Sports Anchor Bob Halloran Retiring From WCVB Boston

Bob Halloran

Bob Halloran, WCVB Boston’s longtime, award-winning sports anchor/reporter, has announced his plan to retire from the SportsCenter 5 team effective Wednesday, May 31. Halloran’s career spans 38 years in journalism in New England with more than 20 of those years at WCVB.

“After nearly four decades doing a job that I’ve loved, in arguably the greatest sports town in the country, I’ve decided it’s time to step away from sports reporting and the tremendous team here at WCVB and spend more time writing, pursuing my passion for music and golf, and most importantly enjoying my incredible family,” Halloran said when making the announcement. “I’ve been blessed with a career that has allowed me to not only work alongside some of the best journalists in the business, but to cover some of the most outstanding teams, athletes, and sports legends. It has been a thrilling and rewarding journey, and I’ve enjoyed every minute.”

Kyle I. Grimes, WCVB president-GM, said: “Having covered all 11 Patriots Super Bowls, five Red Sox World Series Championships, and everything in between, Bob is a sports reporting legend in Boston and has been an invaluable member of SportsCenter 5 for over two decades. His knowledge of the teams is unrivaled, and he very skillfully brought us along for the ride as he covered some of the biggest and most exciting victories in Boston sports history.”

Margaret Cronan, WCVB news director, said: “Bob is an incredibly talented storyteller whose intelligence and quick wit earned the trust and respect of countless players and coaches throughout his storied career. He is a revered colleague and friend whose presence in the newsroom will be missed by the entire WCVB family. I know fellow SportsCenter 5 teammates Duke Castiglione, Naoko Funayama, and Josh Brogadir will join me in celebrating Bob and wishing him nothing but the best in his retirement.”

Halloran is an award-winning journalist, accomplished author, movie consultant, and sportswriter. He joined WCVB in 2003 as a freelance anchor/reporter and was appointed to a full-time anchor/reporter position in 2014.

Prior to coming to WCVB, Halloran’s broadcast career included stops at ESPN, WFXT Boston, and WPRI Providence, R.I. At ESPN, Halloran spent three years as an anchor and writer for ESPN.com. While at WFXT, Halloran was weekend sports anchor for three years. He also spent five years at WPRI, two of those as sports director, and he worked for four years at WCVX Hyannis, Mass., first as sports director then moving to news director. Halloran began his career at “Cape 11 Alive” in South Yarmouth, Mass., where he started as a photographer and later became a news reporter, anchor, and then news director.

Halloran has written several books including Count the Rings which chronicles the first 10 New England sports championships of this century and Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward, for which he was hired as a technical consultant to the Oscar-nominated movie The Fighter.

Halloran has won five Boston/New England Emmy Awards for sportscasting, and two honors from the Associated Press.

Halloran is a graduate of Washington & Lee University.