Will McDonough
Will McDonough
William "Will" McDonoughwas an American sportswriter for the Boston Globe...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth6 July 1935
CountryUnited States of America
sports athlete thinking
Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity.
sports hurt thinking
I think money in general hurts all sports.
thinking player play
I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did.
enough shallow results
There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting is shallow.
thinking influence newspapers
I think we'll always have newspapers, but they'll lose influence.
successful years nbc
I was fortunate to be part of a very successful show on CBS in 1986. I switched to NBC for eight years and through these experiences have gotten terrific insight into television; it's a fascinating medium.
television good-things more-money
The one good thing about television is the money; you can make a lot more money than in newspapers.
games creating television
Pete Rozelle used television to get the game to the American public by creating the Super Bowl and making it the biggest sporting event in the world.
fighting heavyweights events
I've been very fortunate to be involved in all the Super Bowls, to see some World Series, to cover heavyweight championship fights; I've been to the Olympics and seen every sporting event there is.
thinking television way
I don't think we use television the way we should or the way the inventors intended.
loyalty hurt team
The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.
effort support
I think we support that effort 100 percent.
cannot elections next
It is often said that in our next meeting, we cannot do anything because there are elections,
finish hoped opening saw shot sick took tying
I saw the puck, had it up on my stick, I saw the opening and I took a shot and hoped for the best. I didn't want to go to overtime. I wanted to end it right there and right then. I'm sick of them tying it and going to overtime. I just wanted to finish the game.