None with more panache than Brady. If you've ever got a question about the NFL, send it over to him and he'll likely reply with the answer you are looking for. Jim O'Connor, who coached his Catholic Memorial football team in the inaugural Eastern Massachusetts Super Bowl in 1972, died early Saturday morning at his home in Norwood at age 87. In 2010 going on 2011, the Boston Heralds content management system is still producing stories with a second page that consists of one sentence. Shaughnessy has now written. Just a name that probably should be on the list for some consideration, Jackie MacMullan(sp?). Come on, he's the NFL Commissioner for crying out loud. If you want to know about the "what-ifs" and "coulda-beens," the ESPN Rumor Central has all you need. Boston Globe Sports Clockwise from left: Marvin Hagler; Dave Cowens and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; a crowd; Kevin Garnett; the 1980 Miracle on Ice; and Dave Roberts' iconic steal. In fact, not much in the Boston sports media hasnot even the photos on the wall. Michael Lombardi is one of the most well known NFL sportswriters there are. By bringing them up and even attempting to denounce them, Im simply feeding the monster and adding to the buzz., That monster, it should be noted, was born out of something fairly benign. Particularly those that trace him back through the Herald to the Eagle-Tribune. He does a fantastic job of providing key information on players and provides great insight into what they excel at and what they could improve. Predictably, it provoked a strong reaction. Im 56 so that explains why I pick Roberts. I really need more suggestions, in fact. Photo by Landov (McDonough). 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. Matt Miller has been covering the NFL draft for years, and with such a wealth of knowledge, he's definitely worth following on Twitter. As I stood beside him on that February night, it occurred to me: This guy might be pretty special. Michael, his mother scolded him when her son emerged to board the team bus, youre gonna give me a heart attack.. He would lecture me on the evils of camel cigarettes that i smoked for some 45 years. In 2007, the year in which Sabathia won the Cy Young, Cafardo gave him a fourth place vote, with Beckett getting the nod for #1. Bud Collins makes whatever he writes about interesting, regardless of whether it would be interesting outside his column. 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. It was still a year of magical thinking. The planets are aligned and the tomato cans are in place.. I would recommend going to their site after your favorite NFL team has lost a game. McAdam and several of his colleagues publicly called him out on this behavior, justifying their actions with claims that it was affecting Okajimas teammates. Why did Cafardo give Beckett the edge? I fondly remember the Will McDounough Sunday column. None with more panache than Brady. I wasnt saying I wouldnt include him in the discussion, because obviously, I did include him by bring his name up. Proud Golden Tornado. While Benjamin Volin mainly tweets about information regarding the Miami Dolphins, the information he does give is purely genius. He's always got the inside information on who to start and who to sit for fantasy football leagues. Hasnt really added modern statistics to his arsenal. As a former vice president of officiating, he often provides quality information regarding penalties and challenges. During the 70s, Leigh Montville wrote a weekly pro football picks column on Fridays in the Globe. While politics, finances and other areas of interest are certainly prominent on Twitter, nothing is as huge as the world of sports. Who represents the pantheon of Boston sports columnists? Thats what I planned to say if I got the chance to meet him at the Hot Stove, Cold Beer event in April. Will McDonough, a former Boston Globe columnist of 44 years, was the only Globe sportswriter to be nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Before that Texans game, for example, Shaughnessy used his column to gleefully ridicule the Patriots opponents, calling them pure frauds. It was the same caustic, one-liner-laden junk hes been peddling for years. The streets of Cambridge are flooded, and not because of the rain. [5] Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. His defense of the gamer the post-game writeup which is about as useful as an appendix these days is one example of his affection for the way things used to be done. While Brian McCarthy isn't technically a sportswriter, he definitely acts like one on Twitter. If a team nicknamed the Patsies for most of my life could, then why not the Red Sox . In that year, Sabathia threw 40 and a third more innings than Beckett with a better ERA and a better strikeout to walk ratio. There has to be a willingness to put yourself out there and make statements without knowing what youre talking about, Rich Levine, an online columnist for CSNNE, told me. Just to clarify, were talking straight columnist here not a reporter or anything else. The only other one even in his hemisphere is Leigh Montville in his prime. 1) All 3 are globies back in the days of the best sports section in the country. He wrote about some of the famous things he remembered seeing during his years at the Globe, like watching Harvard tie Yale on a 2-point conversion play with no time left on the clock in that famous 29-29 tie in 1968while he was standing in the middle of the field! It would be a bad idea to follow me on Twitter. Bob, Powers asked, why aren't Globe readers hearing from the athletes? Among the Globe's seven voters, there were no unanimous selections for the Class of 2022. Ray Fitzgerald. 