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Bob Ryan. Robert P. Ryan (born February 21, 1946) is an American sportswriter, formerly with The Boston Globe, and author. He has been described as "the quintessential American sportswriter" and a basketball guru, [ 1] and is well known for his coverage of the sport including his famous stories covering the Boston Celtics in the 1970s.
The Boston Daily Globe Building in 1871. The Boston Globe was founded in 1872 by six Boston businessmen who jointly invested $150,000 (equivalent to $3,815,000 in 2023). [ 1] The founders included Eben Dyer Jordan of the Jordan Marsh department store, and Cyrus Wakefield of the Wakefield Rattan Company and namesake of the town of Wakefield ...
John Leonard Powers (born November 6, 1948) is a journalist and author who wrote for The Boston Globe for more than four decades in the Sports, Metro, Sunday Magazine, and Living sections and later became a freelance correspondent for the newspaper. Many sportswriters consider him the dean of Olympic journalists; he has covered every Olympic ...
In addition to newspaper reporting, McDonough was a pioneer among journalists who became broadcasters in the late 1970s and early 1980s while maintaining their newspaper positions. [ 2] He originally was hired by CBS, later moving to NBC. [ 2] His appearances included stints as part of NBC 's NFL Live pregame show from 1991 to 1993.
Website. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Dan Shaughnessy (born July 20, 1953) is an American sports writer. He has covered the Boston Red Sox for The Boston Globe since 1981. In 2016, he was given the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the Baseball Hall of Fame. Shaughnessy is often referred to by his nickname "Shank," given by the 1980s Boston Celtics ...
Ray Fitzgerald (1927 – August 3, 1982) was an American sports journalist. One of the first modern sports commentators, Fitzgerald gained his widest readership at The Boston Globe between 1965 and 1982. [1] He won 12 Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year awards (11 times at the Globe) from the National Sports Media Association in his career.
Tony Massarotti. Anthony Ezio Massarotti (born October 28, 1967) is an American author and a former sportswriter for the Boston Herald and The Boston Globe. He co-hosts a sports talk radio show, Felger & Mazz, on 98.5 The Sports Hub with former Boston Herald columnist Michael Felger. [2] Massarotti has also served as a color commentator for the ...
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