By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
ANALYSIS
While his agent, his employer (Entercom) and undoubtedly his lackeys who ride his coattails are rejoicing over the news of Glenn Ordway’s re-signing with WEEI 850 AM, the move is far from the “landscape” altering event Ordway’s agent George Tobia would like us to believe.
Instead, it means there will more [...]

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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).
To spice things [...]

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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 general bitterness, [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
WEEI.com editor Rob Bradford has confirmed to Scott’s Shots that part-timer Ron Borges is leaving the site for a full-time gig at the Boston Herald.
When reached on his cell phone Tuesday night in the 7 p.m. hour, Borges hung up on me after I identified myself. I took that as [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
Watch the following clip get a taste for just how incongruous and out of place it was to have Bob Costas introduce John Mellencamp at Saturday’s Farm Aid music extravaganza in Mansfield.

Was that odd or what? And Costas doesn’t deliver on his 10-second promise, instead taking 30 uncomfortable seconds to [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
As if to show just how serious they are about being an Internet player, WEEI.com today (8/18/08) announces the addition of Deadspin founder, Will Leitch, to its rapidly expanding line-up of writers. Leitch - tabbed as “The Outsider” - will write twice-monthly (every other Wednesday) for the site and [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
Local sports talk station, 890 ESPN has officially announced the changes which have been reported here at Scott’s Shots in recent weeks. The release from 890 follows and clears up some my confusion over the afternoon drive times (there’s a noon-2 p.m. slot and a 4-6 p.m., meaning in total, [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
With a week to digest the rather compelling WEEI.com news that Shots led the way on late last week, it’s clearly time for a Winners and Losers edition of “As the Boston Sports Media Market Turns”:
WINNER
Glenn Ordway
The biggest - in every sense - winner is none other than [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
DEVELOPING STORY:
In what could very well be a death knell for the struggling all-sports talk radio also-ran in the Boston market, ESPN 890 AM’s General Manager Jessamy Tang sent the following memo to employees earlier this afternoon:
“Due to Mike Felger’s obligations to Comcast Sports Net, he cannot continue as [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
In an unprecedented move for the Boston market, Boston Herald Red Sox reporter Rob Bradford is leaving the paper and will head up the burgeoning dot-com staff at the soon-to-be re-launched and re-focused WEEI.com, several sources have confirmed to Scott’s Shots.
WEEI.com’s Vice President/General Manager Tim Murphy would only say to [...]

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