Game week. Thank goodness. After a weekend where New England witnessed more transactions than Ted Wells' credit card at a Village People costume convention, the team seems to have more or less settled on their 53 for the 2015 season opener. You can check out a current depth chart on Patriots.com. Some thoughts on who's around, … Continue reading Pats Roster Review, Week One
In case the whole NESN-Don Orsillo mess couldn't get any more screwed up, it did. At the center of it is Boston's favorite columnist, (oh wait, he didn't even make the list) Dan Shaughnessy! An important line was dropped from his column about Orsillo earlier in the week: https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/638516780651126784 Dan Kennedy has written extensively about … Continue reading A Fine Globe/Red Sox/NESN/Shaughnessy Mess…
Channel Media & Market Research, Inc has released their now-annual survey regarding Boston sports. More than 14,200 people participated in the survey. In addition to questions about each of the local professional sports franchises, there is also a media section. Guess which is the first entry in that section? A few others from the … Continue reading Highlights From The 2015 New England Sports Survey By Channel Media & Market Research, Inc
There are a few items of interest from the Boston sports media world from the last couple of days. First, Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner spoke to Steve Buckley about why they made the decision to replace Don Orsillo with Dave O'Brien. Tom Werner explains why NESN is parting with Don Orsillo - Steve Buckley In … Continue reading Monday Media Notes
Some thoughts on the local footballers as we prep for the third game of the 2015 preseason – often referred to as the "full scrimmage" of the four-game summer slate. So far, the Patriots have lost to Green Bay and beaten New Orleans, all of which means next to nothing. In terms of individual performances … Continue reading Patriots Preseason Thoughts Heading Into Game Three
Gerry Callahan from the Dennis and Callahan/Minihane show on WEEI reported this morning that this will be Don Orsillo's final season calling Red Sox games on television for NESN. https://twitter.com/WEEI/status/636187793291501568 It's both surprising and not. The recent front-office shakeups may have had an impact all the way to the television booth. There have been rumors … Continue reading Dennis and Callahan Report That NESN Will Part Ways With Don Orsillo
When we think of media outlets doing the NFL's dirty work, we've come to think of ESPN. Rightfully so. The leak to Chris Mortensen and Gerry Austin as well as their consistent false statements on the Patriots really cement that fact. ESPN has seen Disney stock drop, and with more and more people cutting the cord, their … Continue reading The Monday Morning Quarterback Needs To Be Benched
After most self-respecting East-coast folks had gone to bed, ESPN issued an on-air apology last night for some misinformation they've been reporting on the air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT4RI1d6GdI Well, OK. They even got their apology wrong, but hey, it's a start. Good job good effort, ESPN. The events of the report were said to have taken place … Continue reading ESPN APOLOGIZES…at 12:30 am…because the Patriots asked them to.
The timing was perhaps not great, but as Red Sox President-to-be Sam Kennedy explained this morning on WEEI, sometimes things just happen on their own time frame. We're talking of course, about last night's huge Red Sox front office shakeup. The Red Sox announced in the middle of the game, in the middle of the … Continue reading A New Era For The Red Sox Begins
The Patriots opened up their preseason schedule last night with a 22-11 loss to the Green Bay Packers at Gillette Stadium. Tom Brady made a surprise appearance, taking seven snaps to open the game for the Patriots offense. He wasn't able to do a whole lot in those seven snaps, but his very appearance on … Continue reading Patriots, Brady Back On The Field
