Local sports fans were shocked yesterday to learn that NESN’s Hazel Mae has decided to leave the station at the end of the month. We’re slowly moving through the stages of the grieving process, cuddling our Wally the Green Monster stuffed animals and drinking untold amounts of booze to soothe our frayed nerves.

Now that we’ve had a day to process our loss, we’ve decided to look forward. While Hazel may (yuk, yuk) be leaving, this makes room for a new anchor-hottie to take up residence at the SportsDesk.

After the jump, we consider the options.

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Tommy DeCarlo’s primary gig involves wearing an orange apron as a credit manager at a Home Depot in Charlotte, North Carolina. But starting Saturday the 43-year old father of two has a new gig: the lead singer of Boston. That’s right, Boston. DeCarlo will front their summer tour and appear on their next album, scheduled for early 2009.

This guy’s ascension to the helm of the best-named band in rock history—if we do say so ourselves—is even more unbelievable when you consider his rock ‘n’ roll experience. He doesn’t have any. (more…)

After I read the news that sports anchor Hazel Mae is leaving NESN for points unknown, I emailed my guy friends to make sure they’re among loved ones and are away from any sharp objects.

I haven’t heard back from them, and I’m starting to get a little worried.

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Like many of you, we were deeply saddened when the Red Sox designated Julian Tavarez for assignment. He won us over by throwing down in a spring training game and cemented himself into our good graces by becoming the object of Manny Ramirez’s affection, and it’s hard to let that go.

Thankfully, Jules is still bringing the crazy all the way from Milwaukee.

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Late last week, we learned that Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler had checked himself into rehab. His reps didn’t confirm or deny the media’s reports/speculation that he’d started abusing drugs again, so we were left to wonder what was going on.

Tyler himself stepped forward today, and said he was just recovering from foot surgery.

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Here at Boston Daily, we aren’t too worried about the tax breaks Massachusetts gives filmmakers. If the state didn’t lose money in a bid to lure Kate Hudson to town, it would probably blow it on some ridiculous pork-barrel project.

But we are a little nervous about the fact that companies are taking advantage of the state’s generosity to make TV commercials, largely because we don’t want our own state to bother the hell out of us.

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Rachael Ray is many things. An internationally-known celebrity chef. A talk show host. A possibly-traitorous endorser of Dunkin’ Donuts.

But we’re pretty sure the Massachusetts native is not a terrorist sympathizer. Yet some conservative bloggers are accusing her of that after she wore a scarf that resembles a kaffiyeh in a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial.

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Late yesterday afternoon, TMZ.com reported that bad boy from Boston Steven Tyler had checked himself into Las Encinas Hospital’s rehab program. This morning, both the Herald and the Globe picked up the report, although no official word has come from Tyler’s reps yet.

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There have been many benefits to the state’s subsidies of the film industry. We get to see famous people walking among us everyday folk. There’s the delight of seeing the landmarks we know so well featured on the silver screen, sometimes to comedic effect.

While we’re sure Gov. Deval Patrick enjoys a Kate Hudson sighting as much as we do, the state is giving away money in the hopes of bolstering the local economy. But a new study shows that Massachusetts may actually be losing cash on the deal.

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As the days passed and the normally unstoppable Sen. Edward Kennedy continued to sit in Massachusetts General Hospital, the world started to suspect that something more than routine testing was going on. Those suspicions were confirmed this afternoon. It’s being widely reported that the Massachusetts senator is suffering from a brain tumor.

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