Borges' Back In The News
According to AOL Sports...
Ron Borges, the Boston Globe sports writer known for his love of boxing, dislike of Bill Belichick, and use of work from other writers without proper attribution, has retired from the paper. Borges, who is on the Pro Football Hall of Fame's selection committee (and will presumably be replaced), is often referred to as a "journalistic enigma" and is despised by large numbers of Boston sports fans.
On the other hand, sometimes the most-despised columnists are the ones who are most effective at getting their messages across. That's why there will be many other outlets interested in Borges' services. His next employer might very well be Oscar De La Hoya -- Borges wrote for a De La Hoya-owned web site during his recent suspension from the Globe. We haven't seen the last of Borges, just the last of Borges with the Globe.
My little rant...It's obvious that Borges' columns had an agenda -- it was to ruffle the general public's feathers. It's called schick. Although his work was often viewed as a nuisance, his work also provided a sense of refreshing relief. Why? Because I don't respect journalists that sit on the fence (I've never understood this)...you have center stage, make use of it! Provide me with your real feelings about a particular subject. I may not always agree with your insight...but in the end, you will have garnered more of my respect.
Ron Borges, the Boston Globe sports writer known for his love of boxing, dislike of Bill Belichick, and use of work from other writers without proper attribution, has retired from the paper. Borges, who is on the Pro Football Hall of Fame's selection committee (and will presumably be replaced), is often referred to as a "journalistic enigma" and is despised by large numbers of Boston sports fans.
On the other hand, sometimes the most-despised columnists are the ones who are most effective at getting their messages across. That's why there will be many other outlets interested in Borges' services. His next employer might very well be Oscar De La Hoya -- Borges wrote for a De La Hoya-owned web site during his recent suspension from the Globe. We haven't seen the last of Borges, just the last of Borges with the Globe.
My little rant...It's obvious that Borges' columns had an agenda -- it was to ruffle the general public's feathers. It's called schick. Although his work was often viewed as a nuisance, his work also provided a sense of refreshing relief. Why? Because I don't respect journalists that sit on the fence (I've never understood this)...you have center stage, make use of it! Provide me with your real feelings about a particular subject. I may not always agree with your insight...but in the end, you will have garnered more of my respect.
My question to the readers...who will now represent the area's (football) Hall of Fame vote -- Mike Reiss or Felger??
5 comments:
and garnering your respect is everyone's ultimate goal. get out of here with that nonsense!
Does anyone really care about this ?
Hopefully Felger. Reiss doesn't provide any inight.
Anonymous @ 3:51...why don't you man-up and post under a log-in name? That way, I'll be able to put a consistent name to such wisdom, going forward?
You're right though -- this is a non-story in Boston. It's only the secondary story (primary being the Red Sox' 29-12 start) in all Boston papers, as well as AM Radio 790, 850, 890. Since you clearly don't read the papers and/or listen to the radio, is The Win Column your sole news outlet?
Chieftain @ 5:12pm....relax your body. I encourage and strongly support all banter and verbal against all members of the win column community. Frankly, I think you're all a bunch of cun*s. But that's just me.
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