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Shaughnessy:
A sportswriting
journey from Groton High to
Gillette Stadium and beyond
By Lauren
Perreault
Bulletin Staff
From small-town reporter
to big-time sports columnist and associate editor, Dan Shaughnessy of
The Boston Globe has worked his way up to become one of the most recognized
names in New England sports journalism.
Growing up in the small town
of Groton, Mass., Shaughnessy discovered his love for sports through
participating in them and reading about them.
“I just played everything
as a kid, and I’d go down to the Groton library and get all the
sports books. There weren’t that many back then, but I was like
a little sponge,” Shaughnessy said.
Shaughnessy, 56,
got his start in high school as a local sports reporter for The Public
Spirit of Ayer, Mass., currently an 861-circulation, twice-weekly paper.
Because he was often writing about himself and his teammates, Shaughnessy
used a pseudonym throughout his time at the Public Spirit. MORE>
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