The Track vs. Names: it's on! (maybe)

Published Jan 30 2008, 03:12 PM by Adam Reilly

Herald gossip columnists Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa routinely take potshots at the Globe, a/k/a the "Boring Broadsheet." But thanks to the restraint of Carol Beggy and Mark Shanahan, their Globe counterparts, it's been a pretty one-sided pissing match.

Until now!

Yesterday, Fee and Raposa gave the Globe shit for marketing a book on the Patriots' perfect season before said perfection was attained. Apparently, this really pissed them off over at Morrissey Boulevard. Because Beggy and Shanahan shot back with an item--published yesterday on the web and today in the paper--noting that 1. the Herald has its own Perfect Patriots book in the wings and 2. that tome, like the Globe's, was for sale on Amazon yesterday.

Personally, I'd like to see more Inside Track-vs.-Names* acrimony, especially if it gets really nasty. (Beggy and Shanahan's opening sentence--"Talk about hypocrisy"--is a nice start.) My hunch, though, is this is a one-time affair, triggered by the sports-crazed Globe management's fear of alienating Patriots fans in the event of a Super Bowl defeat.

*Not "Names and Faces," as I originally wrote. That's the old title.

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6 Comments

Aging Cynic said:

If I were the Globe, I'd be a bit careful about invoking the "H" word. Tough to look down on somebody whose hole you just jumped into. Also, the Herald could cite history, (chapter and verse), that would not help the Globe, which (still) has a lot more credibility to lose.

January 30, 2008 4:18 PM
Shamahan said:

What is Names? The Names section is the best place in the city to committ a crime, no body's looking. It raises the age old question, what if somebody started a war and no body came.

January 30, 2008 7:20 PM
Boring is as boring does said:

Wow. Another day, another Globe slam from the "Aging Cynic."

If you don't read the Globe, why do you feel the need to clutter this blog with posts about it? It's not like you have anything interesting to say. We get it. You hate the Globe. Move on.

January 31, 2008 4:16 AM
Aging Cynic said:

Another day, another "nom de net". Sad.

January 31, 2008 4:06 PM
and who are you exactly? said:

Aging Cynic,

The old "I'm rubber you're glue" response, but with a little twist. Classic.

And that's in the same comment stream as 'the "H" word.' Wow. I'm still laughing. Sheer genius. How do you come up with this stuff?

I'm sure the Globe editors tremble every time you set crayon to paper. I know you've cut ME to the quick.

February 1, 2008 1:45 PM
Jay Severin has a small pen1s said:

Perfect season, eh?

I guess a bunch of kids in New Guinea are going to be learning English with those books while sporting their "2008 Superbowl Champion" shirts.

February 4, 2008 8:01 AM