Education
University of New Hampshire.
University of New Hampshire.
She began writing for the Globe in 1982. From 1995 to 2000 she covered the National Basketball Association as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. In 1999, MacMullan collaborated with Larry Bird on his autobiography Bird Watching: on Playing and Coaching the Game I Love.
She released Geno: In Pursuit of Perfection with Geno Auriemma in 2006, and wrote the New York Times best seller "When the Game Was Ours" with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in 2009.
In 2011 MacMullan collaborated with National Basketball Association superstar Shaquille O"Neal to write his autobiography entitled Shaq Uncut: My Story. MacMullan has been a correspondent for several cable television networks including Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, CNNSI, and NESN, as well as WHDH-television in Boston.
She is a regular panelist on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network program Around the Horn. She has also co-hosted episodes of the network"s Pardon the Interruption.
In response to MacMullan"s departure from the Globe, she had this to say in an email to the blog site Boston Sports Media Watch:
On May 12, 2010, Jackie MacMullan and longtime Cleveland Cavaliers radio play-by-play announcer Joe Tait received the Curt Gowdy Media Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
MacMullan was the first woman to receive the honor in its 21-year history.
The awards are presented annually to members of the print and electronic media who made a significant contribution to the game of basketball. On May 4, 2013, in an article for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, MacMullan took a controversial stance among members of the Boston media when she suggested that the Boston Celtics should part ways with team captain Paul Pierce.