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November 03, 2009

Comcast's Boston-sports-media gambit
By Adam Reilly

The Globe* and Boston Sports Media Watch already noted this, but it bears mentioning nonetheless: Comcast Sports Net is joining the ongoing Boston-sports-media arms race in earnest, launching what it's dubbing "New England's deepest sports desk."
The press release follows. Here's my question for any voracious sports-media consumers out there: Right now, what's your first stop for sports news/commentary/vide? And do you see Comcast's gambit changing that at all?

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September 16, 2009

Boston.com gets a new sports editor
By Adam Reilly

Very high-stakes position, this, what with the recent arrivals of the Sports Hub and ESPNBoston.com and the challenge already posed by WEEI.com. Here's the email from Boston.com editor David Beard:
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All,
It's not often we get a job candidate who has extraordinary print and online editing and leadership experience -- and who has thrown a cream pie into the face of the governor of Connecticut.

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December 10, 2008

New in the Phoenix: WEEI.com gets serious
By Adam Reilly

In which I discuss the site's transformation from sports-media afterthought to force to be reckoned with.

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December 08, 2008

KG's darker side
By Adam Reilly

A few weeks back, I asked why there are so many ugly instances of Kevin Garnett mixing it up with white players. Among the comments was the following astute observation:
As I read through your list of incidents, what struck me was that Garnett takes his aggression out - not on white players - but on players who he's pretty sure won't fight back.

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Boston.com gets a new sports editor
Published 9/16/2009 by Adam Reilly
Very high-stakes position, this, what with the recent arrivals of the Sports Hub and ESPNBoston.com and the challenge already posed by WEEI.com. Here's the email...

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New in the Phoenix: WEEI.com gets serious
Published 12/10/2008 by Adam Reilly
In which I discuss the site's transformation from sports-media afterthought to force to be reckoned ...

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