Sean McAdam (journalist)
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, CSNNE.com, and the Boston Herald
Boston Herald
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and a former writer for The Providence Journal
The Providence Journal
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and ESPN.com
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. He is a beat writer for the Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
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, as well as a radio and television analyst and commentator in the Boston area.
Following his graduation from Providence College
Providence College
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in 1981, McAdam spent four years covering sports at WEAN, a Rhode Island radio talk station before joining the Journal as a reporter. After 23 years with The Journal, with most of that tenure covering the Red Sox beat, he left to take a similar position with the Herald in October 2008. McAdam resigned from ESPN.com to join FoxSports.com in May 2009.
McAdam makes regular appearances on WEEI
WEEI
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sports talk radio in Boston. He is a co-host on the Big Show (weekdays 2–6 p.m.) and he co-hosts The Baseball Show with ex-major leaguer Lou Merloni
Lou Merloni
Louis William "Lou" Merloni is an American radio personality and a former Major League Baseball player. Merloni was scouted by hall of fame scout 'Buzz' Bowers, and played for his hometown Boston Red Sox from -...
and colleagues Steve Buckley
Steve Buckley (journalist)
Steve Buckley is an Irish American journalist. He has been a regular columnist with the Boston Herald since 1995, contributing to the paper's Sports section. His columns often use historical perspective drawn from a diverse variety of sources. He joined Boston Sports radio station WEEI in 1993 and...
and Rob Bradford (Sundays 9–12 p.m.).
Since 2004, Sean has also been a guest analyst during Red Sox pregame and discussion shows on NESN
New England Sports Network
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, the team's satellite channel. On April 10, 2009, he filled for the ill Jerry Remy
Jerry Remy
Gerald Peter "Rem Dawg" Remy is a Major League Baseball broadcaster and former Major League Baseball second baseman. Remy grew up in Somerset, Massachusetts.-Playing career:...
as a color commentator, working in the NESN booth alongside Don Orsillo
Don Orsillo
Don Orsillo is the play-by-play announcer for Boston Red Sox games on the New England Sports Network.-Early life and career:...
for the first two innings of Boston's 6–3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, California
California
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McAdam went to Chelmsford High School in Chelmsford, Massachusetts and is a member of the Chelmsford High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame and was inducted in 2010.
McAdam resides in Littleton, Massachusetts
Littleton, Massachusetts
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Career
McAdam is a member of the Baseball Writers Association of AmericaBaseball Writers Association of America
The Baseball Writers' Association of America is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers, magazines and qualifying Web sites. The BBWAA was founded on October 14, 1908, to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century...
and is eligible to vote in Baseball Hall of Fame balloting.