Loading ...Sure, it sounds glamorous. Covering the Celtics for the Boston Herald, hobnobbing with the likes of Mike Gorman and Gary Washburn, is the stuff of journalism school fantasy.
Steve Bulpett
But Steve Bulpett, who has had the beat since 1985, is here to tell you that it exacts a physical and emotional toll. Physical, from long hours, irregular sleep and exercise, and poor diet. Emotional, from the adrenaline high of the season and the inevitable and spooky decompression after it ends.
The toll on a writer’s personal life is another subject altogether. Bulpett, 54, says he has been “close to the alter a few times – three arrests, no convictions” in this candid interview. And though he does not disclose his favorite haunts on Boston’s North Shore, sources say he can be found at Red Rock Bistro in Swampscott on weekends.
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