A trip around the afternoon stories: Chad Finn has Kevin Youkilis arriving as a legitimate star. Peter Gammons did a Q&A on Boston.com today. Andy Hart has an Ask PFW Mailbag on Patriots.com Gregg Easterbrook makes it through his first Tuesday Morning Quarterback with only a passing mention of you-know-what. Don Banks says former BC QB Matt Ryan will likely … Continue reading 08.13.08 Afternoon
Sox Outslug Rangers
The Patriots Red Sox missed two extra points last night, but managed to hang on and defeat the Cowboys Rangers 19-17 at Gillette Stadium Fenway Park. A wilder baseball game you will be hard pressed to find. We'll get you caught up on all the stories from this one over at RedSoxLinks.com this morning. The … Continue reading Sox Outslug Rangers
Tracking the Ex-Globies
A couple of Ex-Globies lead off a brief session of afternoon links. Gordon Edes finally is on board at Yahoo! and has a piece on Skip Carey, who passed away on August 3rd. Ron Borges talks to Andre Tippett about his long road to the Hall of Fame. Those are just two of those who have left the … Continue reading Tracking the Ex-Globies
Dennis & Callahan in 2018
If they're still around in 10 years, I'm pretty sure the show will sound something like this... 6:00am - John Dennis: On the show today we'll talk with Patriots head coach Josh McDaniels, who is continuing to experiment with the two-quarterback backfield, still trying to fill the void from when Tom Brady retired 4 years … Continue reading Dennis & Callahan in 2018
Beckett Aces ChiSox
With the Red Sox trotting out a lineup behind him that was less than intimidating, Josh Beckett needed to be on top of his game last night, and he was, going eight innings, giving up a single run and striking out eight. When he left the game, the score was 2-1, and Boston tacked on … Continue reading Beckett Aces ChiSox
Clay’s Not OK
David Scott has his latest edition of Monday Morning Media Matters, with a look at Gordon Edes finally getting ready to debut for Yahoo!, and Dan Shaughnessy's carte blanche assignment in Los Angeles, where he gets to appear on Jim Rome each day and put out Manny rumors that the Globe's own baseball staff shoots … Continue reading Clay’s Not OK
A Friday Megalink Day
Ken from Fang's Bites with you once again with the Friday Megalinks. Lots of links to get to. As you can imagine, the media columns today are Olympic-heavy. But first, let's go over the Weekend Viewing Picks. With the Olympics now underway, they are the main viewing pick for this weekend. I'm not going to … Continue reading A Friday Megalink Day
Pats Get ’08 Kicked Off
Head on over to Patriots Daily for a look back at last night's preseason opener between the Patriots and Ravens. The defense looked ok, the offense, not so much. Get all the newspaper and blog coverage from last night at PatriotsLinks.com. Over on Scott's Shots, we've got some Rumblings and Bumblings in Foxborough from last night as well. … Continue reading Pats Get ’08 Kicked Off
Funayama To Replace Simpson on B’s Telecasts
Fluto Shinzawa on the Boston.com Bruins blog reports that NESN has hired Naoko Funayama to replace Rob Simpson as Bruins reporter on the network's telecasts. Funayama has been a freelance reporter for NESN on Red Sox stories while working at NH's WMUR-TV as a full time sports reporter. She was born in Tokyo and speaks … Continue reading Funayama To Replace Simpson on B’s Telecasts
Who Are These Guys? – Mark Farinella
Mark Farinella has been a regular on the Patriots beat since 1977 - which makes him the longest tenured day-to-day guy covering the Patriots. He writes for The Sun Chronicle out of Attleboro, and is pretty prolific at cranking out the coverage, singlehandedly putting out 4-5 articles on the day after a game. His daily coverage … Continue reading Who Are These Guys? – Mark Farinella
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