Bob Ryan (1) (1946–)

Author of When Boston Won the World Series: A Chronicle of Boston's Remarkable Victory in the First Modern World Series of 1903

For other authors named Bob Ryan, see the disambiguation page.

About the Author

Bob Ryan is a retired American sportswriter, widely acclaimed for his coverage of professional basketball for The Boston Globe. He is a member of the College Basketball Writers and New England Basketball halls of fame, and was the recipient of The Dick Schaap Award for Outstanding Journalism in show more 2006 and the Curt Gowdy Award from the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996. Ryan was born on February 21, 1946, in Trenton, New Jersey. He attended high school at the Lawrenceville School from 1960 to 1964, and graduated from Boston College in 1968, with a degree in history. He began writing for The Boston Globe shortly thereafter. Ryan's Memoir, Scribe: My Life in Sports was published in 2014. Among his other published works are: The Best of Sport: Classic Writing from the Golden Era of Sports, When Boston Won the World Series, The Road to the Super Bowl, The Four Seasons, and Boston Celtics: The History, Legends, and images of America's most celebrated team. He has also coauthored several books including: Drive: The story of My Life, with Larry Bird, and Cousy on the Celtic Mystique, with Bob Cousy. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Image credit: Bob Ryan [credit: John Earls]

Works by Bob Ryan

Scribe: My Life in Sports (2014) 42 copies, 1 review

Forty-Eight Minutes: A Night in the Life of the Nba (1987) 32 copies

Wait Till I Make the Show: Baseball in the Minor Leagues (1974) 17 copies

Cousy on the Celtic Mystique (1988) 17 copies

Boston Celtics: The History, Legends, and Images of America's Most Celebrated Team (1989) 15 copies

Hondo: Celtic Man in Motion (1977) 7 copies

The pro game: The world of professional basketball (1975) 6 copies

The Four Seasons (1997) 4 copies

Celtics pride: The rebuilding of Boston's world championship basketball team (1975) 3 copies

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Associated Works

Drive: The Story of My Life (1989) 321 copies, 4 reviews

Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History (2018) — Contributor — 50 copies, 2 reviews

The Best American Sports Writing 2010 (2010) — Contributor — 47 copies

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1903 (2) 20th century (3) baseball (26) baseball history (2) basketball (24) biography (2) Boston (6) Boston Celtics (8) Bruins (1) Celtics (6) Cleveland Cavaliers (3) history (9) Home Office (2) journalism (2) memoir (3) Minor League Baseball (2) minor leagues (2) minors (2) National Basketball Association (1) NBA (4) non-fiction (12) office (1) Patriots (1) Pittsburgh (1) read (1) Red Sox (15) signed (1) sports (32) to-read (6) World Series (4)

Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Ryan, Bob
Other names: Ryan, Robert P.
Birthdate: 1946-02-21
Gender: male
Education: Boston College
Lawrenceville School
Occupations: sportswriter
Organizations: Boston Globe
Awards and honors: Dick Schaap Award for Outstanding Journalism (2006)
Curt Gowdy Award (1996)
Associated Press National Sportswriter of the Year (2000)
NSSA National Sportswriter of the Year (2000 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009)
College Basketball Writers Hall of Fame
New England Basketball Hall of Fame
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Places of residence: Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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2 reviews

DanTarlin 255 reviews

Scribe: My Life in Sports by Bob Ryan

Excellent read for Boston sports fans of a certain age, or for those interested in learning more about sports back in the day. I tend to wax nostalgic for the Cowens/Havlicek Celtics of my youth, teams that were overshadowed by the '80s teams that captured the imagination of the city to a much greater degree, but those teams were great, and they were an important part of my own fandom.
Ryan is a favorite sportswriter of mine in short form, and here in long form he's really good too.

Jan 10, 2015

Othemts 1,877 reviews

When Boston Won The World Series: A Chronicle of Boston's Remarkable Victory in the First Modern World Series of 1903 by Bob Ryan

A surprisingly dull book that reads as if dashed off for a book report by a grade school pupil and made to meet a page quota by stuffing lots of pictures and graphics. It's not that bad actually, it's just not that good, especially with the subject matter being so interesting. At any rate it's always fun to read about old time baseball.

Jun 25, 2008