In fact, not much in the Boston sports media hasnot even the photos on the wall. Could this get any easier? Shaughnessy wrote. 1. As the public relations man for the NFL, McCarthy is an elite source for the most secretive information. Its not that all the old-timers are badits more that its bad that there are so many old-timers. I covered every postseason game. Well, of course Bleacher Report is going to make their own list. When Bob Ryan and Dan Shaughnessy get animated about a subjectparticularly basketball and baseball, respectivelythere are no two writers whose work Id rather read than these two men. Gammons and McDonough were great reporters. While controversy does little for me personally, however, Im cognizant of its role in selling newspapers. Erudite, clinical, and with a wide range of interests beyond baseball, which he wasnt afraid to bring to the column. Dont know if I could pick a third, but if I had to, it would be Egan or Ryan. Will McDonough and I flew with the team and often played racquetball with the players. He spent the beginning of his career actually working for NFL teams and has since turned back to writing about them. As reported by the New York Times, the Globe's political writer, Robert L. Healy, and Jack Driscoll, the editor of The Evening Globe, recruited Mr. Barnicle to write a column. Chad Finn, who like Speier and national writers such as Will Carroll, has enjoyed favorable attention from Gammons, is one of the remaining bright lights for me at the Boston Globe. In 2010 going on 2011, the Boston Heralds content management system is still producing stories with a second page that consists of one sentence. While he doesn't spend as much time on Twitter as others on this list, the information he does tweet is simply amazing. The truth is that Massarottis primary role, at present, is to generate controversy. Predictably, it provoked a strong reaction. Incredibly, it happened. Clif Keane - Boston Globe Larry Claflin - Boston Record/American/Herald Harold Kaese - Boston Transcript Austen ''Duke'' Lake - Boston American Bob Ryan - Boston Globe Will McDonough - Boston Globe Tim Horgan - Boston Herald Dave Egan - Boston Record Dan Shaughnessy - Boston Globe Ray Fitzgerald - Boston Globe Leigh Montville - Boston Globe Likewise, a bit more depth of metrics in the Buchholz vs Wakefield decision would have benefited his analysis. They are often rude, crude and way out in left field. Dave Cowens was renowned for his intensity, but he played with particular passion in Game 7 of the 1974 NBA Finals versus the Milwaukee Bucks because he felt he had let his team down with a 5-for-19 showing in a losing Game 6. Among the Globe's seven voters, there were no unanimous selections for the Class of 2022. Ryan would be my call at number three, but Ive always looked at him as a great analyst someone who can break down a game. I guarantee that if you follow Lombardi, you'll learn more about football than you'd ever thought possible. sometime in the late-80s. Good usage of both historical precedent and numbers to form and/or supplement his arguments. Feel free to include any stories or reasons why you feel the way you do about your list. The newspaper said Cafardo had an embolism Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, and Red Sox medical staff was unable to revive him. Voice is balanced, neither strident nor fawning. Sat morning Globe was a must read because of his Sports Page 1 columns on the left. He knows players, people and teams and whether they'll fit together nicely or not. When Bill Russell Wrote for The Boston Globe - Sports Illustrated Excerpt: When Bill Russell Wrote for the Globe In 1969 the Celtics' player-coach, who had a complicated relationship. Mike Pereira is a great man to follow on Twitter during actual NFL games. As my wife can relate, given that she had to step in and do the talking once I trailed off, stammering. When I asked Cowens how it felt to have finally achieved the goal of winning a title, he said, For me, the fun was in the doing. He was almost elected Commissioner of Basketball for crying out loud. However, if you ever need to know the inside and outs of the draft, look to Kiper to provide some quality information. Historical sportswriters [ edit] Les Biederman Furman Bisher Jimmy Cannon Henry Chadwick George W. Daley Dan Daniel Pierce Egan Charley Feeney Larry Felser Mary Garber Halsey Hall Arnold Hano Sid Hartman W. C. Heinz Zander Hollander Jerome Holtzman James Jerpe [1] Leonard Koppett Sam Lacy John Lardner Ring Lardner Fred Lieb Tim Murnane Jack Murphy When you want to know about the business side of the NFL, there is no better man to follow on Twitter than Darren Rovell. Thats where I discovered Leigh Montville. But the Celtics took care of the Pistons in six, setting up a showdown with their rivals, the Kobe Bryant led-Lakers. Twenty five years ago I would have said Shaughnessy 3 but hes been so wrapped up in himself the last decade or so its Ryan. He also mentioned Ray Fitzgerald (I think) holding up a note in the press box during the 8th inning of Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, with