McDonough attended Boston English High School (English High School of Boston), where he starred in baseball as a pitcher and in football as a quarterback. After graduating from Northeastern University, he started at the Boston Globe as a copy boy in 1955 and was promoted to sportswriter in 1960, working for many years with other legendary Globe sportswriters such as Peter Gammons, Bob Ryan and Leigh Montville. He became a hero among Boston...
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McDonough attended Boston English High School (English High School of Boston), where he starred in baseball as a pitcher and in football as a quarterback. After graduating from Northeastern University, he started at the Boston Globe as a copy boy in 1955 and was promoted to sportswriter in 1960, working for many years with other legendary Globe sportswriters such as Peter Gammons, Bob Ryan and Leigh Montville. He became a hero among Boston...