Matt Porter
@mattyports.bsky.social
Writer, drummer, capable hand. Words in the Boston Globe and also here
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@edsbs.bsky.social your Ronaldo take will live forever. Also to whomever trumpeted in support of it: thank you
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
@edsbs.bsky.social your Ronaldo take will live forever. Also to whomever trumpeted in support of it: thank you
“He has run the race. He has kept the faith, especially early on when the faith of others was in short supply. He arrives this weekend at the front door of the Hockey Hall of Fame, ready to savor the desserts of his career.”
Good stuff from KPD here:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/s...
Good stuff from KPD here:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/s...
‘I was determined to make a positive impact.’ Longtime Bruins captain Zdeno Chara enters the Hockey Hall of Fame. - The Boston Globe
The Bruins recently announced they’ll retire Chara's No. 33 in a Jan. 15 pregame ceremony.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“He has run the race. He has kept the faith, especially early on when the faith of others was in short supply. He arrives this weekend at the front door of the Hockey Hall of Fame, ready to savor the desserts of his career.”
Good stuff from KPD here:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/s...
Good stuff from KPD here:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/s...
Hat tricks against Canada are rare, but Abbey Murphy had a “badass moment” in Cleveland.
Takeaways from the Rivalry Series opener:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Takeaways from the Rivalry Series opener:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Abbey Murphy hat trick leads US women’s hockey to win over Canada in first game of Rivalry Series - The Boston Globe
Taylor Heise had four points (one goal, three assists) to help the United States win the first of four games.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Hat tricks against Canada are rare, but Abbey Murphy had a “badass moment” in Cleveland.
Takeaways from the Rivalry Series opener:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Takeaways from the Rivalry Series opener:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Had an absolute blast at the Rock Hall dawg
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Had an absolute blast at the Rock Hall dawg
Seattle: (something about waiting all night to get the thing. Still workshopping this)
Vancouver: they play the pause music for the duration of every intermission
Vancouver: they play the pause music for the duration of every intermission
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Seattle: (something about waiting all night to get the thing. Still workshopping this)
Vancouver: they play the pause music for the duration of every intermission
Vancouver: they play the pause music for the duration of every intermission
A surprising number of football programs, even former state champs, are just barely hanging on.
Eight-player football could let them do more with less:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Eight-player football could let them do more with less:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Could eight-player football save the sport for smaller Massachusetts high schools? - The Boston Globe
Born in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression in small-town Nebraska, 8-on-8 has flourished in rural Maine and at leafy New England prep schools.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A surprising number of football programs, even former state champs, are just barely hanging on.
Eight-player football could let them do more with less:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
Eight-player football could let them do more with less:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/s...
"It's going to be a bloodbath." One of the best rivalries in sports, USA-Canada women's hockey, is back:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/s...
US women’s hockey team to play four-game Rivalry Series with Canada in tuneup for Olympics - The Boston Globe
One of the best rivalries in sports is back on when the United States hosts Canada in Cleveland on Thursday.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"It's going to be a bloodbath." One of the best rivalries in sports, USA-Canada women's hockey, is back:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/s...
Well here’s a thing I hadn’t seen before. Gotta be the most money you can spend at a vending machine, no?
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Well here’s a thing I hadn’t seen before. Gotta be the most money you can spend at a vending machine, no?
Here’s how Team USA lined up for the first practice of the Rivalry Series. #olympics #MilanoCortina26
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Here’s how Team USA lined up for the first practice of the Rivalry Series. #olympics #MilanoCortina26
A wild Aerin Frankel appeared
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A wild Aerin Frankel appeared
In Cleveland this week for USA-Canada Rivalry Series (game is Thursday). 30 players here. 23 headed to Milan.
Here’s USA PP1: Edwards, Keller, Knight, Carpenter and Bilka.
Here’s USA PP1: Edwards, Keller, Knight, Carpenter and Bilka.
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In Cleveland this week for USA-Canada Rivalry Series (game is Thursday). 30 players here. 23 headed to Milan.
