Will McDonough

I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is. ↗

— Will McDonough

#bowls #championship #cover #event #every

Muhammad Ali is a combination of personality and athlete who is probably better known around the world than any other. He became a great hero. ↗

— Will McDonough

#any #around #athlete #became #better

One of my first jobs was at the Boston Globe. I worked in the sports department six months a year. When I was ready to graduate, the sports editor gave me a job as a schoolboy sports writer. ↗

— Will McDonough

#department #editor #first #gave #globe

Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity. ↗

— Will McDonough

#athlete #brought #bulls #chicago #dominated

Pete Rozelle used television to get the game to the American public by creating the Super Bowl and making it the biggest sporting event in the world. ↗

— Will McDonough

#american public #biggest #bowl #creating #event

The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore. ↗

— Will McDonough

#electronic #future #internet #newspapers #radio

The one good thing about television is the money; you can make a lot more money than in newspapers. ↗

— Will McDonough

#good #good thing #lot #make #money

The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents. ↗

— Will McDonough

#changed #courts #free #free agents #freedom

The wonderful thing about television is the immediate impact of pictures of current events. ↗

— Will McDonough

#current #current events #events #immediate #impact

There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow. ↗

— Will McDonough

#good #groomed #journalists #many #really