Comments on: WCVB Loses Patriots “All Access” and Preseason Games To WBZ

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:13:35 +0000

Alice Cook I agree with you on . A Hot cougar who can hold her own with the rest of them.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:09:00 +0000

YOU WANT BOB LOBEL BACK YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!! My prayers were answered when he got the ax!

By: Jay7777

Jay7777 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:31:52 +0000

It is a blow for Lynch..he was good on that..but I have had my differences with him. A college ref..a bit too pompous..at teh very end of the Celts victory parade he went on a bit about the Patriots and why they lost the suprt Bowl..which was interesting since he never uttered any of THOSE opiions before..I’m not a large Burton fan..but I am glad they got away from ESPN..even if it’s a small monetary sense..

By: Coach Finstock

Coach Finstock — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:25:45 +0000

5′s parent company also owns the 20% of ESPN that Disney does not, hence the connection (and the placement of the Big East package, which made a lot more sense before BC moved).

Word on the street is that there isn’t a lot of love for Burton at Patriot Place. I’m willing to bet that after his introduction to the show this year, Scott Zolak stays with the Krafts as the next host of All Access and probably gets a radio spot when Gil and Gino finally retire.

By: Rick Mc

Rick Mc — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:44:45 +0000

“Coach, defense?”

By: davey

davey — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:21:29 +0000

This is a tough blow to Lynchie, who is bored stiff at WCVB. PAA was the only thing he got juiced for.

Now he officially has the easiest job in Boston sports.

By: Guntfather of SportsRadio

Guntfather of SportsRadio — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:36:30 +0000

I think Channel 5 would probably pass on NFLN games b/c they probably wouldn’t see the need to pay for something if they don’t have the Patriots package. They probably could sell to defray costs of the NFLN games.

I thought that ESPN made them take those awful Big East football and basketball games in order for them to get first dibs on the Monday night games.

By: 02062

02062 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:48:56 +0000

I agree that Roche might be good in this role.

The problem is more Burton means more DeOssie and Zolak – which is just painful.

Lets hope they don’t screw this up the way they screwed up the radio pre/post game show on ‘Bcn.

Mindroasting!

By: Guntfather of SportsRadio

Guntfather of SportsRadio — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:32:20 +0000

If they don’t want to hire the Phantom boys, I think Roche gets this gig. He does a good job on the Red Sox shows.

By: Jason Coyote

Jason Coyote — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:27:28 +0000

I agree, it’s a tragedy that Burton will be replacing Lynch on those programs. I’m holding out slim hope that ‘BZ brings back Bob Lobel as a freelancer strictly to host the ‘All Access’ show. How about even Alice Cook as an option? She’d probably be great in a role like that.

Has anyone heard Burton’s extremely weak attempt at a signoff catchphrase? “Seeeeeeeeeya later” (groan).