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. The difference between the two approaches was night and day. In most game stories, theres a conspicuous lack of creative analysis, which is compounded by the local medias apparent allergy to the type of advanced statistics that other outlets have used to shine new, interesting light on old sports. I have little patience, however, for those overtly displaying hostility towards numbers or the sabermetric side of the game. It was a moment. The US hockey team was about to play the Soviet Union in the Olympics but their countrymen seemed ready to go to war. Secondly, McDonough. Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe had his moment Saturday as the 67th winner of the Spink Award. His pen dripped blood, more often than not Ted Williams blood. Maybe you have your reasons for putting Gammons on the list. Gregg Rosenthal has been in the world of the NFL for quite some time and as such, he provides great insight. 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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 He's a fantastic interviewer and often sees and picks up on things that no one else does. 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. Priority on this list, with a few exceptions, is given to writers focused exlusively on the Red Sox. 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. Case in point is his focus on pitcher wins as the metric by which pitchers should be judged. 4 Bob Ryan - The Boston Globe. 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. Okay, I'm kidding about that last part, but Eisen is definitely the best when it comes to Twitter. Of course, you're likely to get complaints about the quality of looks at the Playboy Mansion, but it is definitely worth it for the NFL business information you'll receive. he wrote for the traveler and herald. Another name for consideration, though how about Bud Collins? 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. (LogOut/ (LogOut/ Will Mc in by a landslide. He's honest and stays true to his opinions. Alone amongst colleagues like Cafardo and Massarotti, Finn is at least not against statistics, even if theyre not a focus for him. And for the record, he was very gracious about my verbal implosion. Wouldnt be able to do that today. You have to not give a shit about ultimately looking like an idiot or saying a lot of things that you regret.. Another Pulitzer winner with New England ties is Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein, who won for commentary. I maneuvered my way onto the field, 20 feet from Tom Brady, who, hands atop his head, looked incredulous as confetti fluttered onto his jersey. 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. I grew up in the Montville, Fitzgerald, young Ryan, young Shaughnessy and so missed the older guys like Keane and Claflin. The Yankee ties which may well have abated, as I havent followed him for some months can be grating. I swear that is a real article on that website. very in your face, with a lot of good information. The playoff run was tougher than the teams 66 regular-season wins might have suggested. Right Bruce? Cheesy to reply to your own message, but for Ryans most emblematic column, Id pick I-saiah. Some potential names you might considerand this is by no means a complete list. Definitely worthy of the list. His media outlet, meanwhile, has its share of technology issues, from frequent bad links from Twitter to mobile redirection issues. 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. Strengths: A versatile reporter adequately conversant in modern baseball statistics, one with contacts that bridge the traditionalist / new school divide in front offices. While controversy does little for me personally, however, Im cognizant of its role in selling newspapers. Deford was very good---found humor and pathos . Meanwhile, sports talk radio station WEEI has stuck with many of the same hosts theyve had since the 90s, like Callahan, John Dennis, Glenn Ordway, and even Mike Adams. TV, radio, and the Internet all have a big presence in the media landscape. How did the sports media in this town, once the envy of the nation, become so awful? 5 John Feinstein - The Washington Post. While he doesn't spend as much time on Twitter as others on this list, the information he does tweet is simply amazing. ET ON CNBC AND PEACOCK. Which is why his inability to adapt remains a tragedy. Robert Bob P. Ryan is an American sportswriter, born on the 21st day of February in the year 1946. All due respect to the guy b/c hes good at what he does but hes not an all-time great. Peter Gammons. 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. But the Celtics took care of the Pistons in six, setting up a showdown with their rivals, the Kobe Bryant led-Lakers. He is so classy and so informative that following him on Twitter is something that absolutely needs to be done. was discovered last seen in the May 21 2021 at the Crosswords With Friends Crossword. 