Author: Bruce Allen

With the release of his new book Scribe: My Life in Sports last week, Bob Ryan has been doing media interviews as part of the publicity campaign for the book. One of the reappearing themes from the interviews is how treatment of the media by the teams and leagues has changed over the years, specifically … Continue reading Nuggets from the Bob Ryan Publicity Tour

The Bruins have struggled to score in the early going this season, and while they played a littler better yesterday, goals were still hard to come by, and the end result - a Colorado goal with 0.4 seconds left to break a 1-1 tie was depressing. Game Stories/Commentary: Avs beat the clock, and Bruins 
at … Continue reading Bruins Slow Start Continues With Last Second Loss

The Bruins get back on the ice tonight as the regular season begins with a nationally televised game (7:30pm, NBC Sports Network) against the Philadelphia Flyers at TD Garden. Despite some personnel losses, the Bruins are still considered one of the top teams in the NHL. They'll look to get back to the Stanley Cup … Continue reading Bruins Drop The Puck Tonight As NHL Season Opens

I never said Tom Brady was finished. You knew the Patriots would bounce back big this week! We were only criticizing what was happening on the field! Oh, so its the media's fault the Patriots played poorly in their first four games? It's the Bengals! Wake me when they actually win a big game. And … Continue reading Beep. Beep. Beep. That Sound You Hear Is Media Walking Back.

According to most of the population of New England, it seems that the Patriots are DONE as a playoff contending football team. The game has passed Bill Belichick by both as coach and GM, Tom Brady doesn't have WEAPONZ and is disgruntled at the organization, Josh McDaniels is incompetent, and Bob Kraft is CHEAP. Coming … Continue reading Can Patriots Bounce Back Against Bengals?

Derek Jeter will go into the baseball Hall of Fame. He deserves to be there. But "Greatest Yankee" ? "Deserves to be the first unanimous selection to the Hall of Fame" ? Worthy of an over-the-top sendoff at Fenway Park, and a tongue-bath from Dan Shaughnessy and the rest of the Boston Globe (and media)? … Continue reading Now That This Jeter Nonsense Is Behind Us…

In the wake of the NFL scandals of the last couple weeks, some of the long time and prominent media covering the league have been made slightly uncomfortable by having the light shined on their "coverage" of the league, which in many cases seems to consist of writing what Roger Goodell tells them to write. … Continue reading Week Wrap – Fat Cat Media Feels A Little Heat