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  Boston.com / Sports
Will McDonough, a sports reporter and columnist for The Boston Globe for 41 years whose byline made readers sit up and take notice, died of a heart attack at his home in Hingham on Thursday night.
Appearance, artifice meant nothing to Will McDonough, who died late Thursday night at the age of 67.
Filling this portion of the paper was the weekly task of Will McDonough.
www.boston.com /sports/specials/mcdonough   (256 words)

  
  Will McDonough - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Will McDonough (July 6, 1935 - January 9, 2003) gave the American Football League honest exposure in his articles and columns in a nationally prominent newspaper, the Boston Globe.
His knowledge of the game of professional football, his ability to get "the inside story", and his honesty and integrity lent credence to his articles on the Boston Patriots and the teams they competed against in the American Football League, which formed the genesis of modern professional football.
Will McDonough's son, Sean has grown to become a successful sportscaster in his own right.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Will_McDonough   (145 words)

  
 Greater Boston: Beat the Press, Will McDonough, 1.10.03
Will McDonough was the Carl Yastrzemski of sportswriters – not the flashiest or most stylish guy in the field, but a prodigious producer and certified Hall of Famer.
McDonough began in South Boston, moving on to Northeastern University and from there to the Boston Globe, where he graduated from copy boy in 1955 to sportswriter in 1960.
McDonough had a nose for stories, and sometimes a hard nose when it came to dealing with players – as in the now-legendary locker room fight he had with Patriot Raymond Clayborn in 1979.
www.greaterboston.tv /features/btp_011003_mcdonough.html   (390 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 'Boston Globe's' Will McDonough dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
McDonough punched Clayborn in the chin, then punched him again.
McDonough started at the as an intern through a Northeastern University program, calling it the "luckiest break I ever got in my life." Early in his career, he was a beat writer, covering the Red Sox and Celtics.
McDonough was born on July 6, 1935, the youngest of nine children of Irish immigrants.
www.usatoday.com /sports/2003-01-10-mcdonough-obit_x.htm   (691 words)

  
 Boston Globe columnist Will McDonough dies - 1/12/03
Will McDonough, a well-known sports columnist who worked for The Boston Globe for more than 40 years, has died at age 67.
McDonough started at the Globe as an intern through a Northeastern University program, calling it the "luckiest break I ever got in my life." Early in his career, he was a beat writer, covering the Red Sox and Celtics.
McDonough was born on July 6, 1935, the youngest of nine children of Irish immigrants.
www.detnews.com /2003/lions/0301/12/sports-57456.htm   (671 words)

  
 The American Sportscasters Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The McDonough byline first appeared in the Globe in the late 1950s when he was a student at Northeastern working as a co-op in the sports department, mostly covering school sports.
McDonough's main interest for most of his Globe career (he left the paper for a brief period in 1973 to go to work for the late Bob Woolf's player-management firm), and he was proud of his status as one of the very few writers still working who had covered every Super Bowl.
McDonough dealt with his middle-age heart problems, which began a decade ago, the way he dealt with his stories: You do your work, you play it straight, and you tough it out, knowing you've given it your all.
www.americansportscasters.com /mcdonough.html   (778 words)

  
 Sporting News, The: Boston's uncommon saint - sportswriter Will McDonough - Obituary
Will McDonough is a sportswriting saint, beatified by acclamation that day almost a quarter-century ago when he punched an NFL player.
On Will McDonough's death this month of a heart attack at age 67, one man in high office told the Boston Globe, "Will McDonough's friends were never lonely--he was there during the bright moments and always on hand during times of adversity.
McDonough had been advised to put distance between himself and William Bulger, thought by some to be playing coy with the FBI.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_4_227/ai_96811987   (889 words)

  
 This Just In |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
McDonough, a regular on Mike Barnicle's show on WTKK Radio (96.9 FM), dropped this bombshell on the air today, shortly after 11 a.m., according to a reliable earwitness.
McDonough also said he would like to keep writing his weekly column on some sort of freelance basis, but wants it returned to its Saturday slot.
McDonough may not be as good a writer as Dan Shaughnessy nor as gifted an analyst as Bob Ryan.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/01645331.htm   (513 words)

  
 Baseball Toaster : Bronx Banter : THE GIANT FROM SOUTHIE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
McDonough made enemies, and as his position as a reporting giant grew, he was not the person to cross.
For McDonough, because life was imperfect, you had to adapt to the culture; the culture didn't adapt to you.
McDonough saw race in Boston in clear and linear terms, but he also was looking from the lens of a great and powerful Boston majority, the Irish Catholics.
bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com /archives/3047.html   (1938 words)

  
 Press Information
McDonough also has considerable experience in designing programs, including developing library research courses for students, from the remedial to the doctoral level, and organizing a business bookclub focusing on novels and plays set in the corporate world.
McDonough was responsible for moving the college's library into a new networked facility that opened to the public in 1994.
McDonough and her husband, a professor of English, are "confirmed New Yorkers," and live in the city where they have raised two daughters.
www.nypl.org /press/1996/mcdonough.cfm   (823 words)

