This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please discuss this issue on the talk page or replace this tag with a more specific message. This article has been tagged since January 2007.

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. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... The Boston Globe is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ... Babe Ruth -- The Bambino The Curse of the Bambino was a superstition cited, often jokingly, as a reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series after they sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... For the eponymous band, see Babe Ruth (band). ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as...

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. Not to be confused with Holy Cross College (Indiana) or other similarly named Holy Cross Colleges. ...   Nickname: The Heart of the Commonwealth, The City of the Seven Hills, Wormtown Settled: 1673 â€“ Incorporated: 1684 Zip Code(s): 01608 â€“ Area Code(s): 508 / 774 Official website: http://www. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ...   Settled: 1655 â€“ Incorporated: 1655 Zip Code(s): 01450 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ...   Nickname: The Garden City Settled: 1639 â€“ Incorporated: 1688 Zip Code(s): 02458, 02459, 02460, 02461, 02462, 02464, 02465, 02467, 02468, 02495 â€“ Area Code(s): 617 / 857 Official website: http://www. ... For similarly-named academic institutions, see Boston (disambiguation). ... METCO (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity) is a Boston-based program operated and funded by the Department of Education (MA DOE) of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...

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] Sean McDonough (born May 13, 1962) is an American television sportscaster. ... Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a major affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a Comprehensive Cancer Center designated by the National Cancer Institute. ... Ralph Livingstone Edwards (January 13, 1913 – November 16, 2005) was a television host and producer. ...

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". Theo N. Epstein (born December 29, 1973 in New York City) is the Executive Vice President/General Manager of the Boston Red Sox. ... Larry Lucchino, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the current President and C.E.O. of the Boston Red Sox, and a member of John W. Henrys ownership group. ... The Boston Herald is a tabloid newspaper (not to be confused with tabloid press periodicals), the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts, with a daily circulation of 230,543 in September 2005. ... The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. ... John Henry is the current owner of the Boston Red Sox. ...

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. Michael Barnicle (born August 24, 1944 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a radio talk show host in the Boston area with a daily program on WTKK 96. ... WTKK is a New England commercial talk radio station, first broadcast out of Boston on 96. ... The New England Sports Network is a regional cable television network that covers the six New England states. ...

On July 16, 2003, Shaughnessy served as witness for the prosecution in ESPN’s mock trial of Pete Rose. [4] July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ESPN (which formerly stood for the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Peter Edward Pete Rose, Sr. ...

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. Carl Edward Everett (born June 3, 1971 in Tampa, Florida) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball. ... Gordon Edes is an American newspaper sportswriter, and covers the Boston Red Sox baseball beat for the Boston Globe. ... The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Sons of Sam Horn (SoSH) is a Boston Red Sox-oriented online baseball forum. ...

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

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

"My Threesome with Ron Borges and Mike Felger", by Dan Shaughnessy

"I'm Gay: The Dan Shaughnessy Story", by Dan Shaughnessy

External links

• Controversial Shaughnessy column - 'Let's iron out some of this dirty laundry': Boston Globe
• Dan Shaughnessy's Current Columns: Boston Globe
• Dan Shaughnessy Bio:WTKK
• Dan Shaughnessy IMDB
• On NECN to discuss the controversy over Theo Epstein
• Dan Shaughnessy Watch

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ...

References

1. ^ "A Curt response", Inside Track, the Boston Herald, published February 27, 2007, accessed February 27.