Chad Finn is a prominent sports writer for the Boston Globe and Boston.com, serving as the Globe's sports media columnist and a general sports columnist for Boston.com. He provides insightful commentary and analysis on the ever-evolving landscape of sports in New England.
Finn's expertise extends beyond print, as he frequently appears as a guest on New England sports and talk radio programs, such as The Big JAB, sharing his perspectives and engaging in discussions about the latest happenings in the sports world.
Early Career and Education
Finn, a graduate of Morse High School in Bath, Maine, studied journalism at the University of Maine from 1988 through 1993. While at the university he worked at The Maine Campus newspaper as sports editor. From 1994-December 2003 he worked as assistant sports editor at the Concord Monitor in Concord, New Hampshire. In 1999 while at the Concord Monitor he began writing an award winning sports column.
Touching All the Bases: A Blog's Evolution
Finn began writing and reporting for the Boston Globe's online newspaper in August 2008. Touching All the Bases is a blog created by Finn in December 2004. It began as a personal blog inspired by the Red Sox' 2004 world championship. It became incorporated into Boston.com as part of the sports section in 2008. Finn remains the sole contributor to the blog. In 2012 and '13, Touching All the Bases was the runner-up in editor and Publisher's best sports blog category of the Eppy awards.
Touching All the Bases provides a platform for Finn to share his unique insights and perspectives on a variety of sports-related topics. His writing style is often characterized as serious yet lighthearted, with a touch of nostalgia, making his blog a popular destination for sports enthusiasts.
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Finn's Analysis of the Patriots
Finn's writing often delves into the performance and prospects of the New England Patriots. He offers instant reactions to games, highlighting standout players, key statistics, and important storylines. His analysis provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the team's progress and challenges.
Welcome to the Unconventional Review, an instant reaction to standouts, stats, and story lines from the Patriots’ most recent game …Here’s something that can be said, with a long exhale, only after the Patriots hang on for a more-difficult-than-necessary win.
He noted the Patriots’ victory over the Bills last Sunday night brought on a long-absent feeling of pure exhilaration. The Patriots passed a big test against the Bills. Their next? Not playing down to a lesser team in the Saints. But the tests for an upstart and would-be contender don’t end, they merely change. And so the Patriots’ test this week is this: Can they handle prosperity, and not play down to the level of a lesser opponent?
Coming off a blowout win over the Panthers in Week 4, the Patriots are 2-2 and hoping to ride their momentum into a prime-time matchup with the Bills, the only remaining undefeated team in the NFL. Led by reigning MVP Josh Allen, the Bills have won the last five division titles and are off to a 4-0 start this season.
Finn's analysis extends to individual player performances, such as Drake Maye, who completed 19 of 23 passes for 230 yards and a pair of touchdowns, with no turnovers. He was poised in the pocket, accurate, decisive, thriving in a Josh McDaniels game plan that played to his strengths. And some of his statistics are so impressive that you almost have to laugh while absorbing them. The most impressive, and perhaps telling regarding the quality of his play? His 91.3 completion percentage last Sunday against the Titans - when he completed 21 of 23 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns - set a Patriots franchise record.
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Because of them, and assorted others in supporting roles, the Patriots are better and far more interesting than they have been since Tom Brady headed south, including the 2021 mirage of a playoff season.
It’s hard to imagine that there’s a national broadcaster who has a better handle on the Patriots’ stunning improvement this season than Jason McCourty. The former Patriots defensive back not only joined his twin brother, Devin, and Scott Zolak as part of Channel 4’s preseason broadcasts, but this week’s matchup with the Falcons will be the third time he has seen the Patriots this regular season as part of CBS’s No.
Insights on the Celtics and NBA
Finn also provides commentary on the Boston Celtics and the NBA. We asked our experts to make predictions for the NBA season. Where will the Celtics finish? Who makes the NBA Finals? Read on to see what they think.
Here are the Globe’s writers predictions for the 2025-26 NBA season:
| Team | Prediction |
|---|---|
| Celtics | 44-38, eighth seed in the East |
The Celtics open the season Wednesday against the 76ers without Jayson Tatum and with a slew of new faces supporting Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, and Payton Pritchard.
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Two points - or two fewer than the Celtics media scored, if you wish to frame it that way - regarding the much-discussed 57-4 throttling Joe Mazzulla and his coaches put on those that cover the team at the Auerbach Center on Tuesday afternoon:⋅ The Celtics media definitely needs more wings and at least two ballhandlers.
Other observations
When a play-by-play voice and analyst are first paired on a sports broadcast, it usually takes them time - sometimes a good chunk of the schedule, perhaps even a full season - to find the right rhythm and cadence, to learn each other’s strengths and preferences, and their tics and cues. To get used to working together, really.
The sports-radio competition between 98.5 The Sports Hub and WEEI wasn’t much of a competition at all in the summer Nielsen Audio ratings.
Here’s the good news: The Red Sox have just one remaining regular-season game that will be carried on a channel or streaming service other than NESN. On Friday, the first game of three with the Tigers to wrap up the regular season will be found on Apple TV+. Everything else will be with Tom Caron and friends. As for the bad news, well, it’s really not that bad.
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