2025-Dan Shaugnessy

Dan Shaughnessy is a sports columnist and associate editor at the Boston Globe. He grew up in Groton, Massachusetts, and graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1975.

Beginning his journalistic experience working part-time at the Boston Globe from 1973-77, Shaughnessy covered the Baltimore Orioles for the Baltimore Evening Sun and the Washington Star from 1977-1981. He rejoined the Globe full-time in 1981 and has been a sports columnist since 1989. He has been named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year 14 times and 13 times has been voted one of America’s top ten sports columnists by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Shaughnessy is in the National Sports Media Association’s Hall of Fame and was the 2016 recipient of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing,’’ presented at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Coperstown, New York.

Shaughnessy has written 13 books, including New York Times bestseller “Francona,’’ “The Curse of the Bambino,’’ and “Wish It Lasted Forever – Life With The Larry Bird Celtics.” He makes regular appearances on MLB Network, WHDH SportsXtra, and NBC Sports Boston. He holds honorary doctorates from Southern New Hampshire University and Nichols College. He is married to Dr. Marilou Shaughnessy and lives in Newton, Massachusetts.