As reported earlier today by Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch, there are some big changes afoot at the Globe's sports desk--including the hiring of Albert Breer from the Sporting News to replace Mike Reiss; Adam Kilgore moving from Red Sox to Patriots coverage; Chris Gasper taking over Tony Massarotti's online-columnist slot; and Julian Benbow moving to the Celtics beat.

I gravitated to this profile of Hartman--a legendary sports columnist with the Minneapolis Star-Tribune--because I grew up reading his stuff, sometimes with ironic detachment (Hartman abases/exalts himself with shameless references to "close personal friends" like Bobby Knight, and dismisses people he disagrees with as "so-called geniuses") and sometimes because I craved the insider dirt that Hartman masterfully digs up.

If, like me, you're a fan of the work Le Ann Schrieber has done as ESPN ombudsman, be sure to check out her interview with The Big Lead. There's a lot of interesting stuff therein, but I was especially struck by Schreiber's professed affinity with the same sports bloggers that many traditional sports journalists love to hate: