Mike Reiss Ending Mailbag

[RayClay]

I wonder if ESPN is dropping the regional sites. They are aggressively cutting costs.

I wouldn't doubt it, they're fairly new. I read the Chicago one was the only one before Reiss.

Of course authenticity has never stopped ESPN. They'll just write Boston on top and fill it with interns articles about Hernandez' appeals and gambling news.

 

[RayClay]

Reiss today has 4-5 full pats articles, then there's one by somebody else but, it's about Brady leading for MVP.

I know I read between the lines a lot, but I wonder if there isn't some passive aggressive thing going on. I assume Reiss has a contract and if they cut him they'll likely have to pay him.

He's got more Patriots space today than most any day since they started stinking up his column.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

This piece on the split between ESPN and Grantland/Simmons is worth reading:

Can ESPN Solve Its Grantland Problem?

(Simmons was suspended by ESPN without pay for calling Goodell a "liar" over the Rice affair.)

 

[zydecochris]

Not in New England. The number of twitter followers he has is double the next most popular (Curran, I think). So if they ax him, they're axing the most popular Patriots sportswriter.

Thanks, useful info. He is certainly someone I enjoy reading.

 

[mgcolby]

ESPN not only ruined Reiss' blog but the overall layout of the site is horrendous. I don't want to have to scroll down 3 pages in my browser just to see three headlines with ginormous pictures above them. Absolutely horrible.

 

[Patriot Missile]

Good. No offense to his livelyhood but to be honest I don't read it anymore anyway. I don't even click Bruschi anymore not because I don't like their work, it's because I hate Espn with a passion. I always feel like big brother is watching every word spoken, every word printed/typed.

I hope they find work elsewhere. Actually I hope Schefter breaks off from them entirely and starts his own show/enterprise and hires Bruschi, Reiss and a few other worthy counterparts.

 

[RobertWeathers]

New Englanders would rather read Common Sense than The Royal Gazette.

We've never been ones to read loyalist trash. and that is what ESPN is.