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Halloran was in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and he attended Holy Family High School, where he was on the golf team He served in the United States. Army and then attended the University of Miami on a golf scholarship, graduating in 1962.
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He is known in the world of sports for his involvement in golf and boxing, as well as sporting events in Las Vegas. Halloran began a career in broadcasting with Columbia Broadcasting System 4 in Miami in 1962. Having been an intern as a student, he joined the station on graduation.
He worked in various roles but quickly became a sports reporter covering local sporting events in Miami.
In the mid-1960s he was promoted to the role of sportscaster, appearing on the evening’s news program covering all aspects of sports. In 1970, Columbia Broadcasting System Sports in New York hired Halloran as a national correspondent, where he covered a variety of sporting events, including boxing and golf, such as coverage of the Masters Tournament.
He was a frequent interviewer of Muhammad Ali, whom he had met in Miami when still known as Cassius Clay. He appears in opening credits of When We Were Kings, interviewing Ali.
Halloran moved from television to join Caesar’s World in 1978 as vice president of sports.
He organized some of the biggest boxing events in Las Vegas with names such as Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, and Roberto Duran. He brought the first Formula One event to Las Vegas in 1981 and also introduced K-1 to the United States.
In 1988, Halloran was hired by Steve Wynn as vice president of sports for Mirage Resorts. He was later named president of sports for Mirage Resorts.
In the 1990s, he challenged the producer of the televised golf event, the Skins Game (Professional Golf Association Tour), winning a settlement that acknowledged his role creating the event.
In 2002, he was appointed director of sports for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mirage by Chief Executive Officer Terri Lanni. From 2002 to 2012, he produced major events including the heavyweight match between Oscar De Louisiana Hoya and Floyd Mayweather and match between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Marquez, and represented Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Grand during press tours for key events.
He left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mirage in 2012 to work as a sports consultant and continues to produce events at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Beau Rivage. In 2012, Halloran was inducted into Florida’s Boxing Hall of Fame.
