Gerald J. Callahan
CHS Class of 1979
CHS ’79 Football (2,3,4) Senior Team: Merrimack Valley Conference Champions, Undefeated, Super Bowl Appearance, Baseball (2,3)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst BS Mass Communications Cum Laude ‘83
Career
Lowell Sun Newspaper Staff Reporter; Boston Herald Newspaper Sports Columnist Wrote a story describing what it is like to be a Senior in High School playing your last football game on Thanksgiving. The Herald has published that story every Wednesday before Thanksgiving since,; Sports Illustrated Senior Writer; WEEI Radio, Boston, MA Sports Talk Show Host’ Numerous appearances on: NESN-TV, Comcast-TV, & ESPN (The Sports Reporters)
Community
Andover, MA Youth Sports Coach (Football, Basketball, Baseball), Jimmy Fund (WEEI/NESN Radio/Telethon), Pan Mass Challenge Bike Ride
“I knew that Gerry could do the sarcastic criticism when we hired him. But since coming to SI he has proven he’s more valuable for his writing, his reporting and his humor than for his zingers” Sports Illustrated, Editor