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Boston Globe
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
NESN is hiring Alanna Rizzo as general sports reporter and analyst
Previously, she spent seven seasons as the in-game reporter and host on SportsNet LA's Dodgers broadcasts, beginning in 2014. At NESN, she will co-host the network's alternate game broadcast 'Unobstructed Views,' and will occasionally host and serve as the sideline reporter on the conventional game broadcasts, along with some general reporting. She begins in May. Advertisement Chad Finn can be reached at
CBS News
07-03-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Bruins' last-second loss left Patrice Bergeron, Tuukka Rask nearly speechless
The Boston Bruins have found some spectacular ways to lose games this season, but Thursday night might take the cake. The team's last-second, 3-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes represented a new low for Boston's hockey club, and left a pair of Bruins legends nearly speechless. The Bruins and Hurricanes were tied 2-2 in the final minute of regulation and looked destined for overtime. But Nikita Zadorov's stick shattered as the defenseman tried to pass the puck out of Boston's zone, and the biscuit went right to Carolina's Seth Jarvis, who easily beat Joonas Korpisalo with 19 seconds left for the game-winning goal. The play and the loss were a microcosm of Boston's season, with the defeat dropping the Bruins to 28-28-8 on the year and further from the playoff picture. To make the goal even more painful, it came less than a minute after interim head coach Joe Sacco successfully challenged an uncalled offsides, which took Taylor Hall's potential game-winning goal off the board for the Hurricanes. Jarvis' game-winning tally was the 27th goal allowed by the Bruins in the final two minutes of any period this season, according to Ty Anderson of 98.5 The Sports Hub. It was just another painful gut-punch for the Bruins and Boston fans. No one should be surprised the Bruins lost in such spectacular fashion, but the manner of the defeat left Patrice Bergeron and Tuukka Rask at a loss for words. Bruins legends react to last-second loss Thursday night happened to be one of NESN's "Unobstructed Views" alternate broadcasts, which featured Bergeron and Rask alongside Andrew Raycroft. That trio saw a lot during their playing days, but they could hardly believe what they witnessed Thursday night. "Oh no. No! That did not just happen," reacted Bergeron. "Are you kidding me right now?" Rask was left shaking his head and rubbing his face as Zadorov' turned the puck over. lmao — Marina Maher (@marinakmaher) March 7, 2025 Thursday night's loss was Boston's eighth in the last nine games. The Bruins have already made two trades this week, and general manager Don Sweeney is expected to sell off even more pieces -- including captain Brad Marchand -- ahead of Friday's 3 p.m. trade deadline.
Boston Globe
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
NESN to launch ‘NESN Nation,' free streaming channel
But NESN Nation will feature more than 30 hours of live programming a week, including four Red Sox spring training games: February 23, March 2, March 9, and March 23. Those games will be available on all of the aforementioned platforms other than Twitch. The latter two spring games will also be available on Samsung TV Plus, which will add NESN Nation in the coming weeks. Advertisement 'Obviously our rights are limited to our geographical territories, but at the outset we are super excited about launching with four Red Sox spring training games,'' said David Wisnia, NESN's president and CEO. 'As this continues to evolve, we'll look at other opportunities with the Bruins regular season, with the Red Sox, or any other live content on the college side to continue to expand our offerings.' It should be emphasized that NESN Nation is not a replacement for the NESN 360 app or the streaming service or cable provider viewers subscribe to in order to watch Bruins and Red Sox games, but rather a companion or complement, with the purpose of expanding content options to New England sports fans outside of the New England market. 'In today's shifting environment it's critical that we look for ways to reach our viewers where they are and not just limited to the Northeast,'' said Wisnia. 'In the close to four months I've been [at NESN], I can't tell you how many times people outside of Boston, outside of our coverage area, have come to me and said, 'hey how do I connect with your brands?' Whether it's the Red Sox, whether it's the Bruins or anything else in our arsenal, this is an opportunity to do that.' Rather than having a grid or menu of content to choose from, as one would on many streaming services, NESN Nation will function as a 24/7, programmed channel. Advertisement Programming that will be available in the coming days and weeks includes: ▪ Live streams of Bruins morning and pregame skates. Those will include morning skates on March 11 and 17, and pregame skates on February 25, March 4, and March 15. ▪ 'Unobstructed Views,' NESN's alternate, commentary-driven game coverage show featuring Tuukka Rask, Patrice Bergeron and Andrew Raycroft. ▪ Six Athletes Unlimited women's basketball games. ▪ Liverpool FC coverage, including a weekly three-hour block featuring match highlights, recaps, and analysis plus team-produced behind the scenes content. ▪ Eight different video-enabled podcasts including 'Boston Has Entered the Chat' and 'Morning Bru.' ▪ Original and archived NESN features and documentaries, live press conferences, and other behind-the-scenes programming. ▪ Live game telecasts from select colleges. ▪ 'This Week in Hockey East,' a league-produced program previewing the most important games of the weekend. Wisnia noted that viewership on free, advertiser-supported platforms (also known as FAST platforms – Tubi and Pluto are two of the more popular channels) increased 55 percent in 2024, with projections for continued rapid growth in the years ahead. The 'free' aspect has growing appeal to sports fans who have grown increasingly frustrated by rising cable fees and streamers splintering carriage rights so that multiple subscriptions are required to watch, say, every Red Sox game. 'I think it's a business we want to be in and we need to be in as we look for new growth opportunities,' said Wisnia. Chad Finn can be reached at
