Here's a handy landing page for the recent Boston sports media decade in review series that wrapped up yesterday. #10 Media Free Agency #9 Curt Schilling Arrives, Joins SoSH, Starts Blogging #8 Manny Ramirez Becomes The Easiest Target Ever #7 A-Rod is Coming…Wait, No He’s Not… #6 The Death of Will McDonough (and others) #5 … Continue reading Decade In Review Recap
Top Sports Media Story of the Decade – Red Sox win 2004 World Series
Spygate may have been a more shameful episode, but the top Boston sports media episode this decade was the Red Sox ending 86 years of futility and winning the 2004 World Series. Why is it greater? While Spygate was scandalous and shameful, it did not change the actual manner in which the New England Patriots were covered, … Continue reading Top Sports Media Story of the Decade – Red Sox win 2004 World Series
#2 Spygate
Number Two? Really? Aren't I the one who wrote Why Spygate Is The Most Disgraceful Episode In Recent Sports Media History as well as The Most Miserable 18-1 Season in History? Yes. I'll still say that Spygate was the most disgraceful Boston sports media episode this decade. But was it the most significant? No. You'll have to … Continue reading #2 Spygate
#3 The Dominance of WEEI, the Decline of Newspapers
Continuing my series on the top 10 Boston sports media storylines of the decade. They've dominated the ratings book, shrugged off all challengers thus far, and used their bully pulpit to sneer at critics. WEEI has enjoyed unprecedented success as a sports radio station in a sports-mad town. With the success of the local professional teams … Continue reading #3 The Dominance of WEEI, the Decline of Newspapers
A Decade of Sports Media Change
I'm pleased to present this guest column from Roy Reiss. There’s an old saying that nothing ever stays the same. Over the last 10 years the local sports media has undergone many, many changes that has dramatically affected the local media landscape in a myriad of ways. Let’s look closer at some of these developments, … Continue reading A Decade of Sports Media Change
#4 Plagiarism Scandals
The decade was rocked by two major plagiarism scandals involving newspaper sports reporters in Boston. In February, 2005, the Patriots were in Jacksonville, getting ready for their third Super Bowl of the decade. Ken Powers was covering the team for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, when we learned on the morning of February 2nd, that he … Continue reading #4 Plagiarism Scandals
#5 The Brady/Bledsoe Decision
This is number five on my list of the top episodes in the Boston sports media this decade. When Drew Bledsoe was hit in the chest by the Jets Mo Lewis late in the second game of the 2001 season, and a second-year QB named Tom Brady trotted out on the field, who of us knew that the decade had … Continue reading #5 The Brady/Bledsoe Decision
#6 The Death of Will McDonough (and others)
This decade has seen the passing of a number of Boston sports media figures, some big names, some smaller, some after a long life, some taken from us way too soon. The passing of Will McDonough on January 9th, 2003 was among the biggest passings of the decade. McDonough's death was the true end of an … Continue reading #6 The Death of Will McDonough (and others)
#7 A-Rod is Coming…Wait, No He’s Not…
Continuing my look back at the 10 top Boston sports media episodes of the decade... Remember December, 2003? Yankees hysteria was at an all-time high following the Red Sox loss in the seventh game of the ALCS two months earlier. The Red Sox had already hired Terry Francona to replace Grady Little, and brought Curt … Continue reading #7 A-Rod is Coming…Wait, No He’s Not…
#8 Manny Ramirez Becomes The Easiest Target Ever
Like shooting fish in a barrel... http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsTo borrow an antiquated phrase, that's what ripping Manny Ramirez was like during most of this decade for the Boston sports media. Whenever things might be a little slow during the baseball season (or in Mike Adams' case, any time of year, and even well after Manny left town) … Continue reading #8 Manny Ramirez Becomes The Easiest Target Ever
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