Matt Porter
@mattyports.bsky.social
Writer, drummer, capable hand. Words in the Boston Globe and also here
Just filed my Olympic roster projections for men's hockey. About 3,300 words, divided by country, rolling them out all next week. If you're interested in impeccable, unimpeachably good takes, this is for you.
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just filed my Olympic roster projections for men's hockey. About 3,300 words, divided by country, rolling them out all next week. If you're interested in impeccable, unimpeachably good takes, this is for you.
Reposted by Matt Porter
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
At the Fleet-Goldeneyes game appreciating Susanna Tapani’s game. Always so calm, always so smooth.
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
At the Fleet-Goldeneyes game appreciating Susanna Tapani’s game. Always so calm, always so smooth.
As close as it gets to the platonic ideal of a scoring play started by Tanner Jeannot.
Take out two behind the net, emerge the puck and find the open point. Tough to forecheck better than that
Take out two behind the net, emerge the puck and find the open point. Tough to forecheck better than that
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
As close as it gets to the platonic ideal of a scoring play started by Tanner Jeannot.
Take out two behind the net, emerge the puck and find the open point. Tough to forecheck better than that
Take out two behind the net, emerge the puck and find the open point. Tough to forecheck better than that
The Fleet will play at TD Garden on April 11, against Montreal. It'll be their first game on Causeway Street.
Next Fleet game is Wednesday at Agganis Arena. Vancouver in town.
More here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/s...
Next Fleet game is Wednesday at Agganis Arena. Vancouver in town.
More here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/s...
PWHL’s Boston Fleet to play at TD Garden on April 11 - The Boston Globe
The Fleet will face the Montreal Victoire in what will be the first professional women’s hockey game at the home of the Bruins.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Fleet will play at TD Garden on April 11, against Montreal. It'll be their first game on Causeway Street.
Next Fleet game is Wednesday at Agganis Arena. Vancouver in town.
More here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/s...
Next Fleet game is Wednesday at Agganis Arena. Vancouver in town.
More here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/02/s...
Random Czech hockey news:
Jiri Slegr tells me he is buying hometown HC Litvinov, along with ex-teammates Robert Reichel, Martin Rucinsky and Robert Kysela, after main sponsor Orlen pulled out.
Similar to what Jagr (Kladno) and Straka (Plzen) did to save their hometown clubs.
Jiri Slegr tells me he is buying hometown HC Litvinov, along with ex-teammates Robert Reichel, Martin Rucinsky and Robert Kysela, after main sponsor Orlen pulled out.
Similar to what Jagr (Kladno) and Straka (Plzen) did to save their hometown clubs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Random Czech hockey news:
Jiri Slegr tells me he is buying hometown HC Litvinov, along with ex-teammates Robert Reichel, Martin Rucinsky and Robert Kysela, after main sponsor Orlen pulled out.
Similar to what Jagr (Kladno) and Straka (Plzen) did to save their hometown clubs.
Jiri Slegr tells me he is buying hometown HC Litvinov, along with ex-teammates Robert Reichel, Martin Rucinsky and Robert Kysela, after main sponsor Orlen pulled out.
Similar to what Jagr (Kladno) and Straka (Plzen) did to save their hometown clubs.
What's your "only in journalism" word for 50 fans running onto the field and attacking opposing players after their team wins the championship? I led with "melee"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/s...
Duxbury boys’ soccer team seeks answers regarding crowd control after postgame altercation at state final - The Boston Globe
While Stefania Raschilla, West Springfield’s public schools superintendent, called the field-storming “an isolated incident” in a statement, but Duxbury players, parents, and coaches are looking for a...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What's your "only in journalism" word for 50 fans running onto the field and attacking opposing players after their team wins the championship? I led with "melee"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/s...
“Some teams burn in effigy their opponent’s mascot. Some torch an old football cleat. All over the state there are alumni gatherings, toasts, and roasts … plus, surprise collisions and explosions.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/s...
Thanksgiving football traditions in Massachusetts are about a lot more than the games - The Boston Globe
All over the state there are alumni gatherings, toasts, and roasts … plus, surprise collisions and explosions.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
“Some teams burn in effigy their opponent’s mascot. Some torch an old football cleat. All over the state there are alumni gatherings, toasts, and roasts … plus, surprise collisions and explosions.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/s...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/s...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)