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 During the 30s, 40s and 50s no true Boston Sports fan went to bed before reading The Colonel 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. The 20 wins, the consistency, the toughness, and what is generally regarded as absolutely nasty stuff put Beckett slightly over the top.. He also happens to be rather hysterical on Twitter. Over the next nine years, each team was crowned champion. Strengths: Tenured reporter with excellent contacts. One of the best things I've seen on Twitter happened by Bowen after Ricky Williams retired. Marring this reputation, if only slightly, was an incident last season in which Okajima essentially ducked commentary following an ugly appearance, which is reportedly his custom. Differentiated content within the local market. Marvin Hagler winning the. The Boston Globe / Chad Finn / Jul 18 "Greg Bedard, who covered the Patriots and the NFL for the Globe from 2010 until leaving for Sports Illustrated's Peter King-helmed Monday Morning Quarterback site in 2013, is launching his own independent site, four months after he was caught in the most recent layoff maelstrom at SI." I meant that some of YOU (meaning the readers) might not think he deserves to be considered. However, when you need a good break from your day and need to know if Tom Brady was mentioned more than Eli Manning on SportsCenterlast week, Deadspin is the place to go. Mike Pereira is a great man to follow on Twitter during actual NFL games. He covers every sport known to mankind in a humorous way, but he especially excels at mixing laughter and the NFL. He knows players, people and teams and whether they'll fit together nicely or not. If you happen to be a big fan of the New York Giants, Ralph Vacchiano should be your main man. Can still picture his bespectacled visage in the upper left-hand corner of his column. For those who did not have the pleasure, it was just that a pleasure. Jerry Remy hit a rope in his direction; Burleson respected Piniellas baseball guile and held at second, minimizing the damage. I finally unfollowed Abraham on Twitter because I didnt really want to read about Yankees on a Boston beat writers Twitter feed. Youre gonna get a letter in the mail from the little fat ones mom as soon as he tells her about this slight. Granted, some promising young guys coming up in new mediums, but the shoes are very large to fill. Massarotti, however, is less than grounded by facts. If these was one man to follow on Twitter, my vote would go to the legendary Rich Eisen. One of the best things about Mortensen on Twitter is how much he interacts with fans. I loved Ernie Roberts column, especially his Thoughts While Shaving segment. 10:38 am Jump to Comments Ted Williams and his feud with baseball writers By Christopher B. Daly The Boston Globe is running a series of excerpts from a new book about Ted Williams, written by Ben Bradlee Jr., a former Globe editor and son of the great Washington Post editor. And I write for a living. The Globe has as proud a history in sportswriting as any paper in the country, from the aforementioned Gammons to Ryan to Montville to MacMullan. Kaese who wrote for the Globe long after the Transcript folded. New York ran the score to 5-2, but the Sox clawed to within a run by the ninth. While Ralph Mancini specializes in NFL draft coverage, he still has a great sense of the league as a whole. What actually came out when I had the honor of shaking his hand was, well, a bit less eloquent. The . You'll certainly learn a few things if you follow Schefter. McDonough and Gammons for super inside knowledge. Second-to-last sentence should read: and the Globe HASNT BEEN THE SAME . Rich Gossage walked Rick Burleson with one out. Whether its been in print or as a guest on WEEI and such, McAdam has exuded calm in a sea of irrationality. 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. It appeared the series would be tied at 2 when the Lakers took an 18-point halftime lead in Game 4 in Los Angeles. He was middleweight champion of the world after stopping Englishman Alan Minter on cuts with a TKO at 1:45 of the third round at Wembley Arena. Peter Gammons WOW!! (Businesses: Want to donate a prize and get mentioned? As great as Ryan is, Montville was better. He'll often repeat what a guy like Todd McShay or Mel Kiper, Jr. said and give you his take. Boston Globe Sports. Engaging and open to dialogue; hes responded to a couple of mentions on Twitter, which in my experience is rare. Ill also have a prize for a random commenter in this list, but I havent picked out what it will be yet. Constructs arguments rather than arguing opinions. 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. Whenever you have enough respect to garner the nickname "The Rev," you know you are good at what you do. 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 tabloids also had Mark Murphy and Steve Bulpett covering the Celtics since the days of short shorts, and it even hired Ron Borges as a columnist after he departed the Globe following a plagiarism scandal. Hes better than that, I believe, regardless of what Okajima did or did not do. Yes, because nothing plays better to the masses than inside jokes about their favorite multi-sport, multi-media columnist, beat writer and radio star. Even if they wrote columns in Boston they were really reporters first and foremost. Weaknesses: The move to CSNNE has lowered his visibility for this fan. His piece on Tom Brady after Super Bowl XLVI was pure genius. His wit and snark and brutal honesty had my attention from the first column. I dont see some of the older elitist being so inclined to drop down to the class of the fan. Matthew Berry is Mr. Fantasy Football for ESPN. Its just that too many of our