  
 Leader in "green" design to mold URI’s environmental neighborhood - Architect Will McDonough to speak ...
McDonough and a team of campus planners, transportation experts, and environmental designers have been meeting with URI students, faculty and officials to seek input into a long-term plan to turn the north quadrant of campus into a demonstration of sustainable development and environmental design.
McDonough and his design team will also meet with the campus community on March 27 to present preliminary plans for the environmental neighborhood.
McDonough is also a professor of architecture and a professor of business administration at the University of Virginia, and he is the A. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
www.uri.edu /news/releases/html/02-0315-01.html   (684 words)

  
 News-Star OnlineVeteran writer Will McDonough dies at 67 01/11/03
Will McDonough, a sports writer and columnist who worked for The Boston Globe for more than 40 years and covered every Super Bowl, died at 67.
McDonough became nationally known through his work for CBS and NBC in the 1980s and 1990s, winning an Emmy along with "NFL Live" co-hosts O.J. Simpson and Bob Costas.
One of McDonough's sons, Sean, is a national sports commentator and play-by-play announcer.
www.news-star.com /stories/011103/spo_47.shtml   (150 words)

  
 Sports Columnist McDonough Dies Unexpectedly - Sports News Story - WCVB Boston
McDonough's greatness was not in the words he chose for columns, but the news value within them and their tone, Harding said.
Reaction to Will McDonough's death is pouring in from friends and colleagues who remember the great sports writer.
McDonough will be remembered journalistically for always speaking or writing his mind and for the invaluable contacts and relationships he had, none bigger or better than Red Auerbach, who became a close friend with McDonough over the past 40 years.
www.thebostonchannel.com /sports/1881379/detail.html   (944 words)

  
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My son will be four soon -- I don't want to miss his growing up." "I have always admired Bill's broad-minded and innovative approach to environmental architecture," said President John T. Casteen III of McDonough's decision.
McDonough will continue to lead the interdisciplinary project team of architects and landscape architects charged with its design.
In 1996, McDonough was invited to the White House to become one of the first recipients of the nation's highest environmental award: the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development.
www.virginia.edu /topnews/textonlyarchive/August_1998/McDonough.txt   (680 words)

  
 Boston's uncommon saint - sportswriter Will McDonough - Obituary Sporting News, The - Find Articles
Will McDonough is a sportswriting saint, beatified by acclamation that day almost a quarter-century ago when he punched an NFL player.
On Will McDonough's death this month of a heart attack at age 67, one man in high office told the Boston Globe, "Will McDonough's friends were never lonely--he was there during the bright moments and always on hand during times of adversity.
McDonough had been advised to put distance between himself and William Bulger, thought by some to be playing coy with the FBI.
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McDonough also noted the project involved getting the building up to code with a new sprinkler system, this is being worked on concurrent with this project.
McDonough's goal is to go away with HPC being open to the concept which was presented, everyone was comfortable with what was presented for Phase 1.
McDonough will come back on 10/31/01 with updated information after attending the DRB for the preliminary hearing.
www.bennington.com /government/meetings/hm20011010.txt   (854 words)

  
 News/Features | Jurassic Jock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Will McDonough is the most feared sportswriter in town — a dinosaur who dominates the landscape like Tyrannosaurus rex.
McDonough compensated by breaking some big stories in the early ‘80s — most notably the decision by University of Georgia star running back Herschel Walker to leave college and join the United States Football League, and the selection of Peter Ueberroth as baseball commissioner.
Given McDonough’s inability to suffer insult with stoicism and his in-your-face personality, it’s no surprise that his disagreements have on occasion turned from the verbal to the fistic.
www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/other_stories/multi-page/documents/02648291.htm   (2592 words)

  
 Local: Tree is trimmed by Girls Scouts
McDonough said that last year the area under the Giving Tree was filled up four times over.
McDonough said that she was considering putting up another tree in anticipation of the overflow of gifts.
The stroll will be held Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4, 5, and 11, 12, from 4 to 9 p.m.
www.seacoastonline.com /1999news/12_2e.htm   (429 words)

  
 USA Cycling names McDonough director of athletics
McDonough, a silver medalist in the team pursuit at the 1984 Olympic Games, was brought to USA Cycling in April of 2004 as part of an initiative to revive track cycling in the United States.
McDonough will oversee athlete identification and development, craft selection procedures for major international events, and create, implement and monitor programs designed to further advance American accomplishments in cycling.
McDonough's promotion comes five weeks after the USA Cycling Board of Directors officially named Johnson, the former director of athletics and chief operating officer, as chief executive officer.
www.velonews.com /news/fea/10061.0.html   (383 words)

  
 Boston Sports Media Watch
Joe Fitzgerald remembers Will as the straight shooter with a soft touch, but who would've likely rolled his eyes and said "give me a break" at all the gushing on the radio yesterday.
Most papers today are using the AP story, I suspect there will be more personal tributes to Will McDonough in the days to come from around the country.
That is until Will McDonough appeared in an interview on a Hartford TV station.
www.bostonsportsmedia.com /archives/000583.php   (1372 words)

