Boston Globe scooped on Celtics sale

By Ted Cohen/Patch.com

Guess who broke the news of the blockbuster sale of the Boston Celtics.

If you guessed The Boston Globe you'd be wrong.

If you guessed the Boston Herald you'd be wrong.

If you guessed WEEI you'd be wrong.

If you guessed Sports Hub 98.5 you'd be wrong.

Nope. Thank Sportico or ESPN for scooping the big rags and radio stations in New England's famous professional sports city. (Dan Kennedy believes Sportico came out before ESPN with the story, though others dispute that Sportico broke it.)

But whether it was ESPN or Sportico is a distinction without a difference. The real question is where was Boston media on this one?

Same place they always are when a big sports story breaks in Boston - sleeping.

It occurs all the time. Whether it's the Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots or Celtics.

The Boston's elite media also missed the Pats signing free agent WR Stefon Diggs. Again, ESPN had the beat on yet another huge Boston sports scoop.

The Boston Globe and Boston Herald, as well as Boston sports networks WEEI and Sports Hub 98.5, blow a lot of local stories among the city's four big-league teams, all in their own backyard.

But the hits - actually the misses - just keep on comin'.

Journalistic malpractice par excellence.

When will heads roll?