Bob Halloran began his tenure as weekend sports anchor at WCVB in January 2003.

Before joining WCVB's SportsCenter 5, Halloran was at ESPNews where he spent three years as an anchor and writer for ESPN.com.

Before working at ESPN, Halloran worked at Boston's WFXT-TV Channel 25 as a weekend sports anchor for three years. He also spent five years at WPRI-TV in Providence, R.I., as Sports Director and four years at WCVX-TV in Hyannis, Mass., first as Sports Director then moving to News Director.

Halloran began his career at "Cape 11 Alive," then a Cablevision station, where he served as a news reporter and anchor.

Halloran is the recipient of a New England Emmy Award and two honors from the Associated Press.

A graduate of Washington & Lee, Halloran lives in the Boston area with his wife, Eileen Curran and their daughter Grace. He has three sons, Sean, Daniel and Liam.