Her sunny and upbeat TV exterior aside, NESN’s Jayme Parker is a tough and talented media veteran who does not mince words about her chosen career. “The business has really changed over the past few years,” says Parker, whose NESN career began in 1996. “Back in the day, you knew all the same beat reporters for each team.
“I could trust them, and they knew they could trust me. I don’… Read More
Ryan Asselta’s sportscasting career has traced an impressive arc. The 1998 Stonehill College graduate began his television career at WFTX-FOX4 in Fort Myers, FL, where he covered multiple Super Bowls and Orange Bowls, as well as the PGA and Champions Tours. Ryan Asselta also covered the Buccaneers and Dolphins beat.
In 2004, he arrived at Boston’s Fox25 and experienced an unprecedented run… Read More
Mike Lynch
Since 1982, Mike Lynch has ridden a wave of constant popularity unmatched in Boston sports media. In September, Lynch will turn 60-years-old. For most of that time, the WCVB-TV sportscasting icon has been playing golf.
The game was passed down to Lynch from his father, Dick Lynch. Says Mike, “When I was a kid, my dad gave me a Billy Casper three wood. We would play at Raymond’s in… Read More
Since 1994, Steve Burton has been entertaining audiences as a sports anchor/reporter, and now sports director, at WBZ-TV. In that same time frame, the game of golf has been entertaining Burton, but it did not start out that way.
“I started golfing about 20 years ago with my father in law,” says the 51-year-old Burton. “I hated it, thought it was a horrible and boring game. Once I started pl… Read More
There are few people with a more personal stake in the New England Patriots decade-plus run of success than Bryan Morry. From 1997 until 2005, he was a writer, editor, and host for Patriots Football Weekly (PFW), patriots.com, and the PFW television show. This work catapulted Morry to multimedia popularity, and eventually, a regular sports radio gig at The Score AM/FM in Providence. In 200… Read More
When Dave Goucher was 13-years-old, he slid headfirst into the boards and fractured his neck while playing hockey. Years later, he was cut from the Boston University hockey team. Happily, Goucher’s hockey life eventually improved. The talented Boston Bruins’ play-by-play announcer on 98.5 The Sports Hub has intermingled hockey and golf since young adulthood.
“I played hockey and tenni… Read More
Iconic Celtics’ play-by-play announcer Mike Gorman spent his summer vacation calling Olympic handball. While the games were in London, Gorman called the action from a video monitor in New York. It was a refreshing career challenge for the veteran broadcaster, but it also took him away from his true passion, golf.
“I used to play at Franklin Field,” says Gorman, a Dorchester native wh… Read More
The Most Interesting Man in the World has nothing on Kevin Walsh. The 42-year old Comcast SportsNet personality and scratch golfer began his broadcasting career in Guam and Hawaii. He is the author of two books, owns a psychic dog and is a life-saving bone marrow donor. Through it all, golf has been the constant.
“My dad was the first golfer in our family,” says Walsh who grew up in Ph… Read More
From his years in the Red Sox broadcast booth to his time as the top baseball voice at CBS to his current work at ESPN, Sean McDonough is at or near the top of any list of sports play-by-play announcers. Similarly, golf has always been at or near the top of McDonough’s list.
“My dad (the late and legendary Boston Globe writer Will McDonough) really started getting addicted golf when he… Read More
Damon Amendolara is the brightest star to hit the Boston sports radio waves in decades. His up tempo, contemporary style is a huge reason why 98.5 The Sports Hub has supplanted WEEI as the top rated sports radio station in the region. Amendolara’s “D.A. Show” (weekdays, 6-11pm) is a refreshing upgrade from the tired, old Boston sports radio fare.
Amendolara attended Syracuse Universit… Read More
