Today is your chance to vote on Jackie MacMullan of the (for now) Boston Globe. This is another vote while you can, as MacMullan is among the latest round of buyouts at the Globe. It is also rumored that ESPN has been courting her aggressively - but what her role would be is unknown, as … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Jackie MacMullan
Doc Rivers and the Celtics have some work to do. Atlanta evened up the first round series at two games apiece with their 97-92 win over Boston last night. Joe Johnson was absolutely unstoppable in the fourth quarter last night, scoring 20 of his 35 points in the period to bring the Hawks back from … Continue reading Celtics Swamped By Atlanta Once Again
Tomorrow night, HBO will present a special 90-minute edition of Costas Now, which will focus on sports and the media. HBO Sports President Russ Greenberg says “On April 29 we’re going to take stock of the sports media landscape.” The format will be a Town Hall style discussion. At the end of the ninety minute … Continue reading HBO’s Costas Now Plans “Town Hall” Style Sports Media Show
WEEI's John Dennis is today's feature. Dennis has a long history in the Boston sports media market, having joined WHDH-TV in 1977 and remaining there until 1997, where he went from weekend sports anchor to sports director during his tenure. Dennis left WHDH in 1997 and began hosting the Dennis and Callahan show on WEEI … Continue reading Approval Ratings – John Dennis
The NFL draft wrapped up last evening, and the Patriots walked away seemingly having addressed a couple of of their most pressing needs: youth at the linebacker and cornerback positions. New England grabbed three linebackers and two defensive backs in the draft, along with a project quarterback and a special teams ace. Perhaps not the … Continue reading Patriots Get Defensive
Draft Day links brought to you by guest blogger Bob Ekstrom. As always, he can be reached at bob02878@yahoo.com. Good morning, and welcome to the midpoint in football’s offseason. It's the one weekend in the year when college and NFL intersect, where young men descend upon Radio City Music Hall or gather in front of … Continue reading 7th Heaven or Repeat of ’07?
Ken from the Fang's Bites blog here again with your Friday media megalinks. Don't forget to vote in the latest Approval Ratings poll which involves WBZ-TV's Steve Burton. And Bruce has a very good entry on an erroneous blog post made by "Who's Better Making a Blog Error Than" Butchie Stearns. Let's get to the … Continue reading A Media Link Friday
Last Friday we rated outgoing WBZ-TV sports director Bob Lobel. Today we're rating his successor, Steve Burton. Burton has been at WBZ since 1994, serving as sports reporter and anchor on both WBZ and TV38. He has been a fixture on the Patriots pregame shows, as well as on Patriots Fifth Quarter, where he is … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Steve Burton
Strange doings over Butch Stearns' blog on the FOX25 webpage. Tuesday night, Stearns posted the following: FOX25 has learned that the Patriots are close to a deal with Ty Law that would bring the 38 year old cornerback back to Foxboro. I saw the posting myself, as it generated some buzz across messageboards, including Pro … Continue reading Butch Bumbles Blog Exchange
David Scott leads off with a full edition of Scott's Shots, including the Globe's efforts to hinder Gordon Edes' move to Yahoo! Sports. The Red Sox fell to the Angels for the second day in a row, despite an impressive debut by Justin Masterson. The righthander went six innings, allowing only one run and two … Continue reading Masterful Performance Wasted By Bullpen
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