Editor & Publisher’s Joe Strupp has details on the “recall” of a sports reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette from his post in Jacksonville to cover the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl. It turns out that a recent piece that ran on Ken Powers‘ byline contained “substantial portions” of a column by Sports Illustrated’s Peter King from a week earlier. Strupp reports that an investigation is underway and that Powers is on leave from the paper at this time.
[update] Bruce Allen at Boston Sports Media is all over this story, with a side-by-side (top-by-bottom?) comparison of Powers vs. King prose. It’s pretty….damning.
[update 2/3, 7:52pm] Powers has been fired by the Telegram & Gazette, Strupp reports Thursday night.
