Doug Tribou joined the staff of Only A Game as a producer and reporter in 2008. He first came to WBUR as a news anchor in 2006.
Doug grew up in Reading, Massachusetts and Fair Lawn, New Jersey. He began his professional radio career as a producer at WRKO in Boston before working as a news anchor and reporter at WHCU in Ithaca, New York.
In 1999 Doug became the program and news director for three stations in Portland, Maine, including Newsradio 560 WGAN and 970 WZAN. During his six years there, WGAN’s news coverage earned several awards from the Maine Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press. Doug was also honored individually for his reporting on breaking news and for his writing and direction of multiple on-air marketing campaigns for WGAN and WZAN. Saga Communications named him its national program director of the year in 2001.
While in Portland, Doug taught radio news writing at the University of Southern Maine. He returned to Boston when he was hired as the program director for the city’s first full-time ESPN Radio station. Doug has also worked as a radio programming and branding consultant.
Doug is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he earned a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He lives with his wife, their daughter, and their sizeable dog, Ox, in the Boston area.
Vermont Ski Resorts Await More Weather After Weathering Irene
When Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont last summer, it caused millions of dollars’ worth of damage to the state’s ski resorts. The resorts fared better than some of the communities around them. And as Only A Game’s Doug Tribou reports, now everyone’s hoping for more storms … the kind that bring snow.
Patriots Focused On The Immediate Future: Baltimore
Sunday the New England Patriots will host the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL’s AFC Championship Game. The Patriots had gone three years without a playoff win before routing Denver last weekend. New England will tell anyone who listens that the past doesn’t matter. But as Only A Game’s Doug Tribou reports … it does.
Patriots, Bruins Are Up, While Celtics Are Down
The Patriots are looking at a Super Bowl trip. The Bruins are vying for the conference's top spot. The Celtics? Well, two out of three isn't bad.
How Will History Receive The NFL’s Passing Explosion?
NFL wide receiver Derrick Mason retired this week after 15 years in the league. He is eleventh on the all-time receptions list, but in an era of unprecedented NFL passing, even eleventh place doesn’t guarantee you a spot in the Hall of Fame. Only A Game's Doug Tribou examines how the history books receive receivers.
Out-Of-Control Parents Overshadow Youth Sports
A Minnesota resident is accused of punching his eighth-grade son in the face after the boy's team lost in a basketball tournament on Saturday afternoon. It's the latest occurrence of a parent losing control over a child's sporting event.
NFL Will Hire Trainers To Monitor Concussions During Games
The NFL has announced a plan to assign a trainer to each NFL team for the purpose of monitoring any possible concussions during games. The move comes after the Cleveland Browns failed to properly diagnose quarterback Colt McCoy's concussion during a game against Pittsburgh earlier this month. Read the latest on the league's plans.
Reflections On Penn State And Syracuse
This week brought new developments in the child sexual abuse scandals at Penn State and Syracuse University. Only A Game's Doug Tribou has connections to both schools and shares his thoughts.
Orienteering: When Footraces Meet Navigation
With the holiday season almost upon us, you might soon be heading over the river and through the woods. If someone comes sprinting out of the brush along the way, don’t worry. It’s probably just an orienteer. Only A Game’s Doug Tribou recently attended the U.S. National Orienteering Championships and has our story.
N.H. Man Makes One Million Foul Shots For Veterans
In January 2010, we first reported on Dave Cummings and his quest to make one million free throws to raise money for U.S. military veterans and their families. Friday, on Veterans Day, the New Hampshire resident completed his two-year project at the Basketball Hall of Fame. Only A Game’s Doug Tribou was there.
Culinary Institute of America Serves Up Sports Success
If a championship game is a pressure cooker then the athletes at the Culinary Institute of America are perfectly prepared. Saturday the C.I.A. soccer team will play for their conference title. And that's not the only CIA squad enjoying success in the school’s growing athletic department. Only A Game’s Doug Tribou cooked up this report.
