In a move that smells to high heaven, Ron Borges has quote, retired, unquote. This move came late on Friday night. It also comes just one week after Borgie returned to work from a two month suspension, and just after he wrote one piece for the Boston Globe.
When he returned two Thursdays ago, Borgie said the truth will come out. Well, if the truth is that he has to “retire”, then there’s something more to the plagiarism of a Mike Sando football news & notes column from the Spokane News-Tribune. The Globe made a short, terse announcement late Friday night. Dave Scott from Boston Sports Media Watch was all over it.
Borges has been known to get the wrath of New England Patriots fans for constantly throwing barbs at Bill Belichick, not all of them deserved, in fact, most of them were not deserved. But the Globe which was once had a great sports department, now finds itself needing an in-depth football reporter. While Borges did this to himself, he also had tremendous contacts around the NFL.
You have to wonder where he will land. Borges is a very good boxing reporter and does have the knowledge to write football, but it’s a question if he’ll write for another newspaper, website or go the electronic route and go to radio/TV. What’s known is that his reputation has been shot and he’ll be remembered for ruining what was a very good career.
