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Mike Reiss leaving Boston Globe for new site ESPNBoston

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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."