Author: Bruce Allen

It's March, and while there will be Madness later this month, for local sports shock talkers, it's a slow time right now. They can only insult Hanley Ramirez in so many ways, they can only insinuate that Danny Ainge and Brad Stevens have blown the season and deserve more heat than the Bruins a limited … Continue reading March comes in like a lion…

With the NFL and NFLPA preparing to head back into court next week over Deflategate, an internal memo was circulated to ESPN staffers this week. With the next hearing in the ongoing Deflategate case involving the New England Patriots scheduled for March 3, we want to ensure that reporting on issues surrounding the team are … Continue reading ESPN to Staff: Let’s Be Accurate When Talking About The Patriots Cheating Scandals

America is happy. The New England Patriots, the very picture of villainy and evil for the sports fans of the country have been vanquished. I'm not unhappy. Sure, I'm bitterly disappointed, I'm frustrated, I'm upset. I'm also proud. This team, what they had to overcome this season, what they had to overcome in this game, … Continue reading No Super Bowl For Patriots, But No Quit, Either

It will be interesting watching what facts come out in the next few days/weeks regarding what happened to Chandler Jones over the weekend. This is what we know for sure: https://twitter.com/McCannSportsLaw/status/687288881616699392 What else do we know? Very little apparently, but that's not stopping rampant speculation. This was what started the whole story:   The Tweet … Continue reading Watching The Reporting On Chandler Jones

The narrative of the national sports media never ceases to astound me. On false reports and leaks to well-placed reporters, Tom Brady and the Patriots were villainized, accused of cheating, and became a national story leading the evening newscasts. The media was eager to lap it up and proclaim Brady and the Patriots guilty and … Continue reading Brady vs Manning – Rivals Even In Media Hypocrisy

It's been a busy time for everyone, but especially in the world of sports media, where things are moving fast and furious. A few items: 98.5 The SportsHub once again topped the radio ratings for the Fall book, demonstrating repeatedly that trolling is king when it comes to gaining and retaining listeners. WEEI however, finished … Continue reading Catching Up – Ratings, Red Sox Announcers, et al.

Hmmm. https://twitter.com/OTLonESPN/status/679304105538535424 (Tweet has been deleted.) Less than 30 minutes later: https://twitter.com/NFLprguy/status/679311040149135360 I don't trust either entity, so who knows the actual truth? I do find it interesting that ESPN would call out the NFL for allegedly pulling out this concussion study, when ESPN pulled out of the Frontline documentary with PBS (reputedly at the … Continue reading So, The NFL CAN Correct ESPN Reports?