sportswritersahem, sports personalitieshave become adept at using these 21st-century tools to serve up what is little more than the same old slop. Theres little question that Abraham brings a lot to Red Sox coverage generally and the Globe specifically. If you're an NFL fan, here are 50 sportswriters that you simply must follow on Twitter. Even my mom stopped following me on Twitter. These days, theyre all trying to be loud and provocative so they can become fixtures on TV and radio. For my part, Ive always appreciated the measured tone which hasnt, for the most part, been impacted by the impatience and urgency of Red Sox Nation. He continued to write columns for The Evening Globe, then the Boston Globe, until 1998. Instead of focusing on their craft they focus on their next ESPN-NESN-WEEI appearence and their writing suffers because of it. The list of potential names is impressive, but who is the best of the best? Somewhere, I still have a yellowed copy of the last column he wrote for the Globe before he left for S.I. a scout for the Pirates, and don gillis had a sports discussion program on whdh, 850 on your dial, called the voice of sports. I cant speak for other fans, but I can say that his conduct there dented his reputation in my view. The US hockey team celebrates its victory against the Soviet Union. Few people provide quality draft content on Twitter like Josh Norris. This isnt to say that this was the case with McAdam, but the context here is important: fans by and large do not care nearly as much about players not talking to the media as the media do, for obvious reasons. Dan Kadar is a rather underrated individual on Twitter. Always. . And Horgan was terrific. display: none; and the Bruins. The sun was still above the left field roof, blinding Piniella. Former WEEI host and current Barstool Sports podcaster Kirk Minihane caught Boston Globe metro beat writer and longtime tough guy Kevin Cullen fabricating sources and lying about his . Setting the larger question aside, however, there remains the issue of McAdams tone and language following the Okajima incident. Montville, Ryan & Fitzgerald& Larry Whiteside should be included on list. There must be someone out there in the sports writers fraternity who remembers The Colonel. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Red Sox Trading Deadling Performance byWAR. Whiny, petulant, entitled, self-importantno, it's not Boston fans we're talking about, it's Boston sportswriters. All-Pro tight end Russ Francis, nursing an injury, wasnt going to play much, so he brought his guitar to Tampa. I covered every postseason game. With that context, herewith are the rankings. 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. If youre a halfway decent beat writer in this town, said Mike Felger, cohost of the afternoon show on The Sports Hub and a CSNNE anchor, youll get on Comcast, or NESN, or Sports Hub, or EEI., Felger, of course, should know. ), Automattician. Like Finn, Abrahams outlet the Boston Globe is unfortunately aggressive with its late 90s, AOL-style pop-under ads. As an example, Im not including those who divide their time between baseball and hockey like Joe Haggerty (CSNNE) or Joe MacDonald (ESPNBoston). 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. A note on bias: I lean towards statistics, clearly, but not exclusively. Heres my list, which are all guys Ive actually read: Fitzgerald (You need this book.) If thats what you like reading, enjoy. Thirty-two-year-old Dave Roberts popped out of the Sox dugout and looked over his shoulder as he jogged toward first base. Too many media members, both locally and nationally, are doing things simply because thats the way theyve always been done. But in 1976, at 10-3, they had already clinched a playoff spot and were headed to Tampa Bay for the final regular season game. Peter Gammons invented the Sunday notes column, and as a baseball writer/reporter, he was peerlessabsolutely peerlessin the 70s and 80s. When you want to know about the business side of the NFL, there is no better man to follow on Twitter than Darren Rovell. He cites sources, gives insight and has great knowledge about the game of football. Borges, a Globe sportswriter for 24 years who was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year four times and is a regular guest on a local sports radio station, was also barred from broadcast. I guarantee that if you follow Lombardi, you'll learn more about football than you'd ever thought possible. i remember those columns as being classicwould love to re-rea that one from 84. Havent thought of Ernie Roberts in years, and youre right. Michael Lombardi is one of the most well known NFL sportswriters there are. Cafardos willfull ignorance, then, is regrettable. If there is any doubt, Ray Fitz wrote the two greatest columns in the history of marathons. Jim McBride Retweeted. Ray Fitzgerald was terrific as well. He is loaded with information in every facet of the game and shares it willingly on Twitter. Peter Gammons isnt officially ranked here, because that exercise would be pointless. Editor-at-large in Globe Opinion, former editorial page editor Bina Venkataraman. 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. The playoff run was tougher than the teams 66 regular-season wins might have suggested. It makes no difference whether I'm on there or smashed up against the windshield of a car. 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.
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