Boston is mourning the loss of a TV sportscasting legend today with the passing of former channel 5 sports anchor Don Gillis. Gillis was 85 years old. In the 1950's, Gillis worked with Curt Gowdy on the Red Sox radio broadcasts at WHDH. He also hosted a weekly sports radio program with writers from the … Continue reading Boston TV Legend Don Gillis Passes Away
With the Celtics in the midst of their playoff run, today we take a look at Boston Herald Celtics writer Mark Murphy. Murphy has been with the Herald since 1988. He has spent most of his tenure at the paper on the Celtics beat, though he moved over to the UMass and college basketball beat at … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Mark Murphy
The Celtics pushed out to a 2-0 series lead with their 96-77 win over the Atlanta Hawks at the Garden last night. Bill Doyle has things getting physical at the Garden last night as the Celtics rolled to a game two win. Marc J. Spears has the Celtics and their fans making a loud statement … Continue reading Bibby, Hawks No Match For Celtics
Today we'll focus on Jack Edwards, who just finished up his first full-time season doing play-by-play game for the Bruins on NESN. Edward has had a long and varied career, working at places like WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH, WRKO radio, WCVB-TV and WHDH-TV in Boston, as well as doing work for ABC's Wide World of … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Jack Edwards
Just a few quick links this morning... David Scott reports on Peter May being the latest Boston Globe writer headed out the door at Morrissey Boulevard, and examines the state of things over there. Scott will also be live-blogging Derek Kellogg's introductory press conference from Amherst in the afternoon. Dan Snapp on Patriots Daily looks … Continue reading May Days Over at Globe
Where's he been the last two days? (Edit: Fluto Shinzawa reports that Dupont is dealing with a family illness. We'd certainly like to send best wishes to he and his family.) His absence in the paper yesterday and today around the Bruins/Canadiens game 7 seems a bit curious was missed, given his credentials and history as the top hockey writer at … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Kevin Paul Dupont
The Bruins were unable to complete their first round comeback last night in Montreal, as they fell to the Canadiens 5-0, ending their season. Fluto Shinzawa has the Bruins able to hold their heads high as they left the Bell Centre last night. Steve Conroy has the Bruins wasting a great effort in the first … Continue reading Season Ends In Seven For B’s
Comcast SportsNet's Celtics-Hawks Game 1 telecast earned a 7.3 rating (175,000 households), the highest rated Celtics game on Comcast SportsNet since the 2002 Celtics-Pistons Round 2, Game 5 game earned a 10.1 (234,000 households). Despite sharing the telecast with TNT, Celtics-Hawks Game 1 easily surpassed Comcast SportsNet's ratings high for the past seven seasons which … Continue reading Celtics Bring in the Numbers for CSN
Robert Cheruiyot won his fourth Boston marathon today, while the Red Sox finished off a four game sweep of the Rangers with a 8-2 win at Fenway today. Some links from around the web: Bill Simmons finds himself watching hockey again with the Bruins' comeback against Montreal. He still vows not to put a penny … Continue reading Patriots Day Afternoon Links
Today we'll get a chance to opine on someone who isn't actually a sports media member, but who has a huge influence on the sports media scene here in Boston. We're talking about the VP of Programming & Operations for Entercom Boston, Jason Wolfe. He also serves as Vice President AM Programming at SportsRadio 850 WEEI. … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Jason Wolfe
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