Scott McLaughlin

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Site Editor at WWEI-FM (Brighton, MA)

Senior Content Producer at WEEI-FM (Brighton, MA)

Bruins, @TheSkatePod, Sunday Skate, site editor for @WEEI. Northeast Regional Lead for @AudacySports. @ThePHWA member. Titles, titles.

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Articles

Jaylen Brown needs to step up, now and beyond

2 days ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

Jaylen Brown was the MVP of both the Eastern Conference Finals and the NBA Finals during the Boston Celtics' championship run last year. That was with Jayson Tatum still doing plenty of heavy lifting as the team leader in points, rebounds and assists. Now the Celtics are going to need Brown to step up without Tatum by his side - for whatever is left of this season, and possibly for most or all of next season as well.
Marco Sturm, Rick Tocchet emerge as candidates for Bruins' coaching job

6 days ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

We knew Bruins interim head coach Joe Sacco and assistant coach Jay Leach were candidates for Boston's head coaching job. General manager Don Sweeney told us that Monday night. Now we're starting to get an idea of who he might be looking at for outside candidates. The Fourth Period's David Pagnotta reported Friday afternoon that Marco Sturm is "under serious consideration" for the job.
Pirates fire Derek Shelton, name Don Kelly new manager

1 week ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

Derek Shelton is out as manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team announced on Thursday that it has relieved Shelton of his duties and named bench coach Don Kelly the new manager. "Derek worked incredibly hard and sacrificed a lot over five-plus years. His family became a big part of the Pirates family, and we will miss that," said Pirates General Manager Ben Cherington in a statement. "He's an incredibly smart, curious, and driven baseball leader.
'All options need to be on the table' at first base

1 week ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

So far, the Boston Red Sox' plan for replacing the injured Triston Casas at first base has been to split time between Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro. Gonzalez has certainly been a pleasant surprise this season (.308 average, .785 OPS), but whether he can be the long-term solution at first remains a fair question. The Red Sox have not yet laid the foundation for any other plan, though.
'Maybe the rest of the NBA is right' about Jayson Tatum

1 week ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

Jayson Tatum is disrespected. That's been the narrative in Boston over the last year. He doesn't get enough MVP consideration. He isn't one of the faces of the league. He was unfairly benched by Steve Kerr at the Olympics. Tatum is undoubtedly a great player, but weeks like this give his critics ammo. Tatum has struggled mightily in the Celtics' first two games against the New York Knicks, and it's a big reason Boston is shockingly down 0-2 in the series.
Steelers reportedly trading George Pickens to Cowboys

1 week ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

The George Pickens era in Pittsburgh has come to an end. According to multiple reports, the Steelers are trading the wide receiver to the Dallas Cowboys. NFL Media's Ian Rapoport reports that the Steelers are getting a third-round pick and a late-round pick swap in exchange. Pickens' name had popped up in trade rumors around last month's NFL Draft, but nothing came to fruition at that time.
7 players Bruins could draft 7th overall

1 week ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

Well, the NHL draft lottery did not go the way the Boston Bruins would have wanted. They wound up dropping two spots - the most that they could - and will now pick seventh overall in June's draft. How much that drop hurts comes down to how big of a gap you think there is between the third- and seventh-best prospects in this draft. And the answer to that might depend on who you ask.
Bruins drop 2 spots, end up with No. 7 pick in NHL draft lottery

1 week ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

The Boston Bruins landed the seventh overall pick in the 2025 NHL Draft in Monday night's lottery, the lowest they could have ended up going into the night. The Bruins entered the night with an 8.5% of winning the first overall pick, the fifth-best odds. They had just a 13.5% chance of dropping two spots to seventh, which is what ended up happening. That's because the two lottery draws resulted in two improbable jumps way up the draft board.
Bruins are halfway to getting a first-round pick out of the Brad Marchand trade

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

If you can't bring yourself to root for the Florida Panthers even if they do have Brad Marchand, that's understandable. Fierce rivalries don't die easily. But the Boston Bruins as an organization sure would like to get that first-round pick out of the trade, and now they're halfway there. As a refresher: When the Bruins traded a then-injured Marchand to Florida on trade deadline day, March 7, all they got back was a 2027 conditional second-round pick.
Do Red Sox need a 'Plan B' for Triston Casas? Craig Breslow weighs in

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Scott McLaughlin

In the eighth inning of a tied game Wednesday, Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora lifted Triston Casas from the game for pinch-hitter Romy Gonzalez. Amid an 0-for-2 night with two strikeouts, it was the latest sign of some waning confidence in Casas. The Red Sox entered the season hoping Casas was poised for a big year after an injury-plagued 2024 season, but so far it's been anything but. Casas is hitting .181 through 27 games with three home runs, 11 RBIs and a .589 OPS.