Jackie MacMullan Boyle, born on October 7, 1960, also known as Jackie Mac. Is a famous American retired freelance newspaper sportswritter and NBA reporter for ESPN who retired on the 31st day of August 2021. She started her career at the age of fifteen of which she wrote about her High School girl’s team in her local newspaper.
| Full Name: | Jackie MacMullan Boyle |
| Date Of Birth: | October 7, 1960 |
| Place Of Birth: | Manhasset, New York, United States |
| Occupation(s): | Sports columnist Author Television Personality |
| Children: | Aly, Doug |
| Husband: | Michael Boyle |
| Net Worth: | $5 million |
Early Life And Education
Jackie Mac was born to Margarethe and Fred MacMullan in Manhasset New York, United States in October 7, 1960.
Her family was in a more organized place where other siblings gather to play hockey and she was into street hockey as a young girl.
MacMullan was the first girl to have street hockey net in her neighborhood which guarantee her freedom to also play hockey as a young child since other boys who participated in the game won’t let her play.
Jackie went to Westwood High School in Massachusetts. In her high school days, Jackie played on the hockey team and was coach by Kathy Delaney-Smith.
MacMullan started her sport journalism career at the age of fifteen where she wrote about her high school’s girl teams for their local newspaper, she broke the record.
She also play basketball, and she graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where she played Division 1 basketball for the wildcats.
She was once a victim of locker room injustice because it was debatable to have women in the locker room during that time.
She has so many other running issues with men when she tried to escape but she managed to stand her ground and dyed the wool.
With such encounters, Jackie developed a solid and determined character that enabled her to defy the bizarre situations.
Career
MacMullan started her sport journalism career at the age of fifteen where she wrote about her high school’s girl teams for their local newspaper, she broke the record.
MacMullan joined the Boston Globe as a news department intern In 1982, she was a columnist and an editor of the Boston Globe she bought out from the papers in 2008.
MacMullan worked with Larry Bird on his autobiography “Bird Watching” in 1999, in 2006 she released Geno: In pursuit of perfection worth Geno Auriemma.
MacMullan worked with NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal to write his autobiography “Shaq Uncut: My story”. In 2011.
She has also worked with CNNSI, NESN and WHDH-TV, she is a regular member of panal on the ESPN program Around the Horn.she also co-hosted episodes of the network’s Pardon the Interrupted.
In February 2019 MacMullan was awarded the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing.
She was hired by the Ringer to host a podcast by the NBA in September 2020.
She unveiled her podcast with The Ringer entitled Icons Club, featuring various NBA icons in March 2022.
Personal Life
Jackie MacMullan is married to Michael Boyle and they are blessed with a child by name Aly Boyle. She has not cheated on her husband and has not have any other boyfriend.
She has a a very genuine undiluted love for her family and she meticulous record of her husband Boyle. Most of her post is about her child in social media.
Jackie MacMullan Net Worth
Jackie MacMullan the famous American columnist and associate editor of NBA for ESPN has an estimated Net Worth of about $5 million.
