In retrospect, this explains the lack of Globe production. It looks like he writes one article a week for them (seven total so far), and two of them repeat themes he wrote about in Boston's Boring Broadsheet, although I must point out that they're not the same columns (one about Holy Cross QB Dominic Randolph; the other was the dump he took on on John Henry & Theo Epstein nearly a fortnight ago).
The differences between those seven CNN / SI articles and the Globe columns could not be more striking. All of the CNN / SI articles are well written and nearly devoid of the legendary Shank trademarks, while the last four Globe columns leave something / a lot to be desired. I can only speculate that a condition of the CNN / SI gig is to submit quality columns and / or 'drop the attitude', like such points should need to be emphasized.
When clicking on the link to his CNN / SI archive, check out the heading:
Dan Shuaghnessy > ARCHIVECopy desk! Get me rewrite!
Shank probably prefers writing for CNNSI because there's no capability on the web site for readers to tell him what a hack he is ...
ReplyDeleteHe probably has editors at CNNSI too, and I think the Globe has give up on that in his case.
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