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Gerry Brooks

@gerrybrooks.bsky.social

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Retired NBC Connecticut news anchor. Boston sports boy.

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Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"In hindsight, the last cultural moment of the nightly news broadcast’s social authority occurred on Sept. 11, 2001. In the immediate aftermath of that terroristic attack, we experienced the last turn of the classic anchorman." slate.com/business/202...

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The Last Time We Worshipped in the Church of the Nightly News

9/11 marked the final gasp of the ministerial anchorman.

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Sox lose, but @bostonglobe.com wins for headline. #iykyk #Updike

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Maybe…in our next lives…we’ll look like Robert Redford. Just to know what it feels like. #RIP

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

How great would it be for the new #Pope to end his speech with a big, “Go Cubs”?

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

To Rory. #Masters

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

The #Patriots can’t win for winning.

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

A happy and healthy 2025 to all!

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Guess Hawaii isn’t always paradise. #UConnMBB

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Jodi Rell was a class act. She brought a breath of fresh air to the governor’s office when CT needed it most. Rest in peace.

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Congrats to #UConnWBB's Geno Auriemma on becoming the winningest coach in college basketball history. He came in as a Frankie Avalon lookalike, and he'll leave (someday) as a legend. And to CD too!

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Gerry Brooks @gerrybrooks.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Here we go. First post goes to @nbcnews.bsky.social. It’s “targeted,” not “targetted.” Yeah, I know, but it matters. Credibility matters. Smarts matters.

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