Longtime Providence Journal Sports Editor Arthur Martone is leaving to take a position at Comcast New England, which currently broadcasts Boston Celtics games and is expanding its sports Web site.
"Martone’s departure is a big blow to the Journal," Scott MacKay of WRNI writes, adding that Martone was, "The heart and soul of the sports department for many years. . . . He listened to his reporters and they listened to him. In recent years, as the sports coverage at the Journal was cut back, Arthur was the anchor of preserving what was once a great sports page for a paper the Journal’s size."
Says Providence Journal Red Sox beat writer Joe McDonald, "This a huge loss for us."
