Tom Brady might want a recount.
Taking the Patriots quarterback against the field would have been the smart bet when guessing the subject of the most-read Boston.com sports story of 2019. But upsets happen, and while we’re pretty sure you read more about Brady cumulatively than any other Boston athlete, his name features in only one of the 10 most-read Boston.com sports stories of the year.
These are the sports stories readers consumed more than any other in 2019:
1. Fox Sports fires Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter (Nov. 7)
The Pro Football Hall of Famer had been a co-host of FS1’s “First Things First” morning show since its launch in 2017.