ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons, who suffered a life-threatening brain aneurysm in July, returns to the network tomorrow night. An ESPN news release said Gammons will report from Fenway Park on the early "SportsCenter" and "Baseball Tonight." He is not returning to work full-time, but will take on additional assignments as he begins to feel more comfortable.
That's good news for Gammons, ESPN and fans.
Gammons, a former Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated reporter, won the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing in 2005 and was inducted into the writer's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. He's one of the nicest men in sports and is universally liked and respected among players, coaches, managers, front-office executives and his peers.
An avid music fan who hosts the annual "Hot Stove, Cool Music" benefit concert along with Boston Herald reporter Jeff Horrigan, Gammons released a CD of original music and covers on July 4. The CD, entitled "Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old," features contributions from Juliana Hatfield, George Thorogood, Kay Hanley, Paul Barrere and a number of Red Sox players. Proceeds from the CD benefit "Foundation to be Named Later," a charity that raises funds for non-profit agencies serving disadvantaged children in and around Boston.
That's good news for Gammons, ESPN and fans.
Gammons, a former Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated reporter, won the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing in 2005 and was inducted into the writer's wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. He's one of the nicest men in sports and is universally liked and respected among players, coaches, managers, front-office executives and his peers.
An avid music fan who hosts the annual "Hot Stove, Cool Music" benefit concert along with Boston Herald reporter Jeff Horrigan, Gammons released a CD of original music and covers on July 4. The CD, entitled "Never Slow Down, Never Grow Old," features contributions from Juliana Hatfield, George Thorogood, Kay Hanley, Paul Barrere and a number of Red Sox players. Proceeds from the CD benefit "Foundation to be Named Later," a charity that raises funds for non-profit agencies serving disadvantaged children in and around Boston.
