Ron Borges - Plagiarist?

I think if you read this article at The Cold, Hard Football Facts you will come away knowing the answer. Ken Powers of the Worcester Telegram was fired a couple of years ago for much less obvious "borrowing" and it should be noted that the Worcester Telegram and Boston Globe are both owned by the same parent company. However, like the folks at The Cold Hard Football Facts - I'm skeptical that Borges will face any major punishment.

Ron Borges is exhibit A in how the Boston Globe sports section has fallen in quality. It used to be that I would rush out each morning to get the Globe because I had to read Peter Gammons, Will McDonough, Bob Ryan and the rest. Now I hardly ever buy a paper but if I do its a Boston Herald because the sports section is better. The loss of writing talent has hurt the Globe but so too has revelations like the fact that for years the Globe would have interns make the Friday NFL picks and put the names of columnists on the picks. This case of plagiarism by Borges is just the latest in a long list of failures of quality assurance at the Globe.

Not only is the Herald much better these days - you can feel comfortable that the reporters are at least writing their own stuff.