High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Bob Ryan is an American sportswriter for The Boston Globe. He has been described as "the quintessential American sportswriter" and a basketball guru and is well known for his coverage of the sport including his famous stories covering the Boston Celtics in the 1970s. After graduating from Boston College, Ryan started as a sports intern for the Globe on the same day as Peter Gammons. He is well known for his occasionally stuttering voice and has said of it "I don't like my own voice - in fact I hate it."