14 Facts About Ron Borges

Ron Borges is an American sportswriter for the Talk of Fame Network.

Ron Borges has been named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Association of Sportswriters and Sports Broadcasters five times since 1999.

Ron Borges holds the record for most first prizes and overall awards in the annual competition of the Professional Boxing Writers Association.

Ron Borges has been awarded a half dozen writing awards in the Associated Press Sports Editors' annual competition and his work has been included in the annual anthology "Best Sports Stories" eight times.

Ron Borges has been awarded either a first or second prize 20 times in writing competitions held by the Professional Football Writers Association as well, including multiple awards in the same year three times.

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Ron Borges is one of less than 25 boxing writers to ever receive that honor.

Ron Borges has severely criticized Bill Belichick; some media figures, including Bill Simmons, have asserted that this is because Borges relied on former quarterback Drew Bledsoe, benched and traded by Belichick, as his primary source of Patriots information.

Ron Borges played a part in starting the long running feud between the Boston Globe and Boston sports talk radio station WEEI.

In 1999, the Boston Globe's executive sports editor banned Globe sportswriters from appearing on WEEI's afternoon The Big Show after Ron Borges appeared on it and allegedly used a racial slur to describe New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu.

In June 2004, Ron Borges was involved in a physical altercation with New York Times and MaxBoxing.

Ron Borges responded by striking Katz, who responded by striking at Ron Borges with his cane.

In February 2017, Ron Borges was again accused of plagiarism by Pro FootBall Talk's managing editor, Michael David Smith.

In October 2008, Ron Borges resumed his role as a Boston sportswriter, this time with the Boston Herald.

Ron Borges was laid off not long after he was suspended in 2018 as part of widespread layoffs undertaken by the Herald's new owners, DigitalFirst.