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Matt Porter

@mattyports.bsky.social

Writer, drummer, capable hand. Words in the Boston Globe and also here

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Matt Porter@mattyports.bsky.social · 6d ago

How do Massachusetts high school football coaches address head injuries? In wake of a sobering new CTE study, here’s a closer look. “If you want to have a team left at the end of the year, you have to do the right things.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/27/s...

How do Mass. high school football coaches address head injuries? In wake of CTE study, a closer look. - The Boston Globe

A recent report finding one in four NFL players studied had CTE is another blow to a sport that has seen participation decline 17 percent in the last 15 years.

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Matt Porter@mattyports.bsky.social · last wk.

A 'wake-up call' for the NFL: new study shows 1 in 4 former players had CTE at the time of death. Our @bostonglobe.com story, which includes a Patriots/Massachusetts high school football perspective: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/25/m...

A ‘wake-up call’ for the NFL: 1 in 4 former players had CTE at time of death, new study finds - The Boston Globe

The study’s lead author called the findings a “wake-up call” for the NFL and scientific communities.

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Matt Porter@mattyports.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm gonna miss her. We're all gonna miss her. What an incredible human. We read to our kid every night, and she's one of the inspirations for that. Pretty sure I'm going to well up the next time we get a book in the mail. Thank you, Dolly.

Alex Zalben@azalben.bsky.social · last wk.

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Rob Delaney@robdelaney.bsky.social · last mo.

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The Enduring Cult of the Vietnam ‘Missing in Action’

How a propaganda goof by Richard Nixon’s administration midwifed an urban legend that scarred American foreign policy and domestic politics for a generation.

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mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · last mo.

All the Fauci stuff is a modern day version of the POW/MIA stuff after Vietnam - a way to try to rewrite the history of a huge failure of conservative ideology to be instead a story about how liberals and foreigners stabbed us in the back.

Matt Porter@mattyports.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Brody Bumila just told me that before drafting him 3-89, the Texas Rangers offered him "first-round money" (amount will be revealed soon) and that he will sign with them. Was committed to University of Texas. He also plans to have Tommy John in Arlington, Texas in the coming days.

Alex Speier@alexspeier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Brody Bumila of Bishop Feehan goes at No. 89 overall. @mattyports.bsky.social talked to Bumila a couple days ago about his potential draft slide - and why he wasn't bothered by it: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/s...

Alex Speier@alexspeier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bumila on the possibility of surgery: “it’s just a scar on my body.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/s...

MLB Draft preview: Will teams get scared off by Brody Bumila’s elbow injury? Not necessarily. - The Boston Globe

It will be determined after the draft if Bumila will need Tommy John surgery, but he's not the only promising pitcher to get injured at this point in his career.

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Alex Speier@alexspeier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With input from Brody Bumila, Lucas Giolito, and more, @mattyports.bsky.social looks at how Bumila’s draft status might be impacted by his UCL injury and potential surgery www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/s...

Alex Speier@alexspeier.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With input from Brody Bumila, Lucas Giolito, and more, @mattyports.bsky.social looks at how Bumila’s draft status might be impacted by his UCL injury and potential surgery www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/s...

MLB Draft preview: Will teams get scared off by Brody Bumila’s elbow injury? Not necessarily. - The Boston Globe

It will be determined after the draft if Bumila will need Tommy John surgery, but he's not the only promising pitcher to get injured at this point in his career.

bostonglobe.com

Matt Porter@mattyports.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It will be determined after the MLB Draft if Brody Bumila needs Tommy John surgery, but he's not the only promising pitcher to get injured at this point in his career. "It's basically become a rite of passage," Lucas Giolito said. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/s...

MLB Draft preview: Will teams get scared off by Brody Bumila’s elbow injury? Not necessarily. - The Boston Globe

It will be determined after the draft if Bumila will need Tommy John surgery, but he's not the only promising pitcher to get injured at this point in his career.

bostonglobe.com