Tagged: ‘ESPNBoston.com’

posted by on April 16, 2013 10:52 AM

ESPN’s Boston Marathon Tragedy firsthand accounts and perspectives

While ESPN’s live coverage on the Boston Marathon tragedy continues, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and friends and the running community. Several ESPN employees were in Boston as reporters, runners or spectators and have shared their stories on SportsCenter and ESPN.com.

ESPN Employee Eyewitness Accounts

Bob Ley interviewed ESPN.com senior director of design and race participant Dan Benshoff, who describes the scene around the finish line and in the medical tent.

Jeremy Schaap interviewed ESPN producer and race participant Bryan Jaroch, who said he was about a mile from crossing the finish line when the explosions occurred. continue reading…

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posted by on December 15, 2012 12:00 PM

ESPNBoston.com’s Mike Reiss discusses site’s Patriots coverage

When Monday Night Football rolled into Foxborough, Mass. last weekend for the most recent contest between the New England Patriots and Houston Texans, ESPNBoston.com’s Mike Reiss got a bit of a twinkle in his eyes.

“Like Tom Brady said [last week], ‘There’s something special about Monday Night Football,” said Reiss, who has covered the Patriots for a decade and a half, the last three years for ESPNBoston.com.

In the video above, Reiss shares his thoughts on having the MNF crew in town; how ESPNBoston.com approaches its coverage of the Patriots (and everything Boston sports); and what it’s like to work closely with ESPN NFL analyst Tedy Bruschi.

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posted by on January 30, 2012 4:00 PM

Front & Center: Beat reporters
Mike Reiss and Ohm Youngmisuk

One example of the sites' collaborative Super Bowl efforts, the "Hot Button"

In addition to all the “macro” coverage fans will be treated to across ESPN platforms, Super Bowl XLVI will be the first title game to feature two teams from ESPN.com’s new local Web sites. Providing the “micro” coverage that fans of the New England Patriots and New York Giants are clamoring for will be ESPNBoston.com and ESPNNewYork.com. Mike Reiss and Ohm Youngmisuk will anchor the sites’ coverage.

They join us on this edition of the Front & Center podcast. They discuss, among other things: the impact of the Super Bowl on their respective sites; resources being utilized by both sites; memories from the Week 9 regular season Pats/Giants meeting; collaborative efforts (such as the “Hot Button” feature, pictured) and a (fairly) rapid fire session of Super Bowl Roll.

To listen to the Podcast, please Click Here.

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posted by on January 26, 2012 4:28 PM

Ravech, Edes talk BBWAA event

Note: Boston is one of only three chapters of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) that is home to an annual awards dinner. New York and St. Louis are the others.

BOSTON — Here, baseball is a year-round obsession. The Red Sox are dissected the same in January as they are in July. Even the media are always in midseason form.

One of the signature baseball events in town each year is the Boston Baseball Writers Dinner.

The local writers honor the heroes of the past season and talk baseball with the diehards in attendance.

On Jan. 19, the Westin Copley Plaza Hotel played host.

And every year, one crucial decision needs to be made: Who has the right blend of baseball expertise and Boston roots to be emcee?

This year, it was Baseball Tonight host Karl Ravech.

After all, who better to host an event by passionate baseball writers for passionate baseball fans than a guy who lives and breathes baseball virtually every night on ESPN?

Front Row had the chance to catch up with Ravech to discuss his Needham, Mass. roots and how the Boston sports media prepared him for Baseball Tonight’s national spotlight.

Also, ESPNBoston.com’s Gordon Edes talks about his part in securing Karl for this year’s dinner.

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posted by on January 16, 2012 9:29 AM

ESPN’s Local Web sites celebrate
MLK Day with related articles, videos

Derek Jeter talks about what the contributions Dr. King made during the civil rights movement mean to him.

Note: As part of the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ESPN will present Content of Character — a weeklong series of original programming, vignettes and interstitials celebrating the life and contributions of the civil rights leader — across many of its programs and platforms.

As we celebrate today the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr., it’s worth recognizing the lasting positive impact King continues to have on those of us in the world of sports. The meaning is always personal and profound, no matter where we are across the nation.

That in itself is worth celebrating in King’s honor, and ESPN’s Local sites — Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York — are posting today a series of articles and video vignettes illustrating how King has affected those cities and some of their prominent sports figures.

Here’s a sampling of the features you’ll find:

*ESPNNY.com’s Wallace Matthews profiles Yankees star Derek Jeter;

*ESPNChicago.com’s Melissa Isaacson profiles White Sox and Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf;

*ESPNDallas.com’s Tim MacMahon profiles former NBA star Spud Webb;

ESPNBoston.com and ESPNLA.com also will showcase Content Of Character features today.

For more information, visit the MLK Day Home Page on ESPN.com.

ESPNChicago's honors Dr. King with a profile of pro sports team owner Jerry Reinsdorf

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posted by on April 20, 2011 4:50 PM

NYC sports a Garden in bloom

NEW YORK – Wednesday night, the Rangers are coming home. On Friday, so are the Knicks.

New Yorkers have got their swagger back, thanks to their teams home stints in the NHL and NBA playoffs, respectively.

Fans are itching for that rumble to return back to Madison Square Garden, and it’s a force to be reckoned with.

This is a busy time of year for ESPNNewYork.com, not only with the action at the Garden. The Yankees and Mets’ seasons are underway, and the NFL draft unfolds next week at Radio City Music Hall.

ESPNNY.com’s Executive Editor Leon Carter shares his thoughts covering sports in the city that never sleeps. continue reading…

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posted by on April 18, 2011 10:00 AM

Behind the Beantown beat

It doesn’t get more Americana than Patriots’ Day in Boston.

Today marks the civic holiday observed in Massachusetts and Maine, commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first of the Revolutionary War.  Re-enactments can be found in all corners of Massachusetts, from the Lexington Green to the Old North Bridge in Cambridge and the retracing of Paul Revere’s ride.

As the keeper of such turning points in our nation’s history, it is only fitting that Boston is host to some of the most storied sports traditions on this very day, too.  Marathon Monday (that’s the Boston Marathon, to you out-of-towners) is the oldest annual marathon in the country, while the Red Sox have played host to games on Patriots’ Day every year since 1959. continue reading…

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