Here’s USA PP1: Edwards, Keller, Knight, Carpenter and Bilka.
Here’s USA PP1: Edwards, Keller, Knight, Carpenter and Bilka.
Flight attendant just now, before takeoff from Boston to Cleveland]: “We’re sorry for the (two-hour) delay. The reason is because air traffic controllers are increasingly calling in sick because they are not getting paid.”
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Flight attendant just now, before takeoff from Boston to Cleveland]: “We’re sorry for the (two-hour) delay. The reason is because air traffic controllers are increasingly calling in sick because they are not getting paid.”
A big opportunity at Michigan, an old Haymarket pub, and flipping into Hingham Harbor: getting to know Tabor Academy QB Peter Bourque.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/s...
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A big opportunity at Michigan, an old Haymarket pub, and flipping into Hingham Harbor: getting to know Tabor Academy QB Peter Bourque.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/09/s...
Bruins are a one-line team (complimentary)
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Bruins are a one-line team (complimentary)
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
"Management of losing team says team didn't play hard enough" is not a preseason cliche familiar to the Bruins, but here they are.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...
October 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"Management of losing team says team didn't play hard enough" is not a preseason cliche familiar to the Bruins, but here they are.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...
Don Sweeney says the Bruins "didn't lose anyone to waivers today." Aspirot, Blumel, DiPietro, Steeves heading to Providence.
October 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Don Sweeney says the Bruins "didn't lose anyone to waivers today." Aspirot, Blumel, DiPietro, Steeves heading to Providence.
Just because I know you were wondering ...
The current Bruins who will still be under contract in the summer of 2028, when Connor McDavid's new Oilers contract will expire:
F: Pastrnak, E. Lindholm, Geekie, Jeannot
D: McAvoy, H. Lindholm, Zadorov
G: Swayman
The current Bruins who will still be under contract in the summer of 2028, when Connor McDavid's new Oilers contract will expire:
F: Pastrnak, E. Lindholm, Geekie, Jeannot
D: McAvoy, H. Lindholm, Zadorov
G: Swayman
October 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Just because I know you were wondering ...
The current Bruins who will still be under contract in the summer of 2028, when Connor McDavid's new Oilers contract will expire:
F: Pastrnak, E. Lindholm, Geekie, Jeannot
D: McAvoy, H. Lindholm, Zadorov
G: Swayman
The current Bruins who will still be under contract in the summer of 2028, when Connor McDavid's new Oilers contract will expire:
F: Pastrnak, E. Lindholm, Geekie, Jeannot
D: McAvoy, H. Lindholm, Zadorov
G: Swayman
I see the Bruins losing more one-goal games this year than anyone. Just don't think they'll score enough to make the playoffs.
NHL season predictions from five of the Globe's hockey writers:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...
NHL season predictions from five of the Globe's hockey writers:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...
Will Panthers three-peat? Can Bruins make the playoffs? Globe’s hockey writers predict 2025-26 season. - The Boston Globe
Here’s how the Globe’s ice scribes see the coming NHL season playing out.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I see the Bruins losing more one-goal games this year than anyone. Just don't think they'll score enough to make the playoffs.
NHL season predictions from five of the Globe's hockey writers:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...
NHL season predictions from five of the Globe's hockey writers:
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/06/s...
Not writing off Lysell even though he hasn’t broken through yet. Has the tools to be a 50-60 point wing, and every team could use one of those.
October 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Not writing off Lysell even though he hasn’t broken through yet. Has the tools to be a 50-60 point wing, and every team could use one of those.
If you ask us to come and play music next to the ocean, we will almost certainly say yes.
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
If you ask us to come and play music next to the ocean, we will almost certainly say yes.
Now that Zdeno Chara is back with the Bruins (officially, as an advisor), the Nikita Zadorov for Norris arc has begun. If you think I'm serious, I am (maybe).
September 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Now that Zdeno Chara is back with the Bruins (officially, as an advisor), the Nikita Zadorov for Norris arc has begun. If you think I'm serious, I am (maybe).