two men on and two outs and the pitchers spot due up, that had the words Bernie Carbo scribbled on it, and then he said both of them nodded at each other from across the room. It seemed that he never was in the paper as often as Id like,which is the ultimate compliment. Its a pleasure having him cover the Red Sox. He has a fantastic sense of humor and is fearless about taking shots at whoever deserves it. How about John Gilloly(sp) or Huck Finnegan or Bob Coyne (cartoonist). He's. If you're a human and see this, please ignore it. @PFWAwriters. Constructs arguments rather than arguing opinions. He's a fantastic interviewer and often sees and picks up on things that no one else does. I think that a lot of the anti-Gammo backlash stems from his post-writing career. No question is stupid or ridiculous to him, and you can tell he truly loves the NFL and what he does. The product hasnt been remotely Polly Anna-ish, but the criticism and concerns were always grounded in fact. Great stuff. While he retweets quite a bit, Caplan also does a good job at providing depth into team situations and team needs. From his flawed valuation of Clay Buchholz to his contrived and misleading assessment of the Jason Bay contract to his interminable crusade against our failure to sign Teixeira, Massarotti has shown little inclination to let the facts get in the way of a good argument. Maybe you have your reasons for putting Gammons on the list. You know that this man is obsessive about fantasy football because he's already starting to put out fantasy mock drafts one week after the Super Bowl. The only other one even in his hemisphere is Leigh Montville in his prime. He'll tell you exactly what he thinks about a situation, which is usually correct, and he does a great job at interacting with followers. Judy Battista brings a wealth of knowledge and information to Twitter. Not only are his relationships within the organization extensive, his understanding of the clubs history relative to individual players is of real benefit, because much of whats happening with the Red Sox at present is the product of multi-year planning cycles. Jerry Remy hit a rope in his direction; Burleson respected Piniellas baseball guile and held at second, minimizing the damage. One single writer and the subtle, self-contained perfection of the game itself, of course was all it took to turn a rooting interest into a lifetime of obsession. Piniella later said, I went to where I guessed the ball would go off the bat.. ", "Sports News | New York Sports | New Jersey Sports", "Post-Gazette.com - Sports Columnist Mark Madden", "Post-Gazette.com - Sports Columnist Stan Savran", "San Francisco Bay Outdoors with Tom Stienstra", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_sports_writers&oldid=1121166930, This page was last edited on 10 November 2022, at 21:30. The commentary that accompanied each pick was hilarious. McAdam was perhaps the most strident critic, at one point calling Okajima cowardly. The obvious question is whether this needs to be reported. Gammons would compare the Sox to battles from mythology and make it work. Will McDonough Fabulous, witty, candid, funny, yet called it VERY much like is was.I miss this guy! Michael, his mother scolded him when her son emerged to board the team bus, youre gonna give me a heart attack.. Egan, who was nastier than Borges without the knowledge. Simply put, Speiers as good as youll find in this market at present, and if comments like Gammons are to be believed, would stack up well across the pool of national writers. Austen Lake did pretty well after joinging the sports beat from being a straight type columnists. Today, the paper's sports section remains synonymous with Ryan, now semiretired, and his fellow columnist Dan Shaughnessy. And while hes not in the camp attacking statistics, neither has he embraced them the way that peers like Speier have. He continued to write columns for The Evening Globe, then the Boston Globe, until 1998. For those that love combining pop culture and the NFL, you'll likely enjoy following a man like Jason McIntyre. Plus her basketball writing was the best. I miss reading her. Marvin Hagler winning the. Shalise Manza Young: Yahoo Sports columnist/former Boston Globe Patriots beat writer Two Writers Slinging Yang 01:06:43 Play Audio Add to Playlist Share Report On the highs and lows of Belichick, Brady and the dynastic Patriots; on whether columnists ever need to admit they were wrong; on the ills of social media and the future of the industry The second thing I like about him is his commentary to what other people say. He was middleweight champion of the world, Revisiting some additional key moments, and key figures, in Boston sports history. He cites sources, gives insight and has great knowledge about the game of football. The Globe sports section was filled with lively language and writers wanted in. Tom Brady after leading the Patriots to a Super Bowl win against the St. Louis Rams, in 2002. Players love him, fans love him and other journalists love him. Leverages his strengths and advantages well. The