sox Take A Tight One In Oakland
Where In The World Is Pete Sheppard?
Each Glenn Ordway vacation day that goes by this summer that results in WEEI's Big Show being hosted by Mike Adams or Butch Stearns (although Bob Neumeier is an improvement) leaves me asking the same thing - what happened with Pete Sheppard, and why hasn't he gotten another job yet? I wasn't always the biggest fan … Continue reading Where In The World Is Pete Sheppard?
Staggering Sox Heading Out On The Road
The Red Sox dropped three of four at Fenway Park this weekend to the Texas Rangers, including yesterday's 4-2 loss in which Jon Lester went eight innings, giving up three runs, but the offense couldn't help him out, managing just five hits on the afternoon. The Red Sox are in Oakland tonight, where they will … Continue reading Staggering Sox Heading Out On The Road
Let’s Get The Friday Megalinks Done
Ok, this shuffling between two offices is just killing me. No time to do anything, work or blogging. Let's do some linkage now. For the weekend viewing picks, you can go here. Now the links from all over the country and Canada. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today says more big sports events will be … Continue reading Let’s Get The Friday Megalinks Done
Boston Sports Media Watch 