By Greg Wayland, Special to the Reporter
March 4, 2021 Red O Hara as a BU Terrier star.
There was a time when “Red” O’Hara seemed destined for a stellar career on the national sports scene. Then love and a longing for home turned everything around. In the wake of his death, family and friends have been reflecting on the decision that changed the course of Joe’s long life.
During the 1953-54 high school season at Christopher Columbus High, “Red” was a coach’s dream. “He’s just one of those natural athletes who can do anything in any sport,” his baseball coach Bob DiGuglialimo, told a Boston sportswriter . An All-Scholastic in both football and baseball, he was firmly in the sights of big-league scouts.
By Bill Walczak, Reporter Columnist
February 11, 2021
Bill Walczak
Last week, while shuffling boxes around my basement, I discovered a complete Boston Globe edition from Feb. 3, 1981, close to the heyday of the newspaper’s circulation and profitability. I saved it to memorialize my son’s birth date, but I hadn’t revisited it since first placing it in that box 40 years ago.
I’ve heard a lot of opinions about the difference between today’s Globe and when it was one of America’s premier newspapers. These opinions note that most of the articles in the national section are now from the New York Times or Washington Post, that the editorial and Op-Ed pages have been eviscerated, and that it is much reduced in all regards.