Boston Globe, New England's largest newspaper, has a habit of hiring journalists who fabricate information, misrepresent sources, or plagiarize writing. How did the sports media in this town, once the envy of the nation, become so awful? It was still a year of magical thinking. Leigh Montville (I learned how to fly a few minutes before midnight on Oct. 27, 2004.), 2. Youre gonna get a letter in the mail from the little fat ones mom as soon as he tells her about this slight. While the NFL isn't technically a sportswriter, they are the freakin' NFL. If you're an NFL fan, here are 50 sportswriters that you simply must follow on Twitter. Obviously, a lot of young lads weighing in here who do not remember the very best Boston once had Dave Egan, Record; Austen Lake, American; Bill Cunningham, Post and later Herald; Harold Kaese, Transcript and later Globe; Jerry Nason, Globe; Bill Liston, Post. Weaknesses: Occasionally gets bogged down in metrics, losing the forest for the trees. Sports, Doug Farrar has everything you could want from a journalist. He deserved world wide aclaim Patriots beat reporter and writer for the @BostonGlobe. And Horgan was terrific. Click the answer to find similar crossword clues . But thats probably as it should be, and the relevant point is that hes not afraid of numbers, or of learning more about them. He'll often repeat what a guy like Todd McShay or Mel Kiper, Jr. said and give you his take. . As an NFL writer for the New York Times, Battista specializes in news regarding the New York Giants and New York Jets. Enter the length or pattern for better results. Later that week, the New-Hampshire-based sports-media critic Bruce Allen summed up the entire episode. I think he is worthy of the best. These days, theyre all trying to be loud and provocative so they can become fixtures on TV and radio. Tim Horgan is without question the greatest sportswriter of all time. Injuries, contracts, trades and more are all likely to be covered by Clayton via Twitter. It was inside baseball before there was inside baseball: the behind the scenes of major trades, the trends shaping the game, insights on players never before even whispered. Bud Collins makes whatever he writes about interesting, regardless of whether it would be interesting outside his column. Id have to go with Montville as well; as someone else noted, regardless of the topic he could make it worth reading, which is probably about as good a compliment as a writer can get. So it remained 2-0, not 4-0, when Bucky Dent broke his bat on a running fastball from Mike Torrez, then launched a slider into the screen. To this day, I remember it. The extra staffing is important to help the paper fulfill what Sullivan says is its mandate in this digital age: to serve the Web and print at the same time.. Baseball could not, would not be the same w/o PG's insights and observations sending lots of warm wishes for MANY more years of PG's vision, intutiion and knowledge! Quotes were the chief information-dispensing device of other NBA writers. When the team added stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to go along with Paul Pierce before the 2007-08 season, there was suddenly hope to hang up banner No. Wetzel is one of the classiest and most talented writers currently covering the NFL. Saturday mornings were never the same after he retired. 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What made the game special for me was the local angle four of the players were from Boston University. It sounds absurd looking back, it was! He'll sometimes appear to be swayed by the media, but he sticks to his guns and gives great information about draft prospects on his Twitter account. Matt Miller has been covering the NFL draft for years, and with such a wealth of knowledge, he's definitely worth following on Twitter. When he does write, however, its worth reading. True, its more often basic metrics like OPS+ rather than, say, xFIP or WAR, and he remains skeptical when it comes to the accuracy of modern statistics. Fitzgerald and Montville in that order, and no one else on that list comes close when it comes to informative and witty writing that is must read. His pen dripped blood, more often than not Ted Williams blood. It continues to workthe rest of the citys sports-media complex feeds on his bluster. The Yankee ties which may well have abated, as I havent followed him for some months can be grating. He is hilarious and absolutely needs to be followed for his unique take on situations. Jackie McMillan The Lady has her stuff together, especially on that basketball court..Hail Jackie, just keep it going girl! and the Celtics . On a glorious October morning in 1978, I grabbed my Olivetti and briefcase and began the walk through the Fens. The difference between the two approaches was night and day. I always enjoyed Jackie MacMullan,but I didnt see her listed. Boston sports fans have seen broadcasters come and go over the decades, but only some are remembered as legends, the guys who we let into our homes like knowledgeable uncles who can talk. I appreciate, as does the front office, a