WEEI.com Impresses; CBS College Sports Doesn’t; Dan Shaughnessy and Geography

Mar 22 2009

Posted by David as Bob Ryan, CBS College Sports Network, Dan Shaughnessy, Rob Bradford, Shots, Tim Murphy, Tony Massarotti, WEEI.com, Will Leitch

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch I’d like to report that I’m back in full force at this space, but I’m still in the editing process and as I’ve said from the beginning of this amazing project, I can’t justify devoting time to my love (Scott’s Shots) over my real-life job. However, as I’ve [...]

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The 2008 Shotties – NESN and Globe Rift Widening; Ordway Losing Bargaining Power Daily

Dec 30 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Adam Kilgore, Alex Speier, Bill Simmons, Bob Halloran, Bob Lobel, Bob Ryan, Boston Herald, Christopher L. Gasper, Christopher Price, CN8's "Out of Bounds", Comcast SportsNet, CoverItLive, Dan Pires, Entercom, ESPN, Globe, Hazel Mae, Herald, Jeff Horrigan, Jesamy Tang, Joe Haggerty, Joe Sullivan, John Tomase, Kevin O'Connell's Tiny Member, Laura Behnke, Lou Merloni, Michael Felger, Michael Wilbon, Mike Petraglia, Mike Reiss, Mustard and Johnson, NECN, NESN, Pete Sheppard, Rob Bradford, Ron Borges, Shots, Tim Murphy, WEEI, WEEI 850 AM, WEEI.com, Will Leitch

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch In truth I can’t really afford to be coming out of my “book nook” for any amount of time, but two ongoing stories in Boston sports media need some assessing and Shots realizes it’s our official duty to analyze both (and some bonus topics for the new year). [...]

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PTI’s Michael Wilbon Carves up Kimbo Slice and Mixed Martial Arts; YouCastr in Start-up Mode; The Cooz Dumped From Celts Broadcasts

Oct 09 2008

Posted by David as Bill Simmons, Bob Lobel, Bob Ryan, Boston Herald, Brad Johnson, Entercom, Heidi Watney, Laura Behnke, Lou Merloni, Michael Wilbon, NECN, NESN, Shots, WEEI, WEEI 850 AM, YouCastr

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch A SHOTS FIELD TRIP TO. . . This has never been the regular series it should be, but every once in a while Shots does leave Hull and venture into the crowded streets of – and around – Boston. It usually ends poorly with a traffic jam or [...]

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Callahan vs. Simers Escalates; Borges Countdown On at Herald

Oct 02 2008

Posted by David as Alison Becker, Bob Ryan, Jackie MacMullan, Joe Valerio, Kenny Mayne, Mayne Street, Paul Biancardi, Pete Thamel, Shots

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch The developing East Coast-West Coast feud between Boston’s Gerry Callahan (WEEI 850 AM and the Boston Herald) and Los Angeles’ T.J. Simers (LA Times) is starting to provide a nice sideshow to the Sox-Angels series. Catch yourself up on the Manny Ramirez-fueled matter here and then check out [...]

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WEEI.com Forges Forward; A Gerry Callahan Classic from 17 Years Ago

Sep 04 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Adam Kilgore, Amalie Benjamin, Bob Ryan, Boston Herald, Christopher Price, ESPN, Globe, Gordon Edes, Heidi Watney, Herald, Jessica Heslam, Michael Felger, NESN, Ron Borges, Shots, Tony Massarotti, WEEI, WEEI.com

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch The rapid evolution of WEEI.com continues and we’re not even a month into the new incarnation. Content has been bountiful, integration with the radio side has been almost seamless (see: the John Dennis ‘scoop’ from Wednesday AND the dot-com branded Saturday morning show) and there’s even big-name sponsors [...]

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Kilgore Is Here – Globe Rounds Out Baseball Beat

Aug 17 2008

Posted by David as Adam Kilgore, Amalie Benjamin, Bob Ryan, Globe, Gordon Edes, Joe Sullivan, WEEI.com

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch Capping what could become a defining week in the storied history of the Boston Globe sports desk, sports editor Joe Sullivan announced in Sunday’s paper that the Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore will share the Red Sox beat with Amalie Benjamin. Kilgore, 24, who has been a star on [...]

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Rumblings and Bumblings in Foxborough

Aug 07 2008

Posted by David as 890 ESPN, Bob Ryan, Chris Mchugh, Christopher Price, Globe, John Tomase, Rob Bradford, Shots

By David Scott Boston Sports Media Watch FOXBOROUGH – An opportune visit to the House of Tom on Thursday night showed us two very evident storylines developing in Patriots’s media land: 1. There’s going to be some shake-up in Pats’ beat once the Herald and sports editor Hank Hryniewicz settle on a hire for this [...]