By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
Long-time Providence Journal writer Sean McAdam is headed north on 95 to become a baseball columnist and writer for the Boston Herald.
Early Thursday afternoon, McAdam confirmed to Scott’s Shots that “[he and the Herald] are talking, but nothing is in place.” That changed later in the day and a memo [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
Numerous reliable Scott’s Shots’ sources are confirming that ex-Boston Globe writer, Ron Borges, is in discussions with the Boston Herald about filling one of three vacant spots on sports editor Hank Hryniewicz’s desk.
If true, a Borges hire would indicate the Herald is either very bold or very desperate, as the [...]

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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 already jumping [...]

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By David Scott
Boston Sports Media Watch
Scott’s Shots has confirmed that Boston Herald sportswriter Jeff Horrigan (mostly Red Sox) will be leaving the paper on Septembeer 10. Horrigan confirmed in a Friday phone interview that his wife, Katie, has taken a job as a public health administrator at Children’s Hospital in her hometown of Milwaukee.
“This is [...]

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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
In yet another stunning blow to the battered Boston Herald sports section, general columnist and Red Sox specialist, Tony Massarotti is leaving One Herald Square, crossing over Route 93, will land smack dab on Joe Sullivan’s sports staff at the Boston Globe/Boston.com. Adam Reilly at the Phoenix had the inter-Globe [...]

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