  
 Will McDonough Awardfor Broadcasting Interns Award
Will McDonough is a Boston Globe columnist, NFL Live Commentator and a Northeastern University alumnus.
The Will McDonough Award is made possible by generosity of Will McDonough and through the collaboration and continued commitment of the School of Journalism and the Department of Cooperative Education.
Outstanding students will be selected each year to receive a stipend toward a three month cooperative education experience in a broadcast setting.
www.casdn.neu.edu /journalism/mcdonough.html   (234 words)

  
 News -- GU To Hold Midnight Madness
On Oct. 15 at McDonough Arena, Midnight Madness will be the centerpiece of a series of events coordinated for Homecoming Weekend by Hoya Blue, a student-run school spirit organization.
The stroke of midnight and the first moment of official practice will be marked by an elaborate and expensive firework and laser show in McDonough Arena funded by Sports Promotions, Alumni House and Hoyas Unlimited, according to Rusin.
Then Jack the Bulldog will be re-introduced and blessed by Scott Pilarz, S.J. At that point, the lights will go out and the fans in the crowd will be given glowsticks to celebrate the beginning of basketball season.
www.thehoya.com /news/092899/news3.htm   (658 words)

  
 TheBostonChannel.com
The discussions that he would have on television when working on with local sports guys, or the columns that he wrote in the Globe, were only a small portion of the insight that this great man had about sports.
Whether he was on the field covering for NBC or CBS, or in the studio with Bob Lobel doing Patriots Game Day, or better yet, when he wrote his columns for the Boston Globe, he always cut to the chase and never once do I remember him going off kilter, so to speak.
Will was the ONLY one to stand up to these guys (possible exception Shaugnessy).
forums.ibsys.com /viewmessages.cfm?sitekey=bos&Forum=9&Topic=7540   (598 words)

  
 Hate Central
Will McDonough, who spent four decades at the Boston Globe but may be best known as the first print journalist to earn a network TV gig (NFL Today, mid-'80s), passed away at the age of 67 in his South Shore home late Thursday night.
McDonough, the paper's NFL guru, was the star -- and probably the first of the bunch to get true widespread national recognition.
McDonough had covered every Super Bowl to date, and he dreamed of seeing the Pats take one.
blogs.salon.com /0001286/2003/01/11.html   (522 words)

  
 Corcoran holds memories of grandfather Will McDonough
Corcoran and his beloved grandpa - former columnist Will McDonough - were on their way to a high school holiday tourney game in Chelsea when the duo got lost en route to the event.
To Corcoran, Will McDonough was simply "Gumpy", the name he referred to his grandfather as.
We will obviously be young and, at times, we will have two freshmen and two sophomores on the court.
www.eagletribune.com /local/local_story_318063804/resources_printstory   (992 words)

  
 ATS - Front Page
The $2.5 million, 10,000-square-foot facility will incorporate ecological design principles, resulting in a building that is adapted to and integrated with its environment.
Principal of the firm William McDonough + Partners in Charlottesville, Virginia, McDonough is dean of the School of Architecture and Elson Professor of Architecture at the University of Virginia.
It is envisioned that the center will include an open atrium, community meeting space, workrooms, a library, and faculty offices.
www.oberlin.edu /wwwcomm/ats/atspast/ats0396/ats0396_architect.html   (720 words)

  
 Conscious Choice: A Different Kind of Recovery
McDonough and Braungart bet that what people value are the services that things give to us; that possession of things is ultimately a matter of indifference.
Similarly, technical nutrients — things that will not degrade in the organic realm of nature — should be returned to the technological cycle, with metal going back for reuse as metal, plastic for reuse as plastic, and so forth.
McDonough cringes at the well-known statement of Le Corbusier, that a house is a machine for living in.
www.consciouschoice.com /2002/cc1504/mcdonough1504.html   (1993 words)

  
 MARTA - Getting There - Important Service Changes
There will be approximately 12 additional minutes between buses in the peak periods, 13 additional minutes between buses during the midday, and 2 additional minutes between buses at night.
There will be approximately 2 additional minutes between buses in the peak periods, 10 additional minutes between buses during the midday, and 6 additional minutes between buses at night.
There will be approximately 12 additional minutes between buses in the peak and 15 additional minutes between buses in the midday and night periods.
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 Bloomberg.com: U.S.
McDonough is ``a superstar with absolute integrity,'' said New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who last year took the lead from the SEC in addressing regulatory issues such as Wall Street conflicts of interest.
McDonough has gone through a preliminary vetting process and will in the next few weeks be subject to a more extensive, FBI- style background check handled by a private contractor, the SEC said.
McDonough is ``highly respected, has a wealth of experience and is knowledgeable about the finance and corporate sectors,'' said Treasury Secretary John Snow in an interview with Bloomberg News.
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