Bob Halloran is the Friday and Saturday nights news anchor and sports anchor for
WCVB Channel 5, an ABC affiliate located in the
Boston,
Massachusetts media market.
He is the author of ''Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward'', a boxing biography on "Irish "
Micky Ward, published in 2007 by Lyons Press.
Paramount Pictures
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has retained Bob Halloran as a technical consultant for the producers of the film ''The Fighter'' starring
Mark Wahlberg as Micky Ward and Christian Bale as Micky's brother
Dicky Eklund
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.
In 2004, Halloran wrote ''Destiny Derailed'', a book on the collapse of the
Boston Red Sox 2003 playoff run. In 2010, his book "Breakdown: The Story of Gang Warfare, High School Football, and the Coach who Policed the Streets" was released.
Halloran is an adjunct faculty member teaching news journalism courses in the communications department at
Curry College in
Milton, Massachusetts. He has also been a regular contributor as a sports columnist for the ''
Boston Metro'' newspaper.
Halloran has worked as an anchor for
ESPNews, writer for
ESPN.com, a sports reporter for
WFXT Fox 25 News in Boston, a co-host of a sports talk radio show for
890 ESPN in Boston, and as a news anchor on
WCVX TV58 Cape Cod in the early 1990s. A native of
Middletown Township, New Jersey, he is a graduate of
Mater Dei High School and
Washington and Lee University.
On March 23, 2023, Halloran announced he would retire from WCVB effective May 31, 2023.
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Mater Dei High School (New Jersey) alumni
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Washington and Lee University alumni
Boston Bruins announcers
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National Hockey League broadcasters
Miami Dolphins announcers
National Football League announcers
Curry College faculty