Nationality American Spouse Oni C. Igartua (m. 2007) Role Sports commentator | Name Michael Holley Alma mater Point Park University Education Point Park University | |
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Full Name Michael S. Holley Born February 26, 1970 (age 54) ( 1970-02-26 ) Children Robinson Coltrane (b. 2008)
Beckham Emerson (b. 2010)
Ava August (b. 2012) Books Patriot Reign, Red Sox Rule, War Room: The Legacy of, Unti Holley, Ortiz: The Making of a Baseball Profiles | ||
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Michael S. Holley (born February 26, 1970) is an American television and radio sports commentator, sports reporter and author. He formerly wrote columns for the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Plain Dealer, and Akron Beacon Journal.
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- Common man and the torg michael holley interview 2 2 12
- The big show michael holley and glenn ordway
- Career
- Personal life
- Books
- References
The big show michael holley and glenn ordway
Career
While working for the Akron Beacon Journal in 1993, Holley was one of several reporters who worked on a project studying race relations in Northeastern Ohio. The series, entitled "A Question of Color," won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service.
Holley worked as a reporter and columnist for the Boston Globe from 1997-2001 and then again from 2002-2005, briefly leaving the paper to work for the Chicago Tribune.
In 2005, Holley left the Globe to replace Bob Neumeier as co-host of the WEEI midday sports radio talk show. The show was renamed the Dale & Holley Show and features Holley and former Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer Dale Arnold who discuss the various Boston sports teams.
On February 15, 2011, it was announced Holley would join Glenn Ordway as co-host of the afternoon drive WEEI program "The Big Show". Mike Salk replaced Glenn Ordway as host of The Big Show and the show was renamed Salk and Holley on March 20, 2013. Mike Salk left the station on March 12, 2014 ending Salk and Holley. On April 1, 2014 WEEI-FM relaunched the Dale and Holley show with his former co-host Dale Arnold from 2-6 PM.
In October 2008, Holley replaced Donny Marshall as host of Celtics Now, a weekly program on Comcast SportsNet that covers on and off court stories related to the Boston Celtics.
Holley is the author of three books one of which, Patriot Reign: Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion, made the New York Times Best Seller list for nonfiction.
Holley has appeared on the ESPN television program Around the Horn as well as I, Max on Fox Sports Net.
Personal life
Michael Holley was born in Akron, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Point Park College in May 1992. On April 30, 2005 he gave the commencement speech to the class of 2005 at Point Park University, where he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Max Kellerman, graduate of Columbia University, often made verbal jabs at Point Park University while the two were featured on "I, Max."
Holley married on July 14, 2007. The couple had their first child, Robinson Coltrane on November 1, 2008. The couple had their second son, Beckham Ellison, in December 2010. Their third child, Ava August, was born September 15, 2012.