balance between statistical and human based analysis. National writers (Law, Olney, etc) are excluded from this ranking, though I may do a similar national list at a later date. Come on, he's the NFL Commissioner for crying out loud. First, the football writer Tom E. Curran, of Comcast SportsNet New England, took to Twitter, writing that Shaughnessy couldnt name 5 Texans. This would help eliminate the legions of nitwits and cowards who shred anything and everything in their path while hiding in their mothers basements. He seems to break the biggest stories, have all the inside information and is able to give great insight into the league as a whole. Its partially offset by his discovery of the asset that is Alex Speier who heads this list and is clearly cut from the same cloth, but less Bradford cannot be spun as a positive for Red Sox fans. The way the local media covers games is stuck in the past, too. (Illustration by John Ueland), Passans story was still fresh in Sullivans mind. During the 70s, Leigh Montville wrote a weekly pro football picks column on Fridays in the Globe. Diverse approach at the keyboard, with good coverage that blends a focus on local events with national context. One of Ray Fitzgeralds best columns had nothing to do with sports, but was about his daughter recieving a doctorate degree. You would read his work even if you had but a passing interest in his subject matter. But sad to say, the quality of the current scribes is uneven. Last updated: May 21 2021 This crossword clue Former Boston Globe writer who was voted the #1 Female Sportscaster of all time: 2 wds. Wouldnt be able to do that today. He wouldnt vote for Felix Hernandez this year because he believes that wins still matter. Which might be fair if Hernandez team score more than two and a half runs for him per game, but they didnt. His analysis e.g. Its not every day that one of your heroes not only lives up to, but exceeds your expectations. Lynn hit a liner toward the right field corner, which, if it had begun the long run around the corner, would have scored at least two runs. Yes, because nothing plays better to the masses than inside jokes about their favorite multi-sport, multi-media columnist, beat writer and radio star. The Boston Globe. The streets of Cambridge are flooded, and not because of the rain. I covered every postseason game. Tom Palmer, a former editor and reporter at The Boston Globe, said the arguments against objectivity "were dead wrong back then and I believe are dead wrong even more so today." Kayana. They came back to the bar at The Baileys Hotel in London in their Marvin Hagler, Destruction and Destroy T-shirts. Gregg Rosenthal has been in the world of the NFL for quite some time and as such, he provides great insight. How did Hagerty make this list? The list of potential names is impressive, but who is the best of the best? He was that good. Roberts stole second on a close call, scored on a single by Bill Mueller, and the Sox won it in 12 on a David Ortiz homer. Ray Fitzgerald hands down. a scout for the Pirates, and don gillis had a sports discussion program on whdh, 850 on your dial, called the voice of sports. As for numbers, Abraham will use them, but perhaps not to the extent he should: his dismissal of Miguel Cabreras value, for example, was curious. What actually came out when I had the honor of shaking his hand was, well, a bit less eloquent. Right Bruce? Globe staff 1. A professional sportswriter should be speaking to the talk show callers rather than arguing as one of them, in other words. It all came together. i remember those columns as being classicwould love to re-rea that one from 84. Okay, I'm kidding about that last part, but Eisen is definitely the best when it comes to Twitter. While Benjamin Volin mainly tweets about information regarding the Miami Dolphins, the information he does give is purely genius. I made these my referee and judges, Hagler said, holding up his two fists. There must be someone out there in the sports writers fraternity who remembers The Colonel. Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe had his moment Saturday as the 67th winner of the Spink Award. The following is a partial list of sports writers. Im with Bruce on choosing Montville, Fitzgerald, and Ryanin that order. If you're a scraper, please click the link below :-) For those that want an early jump on their fantasy football leagues, Fabiano is the man to get your information from. