https://www.boston.com/sports/media/2018/03/29/the-athletic-boston-roster/amp?__twitter_impression=truehe Athletic, a subscription-based, venture-capital-backed sports website that launched in January 2016 with its inaugural city-specific branch in Chicago, managed to keep any plans for Boston quiet even as it quickly expanded to 18 cities over the past two years.
The Wall Street Journal was the first to confirm last month that The Athletic did indeed have plans to enter the already-saturated Boston sports market. And the process is well underway. The specific launch date isn’t certain, according to a couple of writers who are joining the site. But its lineup of writers is taking shape.
Among those who will be writing for The Athletic Boston are Fluto Shinzawa, who is leaving the Globe to become the site’s Bruins writer; Jen McCaffrey (currently Mass Live) and Chad Jennings (Boston Herald), who will cover the Red Sox; and Jay King (Mass Live), who will be the Celtics reporter. The site’s Patriots hire will be evident in the coming days.
It’s uncertain who will be the local editor of the site. The writers who have been hired have dealt with Paul Fichtenbaum, The Athletic’s national chief content officer and a former Sports Illustrated editor.
Jeff Howe is the rumored pats reporter as he announced today he is leaving the Boston Herald.