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Lobel Let Go From WBZ
« on: April 02, 2008, 08:40:53 AM »

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IT'S TRULY A SAD DAY IN BOSTON SPORTS

WBZ has let Legendary Sports Anchor Bob Lobel go. 

Say what you want about his perceived off air issues, Bob Lobel is literally the greatest Sports Anchor this town has ever seen.  He completely changed the way sports was covered.

Here's hoping he lands somewhere quick.

What a shame.
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IT'S TRULY A SAD DAY IN BOSTON SPORTS

WBZ has let Legendary Sports Anchor Bob Lobel go. 

Say what you want about his perceived off air issues, Bob Lobel is literally the greatest Sports Anchor this town has ever seen.  He completely changed the way sports was covered.

Here's hoping he lands somewhere quick.

What a shame.

I don't know anything about Lobel's off-camera issues, and maybe he was good at one point, but the guy has been just plain awful as long as I've seen him.

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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2008, 08:59:46 AM »

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He was definitely a lightning rod for critics but Lobel was still a Boston sports media legend.  I grew up watching him, Lynch, and Dennis do sports in this town.  Lobel seemed to have "lost his fastball" in recent years and the rise of the internet surely didn't help his cause or the way local news is done. 

Lobel's interview with Orr, Bird, and Williams is still one of the all-time best Boston tv moments.


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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2008, 09:01:43 AM »

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lobie had a great run...
now he can chase the dimples whenever he wants...
dont give him any strokes!

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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2008, 09:18:14 AM »

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Not trying to bash the guy, but a couple of times during the Red Sox season last year, I could have sworn he was drunk or high, at least he looked like it to me.
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Jack & Liz must be heartbroken.

Remember the days when the quickest way to get sports results was to wait up for the 11 o'clock news? 

I can't remember the last time I watched the local sports news, there are so many other quicker, better, more in depth ways to get filled in now.  That said, Lobel was the ringleader of a pretty fun 3-ring circus of sports news in Boston for many years.

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I really liked Lobel in past years, but he's been pretty bad lately. He's also extremely overpaid. It's been kind of embarrassing to see him on camera so often in an apparently impaired state. I really hope he can clean up his act, for his own sake if not for his career.

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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2008, 11:28:26 AM »

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i think jackie M is leaving the globe too.
i really like her articles, and enjoy what she has to say when she is on around the horn.

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« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2008, 11:34:45 AM »

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I definitely saw him a couple times and thought he was either drunk or on medication. 

No knock on him... cuz I do remember the days before ESPN when that was the best sports coverage.

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i DID think he did an OK Job. I D-I-D did.

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i think jackie M is leaving the globe too.
i really like her articles, and enjoy what she has to say when she is on around the horn.

Where did you hear Jackie was leaving the globe?? I would be pretty upset if that happens, she is my favorite columnist over there.

That would leave me with two guys I only sort of like... Bob Ryan and Peter May.

Lobel never did it for me, he always seemed really slow in his reports, and the local news is just useless nowadays.
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2008, 12:41:12 PM »

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i think jackie M is leaving the globe too.
i really like her articles, and enjoy what she has to say when she is on around the horn.

Where did you hear Jackie was leaving the globe?? I would be pretty upset if that happens, she is my favorite columnist over there.

That would leave me with two guys I only sort of like... Bob Ryan and Peter May.

Lobel never did it for me, he always seemed really slow in his reports, and the local news is just useless nowadays.

This was from Scott's Shots

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Long-time Boston Globe writer and columnist Jackie MacMullan is going to be taking the latest buyout offer from the paper, Shots has confirmed. MacMullan’s departure would be the highest profile defection at the paper and would severely limit the voice and diversity of opinion on Joe Sullivan’s sports pages. Only two general sports columnists will remain in Bob Ryan and Dan Shaughnessy.

An email to MacMullan’s Globe email address was not immediately returned to Shots.


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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2008, 01:48:23 PM »

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i think jackie M is leaving the globe too.
i really like her articles, and enjoy what she has to say when she is on around the horn.

Where did you hear Jackie was leaving the globe?? I would be pretty upset if that happens, she is my favorite columnist over there.

That would leave me with two guys I only sort of like... Bob Ryan and Peter May.

Lobel never did it for me, he always seemed really slow in his reports, and the local news is just useless nowadays.

This was from Scott's Shots

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Long-time Boston Globe writer and columnist Jackie MacMullan is going to be taking the latest buyout offer from the paper, Shots has confirmed. MacMullan’s departure would be the highest profile defection at the paper and would severely limit the voice and diversity of opinion on Joe Sullivan’s sports pages. Only two general sports columnists will remain in Bob Ryan and Dan Shaughnessy.

An email to MacMullan’s Globe email address was not immediately returned to Shots.

Wow - Jackie's leaving too.  Sad day for Boston sports media.  One can only hope that both she and Lobel end up somewhere soon. 

What I like about both of them is that neither of them are yellers (hello EEI & Comcast sportsnet), both are true fans and both of them are great at what they do.
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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2008, 02:24:55 PM »

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He liked to toss 'em back. Didn't make him a bad guy.

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« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2008, 03:02:43 PM »

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I don't know whether he was a drunk or what (though his nose was sometimes mighty red); I am glad to see him go though.  He was frequently condescending or obnoxious to his guests.  Sometimes he didn't even seem to care about the teams.

Half of all American men would probably enjoy the job "Sport's Anchor" it's no fun to watch someone hate himself doing your dream job.