Peter Gammons

Peter Gammons (born April 9, 1945) is a sportswriter and media personality. Gammons graduated from the prestigous Massachusetts boarding school, Groton School. His career in journalism began after he graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1969.

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April 9 - 1945 - Sportswriter - Groton School - Journalism - University of North Carolina - 1969

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Gammons was a featured writer at The Boston Globe for many years as the main journalist covering the Boston Red Sox. He still resides in Massachusetts.

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The Boston Globe - Boston Red Sox - Massachusetts

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Between his two stints as a baseball columnist with the Globe, he was lead baseball columnist for Sports Illustrated. Since 1989, he has worked at ESPN as an in-studio analyst. During the baseball season, he appears nightly on Baseball Tonight and has regular spots on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS and ESPN Radio. He writes a column for ESPN.com and also writes for ESPN The Magazine. Gammons is regarded as one of the top men in the sports media business and has done many high-profile interviews in his days with ESPN.

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Baseball - Sports Illustrated - 1989 - ESPN - Baseball Tonight - SportsCenter - ESPNEWS

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Gammons, with his inside sources, is often one of the first to break the news of new signings or trade developments in the world of baseball. He is regularly interviewed by numerous radio stations and TV broadcasts. Gammons has also authored numerous baseball books, including Beyond the Sixth Game.

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He was voted the National Sportswriter of the Year in 1989, 1990 and 1993. He has also been awarded an honorary Pointer Fellow from Yale University. In 2004, Gammons won the 56th J.G. Taylor Spink Award for outstanding baseball writing, given by the BBWAA, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 31, 2005.

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National Sportswriter of the Year - 1989 - 1990 - 1993 - Yale University - 2004 - J.G. Taylor Spink Award - BBWAA - Baseball Hall of Fame - July 31 - 2005

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