Dan Shaughnessy

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Dan Shaughnessy is a sports columnist and reporter for The Boston Globe. His Curse of the Bambino details the travails of the Boston Red Sox and their search for a World Series championship after selling Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. Shaughnessy has also written Fenway: A Biography in Words and Pictures, Spring Training : Baseball's Early Season, Seeing Red: The Red Auerbach Story and finally Reversing the Curse[1], which details the historic 2004 Boston Red Sox Championship Team.

Shaughnessy graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He grew up in Groton, Massachusetts and now lives in Newton with his wife and three children. His son Sam plays baseball for Boston College. The Shaugnessy family has also "adopted" a student from the METCO program, inviting him into their home and essentially making him a family member.

In 2002, Dan Shaughnessy, along with Sean McDonough, was awarded the Jimmy Award.[2] The award honors 'individuals who have, over the years, committed themselves to the mission of Dana-Farber and the Jimmy Fund'. Shaughnessy himself has a daughter who successfully battled cancer.[3]

In an October 2005 column he revealed information detailing nuances of the relationship between Theo Epstein and Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino, which may have contributed to Epstein's resignation as Red Sox General Manager. Shaughnessy and his fellow Globe writers have been accused by writers at the Boston Herald of routinely reporting information leaked from the Red Sox front office (the Red Sox are 17 percent-owned by The New York Times Company, the Globe's parent company). In the weeks leading up to Epstein's decision, Sox owner John Henry himself said the leaks "had to stop".

Shaughnessy is a regular guest on Mike Barnicle's weekday radio show, airing on WTKK, as well as ESPN's Rome Is Burning and NESN's SportsPlus.

On July 16, 2003, Shaughnessy served as witness for the prosecution in ESPN’s mock trial of Pete Rose. [4]

Shaughnessy is referred to by many Red Sox fans as "CHB", from a phrase turned by Sox outfielder Carl Everett. While complaining about reporters who criticized him, he referred to "Gordon Edes and his curly-haired boyfriend."[1] This was shortened to CHB by Red Sox diehards at Sons of Sam Horn, and quickly became the popular way to refer to Shaughnessy on the Internet.

The Dan Shaughnessy Watch blog was set up to critique his columns.

[edit] Bibliography

Senior Year: A Father, A Son, and High School Baseball - ISBN 0-618-72905-4

Reversing the Curse - ISBN 0-618-51748-0 (Hardcover), ISBN 0-618-71191-0 (Paperback)

The Legend of the Curse of the Bambino - ISBN 0-689-87235-6

The Curse of the Bambino – ISBN 0-14-200476-6

Fenway, Expanded and Updated: A Biography in Words and Pictures - ISBN 0-618-73736-7 (Hardcover), ISBN 0-618-05709-9 (Paperback)

Spring Training: Baseball's Early Season - ISBN 0-618-21399-6

At Fenway: Dispatches from Red Sox Nation – ISBN 0-609-80091-4

Seeing Red: The Red Auerbach Story – ISBN 0-517-17217-8 (Hardcover), ISBN 1-55850-548-2 (Paperback)

Ever Green The Boston Celtics: A History in the Words of Their Players, Coaches, Fans and Foes, from 1946 to the Present – ISBN 0-312-06348-2

One strike away: The story of the 1986 Red Sox - ISBN 0-8253-0426-1

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ "A Curt response", Inside Track, the Boston Herald, published February 27, 2007, accessed February 27.
Preceded by
unknown		 Boston Globe Celtics beat writer
1982-1984 (interim)		 Succeeded by
Bob Ryan
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