Jeff Horrigan is one of the baseball writers for the Boston Herald. A graduate of Northeastern University, Horrigan's MLB beat career started in Cincinnati, where he covered the Reds for seven seasons with the Cincinnati Post. In 2000, he joined the Boston Herald, where he is in his ninth season sharing the beat writer duties … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Jeff Horrigan
Approval Ratings – Mike Reiss
Mike Reiss is the Patriots beat writer for the Boston Globe and blogger extraordinaire on "Reiss' Pieces." Reiss started his popular blog while working for the MetroWest Daily News, where he worked for seven years. In 2005, he was hired by the Globe's West weekly section, and the next year he joined the Globe's sports … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Mike Reiss
Approval Ratings – Dale Arnold
Dale Arnold is the co-host of WEEI's mid-day "Dale and Holley" show. A Maine native, Arnold has been broadcasting games since he was 15 years old. He attended Bowdoin College, and began doing Maine Mariners games in 1979. In 1986 he got the same job with the New Jersey Devils. From 1988-1990 he was the … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Dale Arnold
Approval Ratings – Mike Giardi
Mike Giardi is the weekend sports anchor at NECN, and also hosts the weekend edition of Sports LateNight at the station. He is also a contributor to the Boston Score blog. He is a native of Norwood, and received a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Boston University. He began his broadcast career at WIVT-TV in … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Mike Giardi
Approval Ratings – Jayme Parker
Consider yourself flashed... Jayme Parker is a NESN reporter for SportsDesk. She's been with the network since November of 1996. She has worked as a freelance news writer for WCVB-TV Channel 5, WHDH-TV Channel 7 and WBZ-TV Channel 4 in Boston. Currently, Parker serves as a sideline reporter for Boston College football radio broadcasts. Parker … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Jayme Parker
Approval Ratings – Dave O’Brien
Dave O'Brien is in his second year alongside Joe Castiglione in the Red Sox radio booth. O'Brien is another New England native, having grown up in both NH and Massachusetts. He broke into broadcasting in 1990 with the Atlanta Braves, and then was the voice of the Florida Marlins from 1993 to 2001. In 2002 … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Dave O’Brien
Approval Ratings – Gil Santos
We're only about a month away from the start of Patriots training camp, which means that the still-strong pipes of Gil Santos will be heard on a weekly basis soon thereafter on the WBCN Patriots Rock Radio network... Of course, you can catch Gil on a daily basis at his day job over in the … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Gil Santos
Approval Ratings – Mike Dowling
Here's another veteran of the Boston sports media scene... Mike Dowling has been with WCVB-TV channel 5 since 1985. During that time, he has been the principal sports reporter for the station, while also serving at the weekend sports anchor. Before coming to WCVB, Dowling worked at WBZ-TV in Boston as weekend sports anchor. He … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Mike Dowling
Approval Ratings – Dennis Eckersley
The Eck is up today... After a Hall of Fame playing careerwith the Indians, Red Sox, Cubs, A's and Cardinals, Dennis Eckersley began his broadcast career as a color analyst for the A's TV broadcasts in 1999. For the last several years Eckersley has been in the rotation of studio analysts for the Red Sox … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Dennis Eckersley
Approval Ratings – Tommy Heinsohn
Time for a Tommy Point? For over a quarter of a century, Tom Heinsohn has been next to Mike Gorman on Celtics broadcasts. He has picked up the mantle from Johnny Most as the unabashed homer in the broadcast booth, screaming at the officials and making villains of the opponents. In the 1980's Heinsohn was … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Tommy Heinsohn
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