Tony Massarotti
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Tony Massarotti is an American newspaper sportswriter, author and columnist for the Boston Herald. Massarotti currently covers Boston Red Sox baseball beat for the Herald. He joined the paper in 1989, and has been covering the Red Sox since 1994. Massarotti is a 1989 graduate of Tufts University where he majored in English and Classics.[1]
He frequently covers the Boston Red Sox for Fox Sports New England, appears occationally as a guest on WHDH's Sports Xtra and is a frequent guest on Boston's WEEI sports talk radio program The Big Show.
Massarotti was known for his staunch support of former Red Sox managers Jimy Williams and Grady Little, despite Little's controversial decisions, during Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series. [2]
In August 2006, Massarotti received some criticism for publishing a column detailing rumors that Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester was being tested for cancer.[3] Critics thought it was disrespectful to Lester and his family to print what they believed to be alarmist rumors.[4] In fact, the rumors turned out to be true and Lester went on to be treated for a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.[5]
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[edit] Awards
- Massachusetts Winner of the 2001 National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Sportswriter of the Year award. [6]
[edit] Book
- A Tale of Two Cities: The 2004 Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry and the War for the Pennant, ISBN 1-59-228704-2, co-author John Harper, sportswriter for the New York Daily News[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Interview With Tony Massarotti. CheetahZine (2005-12-01). Retrieved on 2005-12-15.
- ^ Boston Herald Sports Writers. Boston Sports Media Watch. Retrieved on 2005-12-15.
- ^ Lester tested for cancer -- Sources say rookie has enlarged lymph nodes. Boston Herald (2006-08-31). Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
- ^ Shame on the Boston Herald. Dan Shaughnessy Watch (2006-08-31). Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
- ^ Lester's cancer. Boston Globe (2006-09-01). Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
- ^ Alum Wins National Journalism Award. Tufts E-News (2001-01-17). Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
- ^ Alums Author Sox Books. Tufts E-News (2006-05-05). Retrieved on 2005-12-15.
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| Preceded by unknown |
Boston Herald Red Sox beat writer 1994-Current |
Succeeded by Current |