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Shaughnessy has now written. Don't believe me? I know tennis was his main thing, and Ive never been a big tennis fan, but he certainly had the longevity, wrote engagingly about his love, and became a nationally-known figure. Senior staff writer and columnist Kevin Paul Dupont. She's covered the New England Patriots, the Boston Celtics. All of which is fine, and none of which is my concern: it would be absurd to suggest that because Abraham took a new job, he should sever all ties from his years on the Mets and Yankees beats. The current hacks shouldnt even be on the list, they spend too much of their time primping and preening for the TV cameras. My parents made me a Red Sox fan, but it was Peter Gammons that made me a baseball fan. He was covering spring training in Fort Myers, Florida when he passed away. I wanted to talk about what a bitter pill it was, Lucchino recalled months later. What Id like you do is place a comment below in which you list your top three Boston sports columnists of all-time. We won, but you didnt lose, Steinbrenner told the Boston players. Usually, sports reporters give more. Accepting at face value his contention that beat writers dont root for teams, its nevertheless unreasonable to expect that they dont root for people on those teams. Comcast Sports hasnt made the same effort that WEEI has to establish relevancy, and because Comcast competes with other media outlets McAdams ability to make relevant market media appearances is limited. Rehashing games, for example, is something that can be done by a variety of third parties: its non-differentiating for writers. The worst of the worst? Tough to include Borges since he was being paid by Don King productions to broadcast and comment at PPV championship fights that he would also have to write columns on for the Globe. Bestmuddy waters these days. Prior to assuming the B's beat, Shinzawa was the lead college hockey writer . 17. If a team nicknamed the Patsies for most of my life could, then why not the Red Sox . June 24, 2021 at 11:36 a. Overall, hes a tremendous asset to the market and one that I look genuinely forward to reading, even if I dont really appreciate the baseball cards. Granted, some promising young guys coming up in new mediums, but the shoes are very large to fill. Theres no question. Then, after carefully making a point to praise the work of his own baseball writers, he added, Its like in sportsyoure going to lose some games. Although his staff has shrunk overall in recent years, Sullivan has increased the number of reporters on the marquee Patriots and Red Sox beats from two to three each. This search result is here to prevent scraping, On the Market: A Rustic-Chic Home on a Ski Trail in Vermont, On the Market: A Newly Built Farmhouse in Concord, Silver Dove Afternoon Tea Opens in Downtown Boston, The Real, Essential Backstory of the MLK Statue The Embrace', Widowmaker Brewing to Expand from Braintree to Brighton in 2023, What the Boston Athenaeum's $17 Million Renovation Looks Like, Careers and Internships at Boston Magazine. Seriously, move onto the next slide already. Hes transformed himself from a sharp Patriots reporter for the Herald into a contrarian media personality. His radio cohost, the former Red Sox reporter Tony Massarotti, has done the same thing, if somewhat more shrilly. He was 62. Weaknesses: The move to CSNNE has lowered his visibility for this fan. If thats what you like reading, enjoy. One thing worth noting that Ive always appreciated from Edes has been his respect for the privacy of the players. . When the team added stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to go along with Paul Pierce before the 2007-08 season, there was suddenly hope to hang up banner No. The Hall of Fame tennis writer and TV commentator Bud Collins, who helped popularise the sport during his decades-long career, died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts on Friday after a long. Weaknesses: Undifferentiated in the marketplace, and likely to lack the resources of more aggressive and committed outlets moving forward. By Peter Abraham, Bob Hohler, Bob Ryan, Dan Shaughnessy, Michael. He's a highly respected journalist. Brownes coverage is credible if non-differentiated. McAdam and several of his colleagues publicly called him out on this behavior, justifying their actions with claims that it was affecting Okajimas teammates. One on how it is his life goal to never run 26.2 miles cumulatively for the rest of his live and another on how he couldnt even drive the marathon route, never mind run it. Few people provide quality draft content on Twitter like Josh Norris. If you happen to be a big fan of the New York Giants, Ralph Vacchiano should be your main man. Nor that they would not build relationships with fans of same. . Hes got the talent to do the job, clearly, but is either unable or unwilling to reconsider his perspectives in light of new teachings. Occasionally over-rotates, a la Olney, on human interest stories. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Red Sox Trading Deadling Performance byWAR. It appeared the series would be tied at 2 when the Lakers took an 18-point halftime lead in Game 4 in Los Angeles. His Sunday Notes column, penned by Nick Cafardo these days, introduced me to the wider world beyond Boston, a game whose nuances I had to that point been missing. Michael joined the Boston Globe in September 2019 covering the intersection of sports with business, politics, entertainment, technology, and many more. 4 Bob Ryan - The Boston Globe. He passed away in January 2003 and was best known for his coverage of the Patriots and the National Football League.

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