Mike Lynch (sportscaster)
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Mike Lynch is the sports director and anchor for WCVB-TV
Channel 5 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is seen on the air at 6 and 11 PM from Sunday to Thursday, or when a significant sports event is happening. He has been at WCVB since 1982. Lynch became the principal Sports Anchor in 1985.
"Lynchie" is also the host of Patriots All-Access on the station and the "High 5" program, which credits outstanding high school athletes in Massachusetts
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In 2011 the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association
named Lynch Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year. This was the fourteenth time that Lynch received this award, more than any other sportscaster in the history of the award.
A former quarterback, placekicker and pitcher at Harvard University
,Lynch kicked the winning field goal in the 1975 Harvard - Yale game. Lynch lives in Winchester, Massachusetts
with his with his wife Mary Ellen and their three daughters. Lynch's eldest daughter runs the television recap site, Team Brenda, after Beverly Hills 90210s Brenda Walsh.
WCVB-TV
WCVB-TV, channel 5, is a television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, owned by Hearst Television and affiliated with the ABC Television Network. WCVB-TV's studios and transmitter are co-located in Needham, Massachusetts. WCVB is also one of six Boston television stations seen in Canada by...
Channel 5 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is seen on the air at 6 and 11 PM from Sunday to Thursday, or when a significant sports event is happening. He has been at WCVB since 1982. Lynch became the principal Sports Anchor in 1985.
"Lynchie" is also the host of Patriots All-Access on the station and the "High 5" program, which credits outstanding high school athletes in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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In 2011 the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association
National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association
The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association, or NSSA, is an organization of sports media members in the United States. It constitutes the American chapter of the International Sports Press Association ....
named Lynch Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year. This was the fourteenth time that Lynch received this award, more than any other sportscaster in the history of the award.
A former quarterback, placekicker and pitcher at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
,Lynch kicked the winning field goal in the 1975 Harvard - Yale game. Lynch lives in Winchester, Massachusetts
Winchester, Massachusetts
Winchester is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, eight miles north of Boston. With its agricultural roots having mostly disappeared, it is now an affluent suburb...
with his with his wife Mary Ellen and their three daughters. Lynch's eldest daughter runs the television recap site, Team Brenda, after Beverly Hills 90210s Brenda Walsh.