Mike Reiss leaving Boston Globe for new site ESPNBoston

Today, a well-known but unexpected player entered the fray. And did it ever land an important piece.

Mike Reiss, the Globe and Boston.com's prolific NFL writer, is departing to join ESPNBoston, the sports network's second city-specific site as it attempts to strengthen its national brand with a local online presence in the nation's largest and most passionate sports cities. The site will launch Sept. 14, an ESPN spokesman confirmed.

"Adding Boston to ESPN's local-sites network is a natural fit for our goal of serving sports fans," said Jim Pastor, senior vice president for ESPN business divisions. "It is one of the nation's premier sports towns and home to one of the strongest and most passionate fan bases in the world."

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Boooooo

Terrible. A shame to see another decent reporter swallowed by the four-letter-network.

Hope they’re paying him a pile.

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead

by JohnHannahRules on Aug 27, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

If he gets a payday

Then it’s well deserved no?

"These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters."- Bill Belichick

by Mainiac on Aug 28, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow surprising

And so the Globe loses it’s last writer worth reading. And espnboston did a good job of finding a cornerstone writer.

by BigRedDog42 on Aug 27, 2009 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

Noooooooooooooooo

Wonderful for Reiss, lousy for us Pats fans losing our own personal team connection. No one covered the Patriots like Mike Reiss. He was all pro — no drama, no need to be part of the story, no sensationalism, just the story.

When Adam Schefter moved to ESPN I thought, good for him. But now if I want to read his blog I have to pay a monthly fee to be an ESPN Insider (which I’m not). I hope ESPN keeps Mike Reiss’s content free. He’s too good to miss on a daily basis.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Aug 27, 2009 10:01 PM EDT reply actions