Michael Holley

Michael Holley is an American television and radio sports commentator, sports reporter and author. He formerly wrote columns for the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Plain Dealer, and Akron Beacon Journal.

Career

While working for the Akron Beacon Journal in 1993, Holley was one of several reporters who worked on a project studying race relations in Northeastern Ohio. The series, entitled "A Question of Color," won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service.

Holley worked as a reporter and columnist for the Boston Globe from 1997-2001 and then again from 2002-2005, briefly leaving the paper to work for the Chicago Tribune.^[1]

In 2005, Holley left the Globe to replace Bob Neumeier as co-host of the WEEI midday sports radio talk show. The show was renamed the Dale & Holley Show and features Holley and former Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer Dale Arnold who discuss the various Boston sports teams.^[2]

On February 15, 2011, it was announced Holley would join Glenn Ordway as co-host of the afternoon drive WEEI program "The Big Show". ^[3]

In October 2008, Holley replaced Donny Marshall as host of Celtics Now, a weekly progam on Comcast SportsNet that covers on and off court stories related to the Boston Celtics.^[4][5]

Holley is the author of three books one of which, Patriot Reign: Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion, made the New York Times Best Seller list for nonfiction.

Other media

Holley has appeared on the ESPN television program Around the Horn as well as I, Max on Fox Sports Net.

Personal life

Michael Holley was born in Akron, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Point Park College in May 1992. On April 30, 2005 he gave the commencement speech to the class of 2005 at Point Park University, where he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Max Kellerman, graduate of Columbia University, often made verbal jabs at Point Park University while the two were featured on "I, Max."^[6]

Holley is married to Oni Holley; the couple married on July 14, 2007. The couple had their first child, Robinson Coltrane Holley on November 1, 2008.^[7] The couple had their second son, Beckham Emerson, in December 2010.^[8]

Books

• Patriot Reign: Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion - ISBN 0-060-75795-7
• Never Give Up: My Stroke, My Recovery and My Return to the NFL with Tedy Bruschi - ISBN 0-470-10869-X
• Red Sox Rule: Terry Francona and Boston's Rise to Dominance - ISBN 0-061-45854-6

References

1. ^ Joe Sullivan (2001-12-12). "Michael Holley returning as Globe sports columnist". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/daily/12/holley.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
2. ^ "Michael Holley". WEEI. Archived from the original on 2007-07-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070710114014/http://www.weei.com/pages/235647.php?contentType=4&contentId=327277. Retrieved 2007-03-01. 
3. ^ http://bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20110216the_weei_shuffle/ The WEEI Shuffle
4. ^ Bill Doyle (2008-10-31). "Celtics try new road show". Worcester Telegram and Gazette. http://www.telegram.com/article/20081031/COLUMN08/810310475/1009/RSS01&source=rss. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
5. ^ "Celtics Now". Comcast SportsNet. http://newengland.comcastsportsnet.com/celtics/celtics-now/. Retrieved 2008-11-12. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "Point Park University Sets 45th Commencement". Point Park University. 2005-04-27. http://www.pointpark.edu/default.aspx?id=1504. Retrieved 2007-03-01. 
7. ^ "We Hear: Kevin James, Dido and more...". Boston Herald. 2008-11-04. http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1129859&srvc=rss. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
8. ^ http://audio.weei.com/hosting/feed/1598199/rss.xml

External links

• WEEI Dale & Holley
• WEEI Audio Vault: Dale & Holley
• Michael Holley Playlist Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler radio show May 19, 2004
• Michael Holley Playlist Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler radio show December 17, 2003

Preceded by Jackie MacMullan

Boston Globe Celtics beat writer 1995-1997 (interim)

Succeeded by Shira Springer

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