The BSMW Messageboard has been down all day...we're unsure when it will be back up, though it shouldn't be all that long. In the meantime feel free to post in the comments section here at the bottom of this and each post here on BSMW. Tonight's Celtics/Rockets game could easily be the biggest game in … Continue reading Celtics/Rockets Biggest Game of NBA Season
3.17.08 Afternoon
Congratulations to Chad Finn for having Boston.com pick up his excellent "Touching All The Bases" blog. Rather than just having a link, the blog will be hosted there full-time sometime before opening day. Ian Thomsen says that the Celtics will be tested on this 4 game trip to the midwest. In San Antonio, Jeff McDonald … Continue reading 3.17.08 Afternoon
Hazard Pay For Sox Writers?
Sports by Brooks notes that being a Red Sox beat reporter this week has been a job that might entail some hazard pay, with pelicans dive-bombing into windshields and foul balls smashing laptops. Deadspin also picks up the SBB storyline. Hey, that's nothing, imagine being in the clubhouse when Roger Clemens was firing bread rolls … Continue reading Hazard Pay For Sox Writers?
Tell Me You Didn’t See This Coming…
Have I ever mentioned how much I despise the mixing of sports and politics? Can anyone seriously believe that Manny Ramirez had any political motivations for not appearing at the White House yesterday? Yet WEEI has (predictably) spent almost the whole day talking about it. I guess it's the low-hanging fruit. Dale & Holley did … Continue reading Tell Me You Didn’t See This Coming…
Media Assists NFL Tampering
Quick thought - Almost every NFL reporter out there has been writing or talking the last two weeks about which team is interested in which free agent, and which player is likely to end up at one of a couple of teams. Isn't this just enabling tamperers? You can assume there are plenty of league … Continue reading Media Assists NFL Tampering
Disagreeing on Dwight
On Monday, Bob Ryan posted in his blog that he wasn't all that impressed with Dwight Howard's performance in the NBA Slam Dunk contest on Saturday night. This morning in the Metro, I have a rebuttal to Ryan's premise that we shouldn't be impressed with Howard because he happens to be 7 feet tall and athletic. … Continue reading Disagreeing on Dwight
Everyone Has Got An Agenda
Newsflash -media members have agendas! It seems to have been confessional day today on WEEI, as both Michael Holley and Glenn Ordway announced on the air today that sports media members all have agendas and alliances. The catalyst for these comments is the fact that we've got a Red Sox/Patriots, Herald/Globe rivalry going on here. … Continue reading Everyone Has Got An Agenda
No Place To Hide For (or From) Roger
Roger Clemens steroids talk is now all the rage on sports radio, as Clemens gets ready to testify under oath tomorrow. I hate all this steroid talk and how it has absolutely dominated sports talk radio during morning drive in Boston for going on three years now, but I have to say that I'm going … Continue reading No Place To Hide For (or From) Roger
Afternoon Update
Couple of blogs and recent missives from some media critics to check out on a rainy Wednesday afternoon. Dave Scott checks in on witih Scott's Shots while John Molori's Media Blitz column features Andrea Kremer. Over the past few months I've found Chadd Finn’s Touching All the Bases to be a must read. Another blogger … Continue reading Afternoon Update
Boston Sports Media Watch 