Glenn Ordway (born January 16, 1951) is an American retired sports radio and television personality based in the Boston area. He also spent over a decade as a radio sports commentator for Boston Celtics games. Career Ordway began his radio career in 1972 at WMLO, a small station in Beverly, Massachusetts. He then went to WMEX/WITS in Boston in 1975, where at times he filled in for Steve Fredericks; he subsequently became sports director as well as working on Boston Bruins broadcasts. In 1981, Ordway gained prominence at WRKO in Boston where he hosted a popular, award-winning call-in show, Sportscall. Ordway spent 13 years as a member of the Boston Celtics' radio broadcast team. After seven years as the number-two announcer alongside longtime Celtics play-by-play man Johnny Most, Ordway took over as the Celtics' primary announcer in 1989, a post he held until 1996. During this period, he appeared as himself in an episode of the long-running Boston-based sitcom Cheers. WEEI In 1987, the Celtics moved their radio programming to WEEI (then 590 AM), where Ordway became executive sports director, and later program manager. The broadcasts moved to 850 AM in 1994 under the same WEEI call letters. In 1996, Ordway was promoted to program director, and began The Big Show. Ordway also hosted a program during New England Patriots season called New England Tailgate, discussing the team with former players Fred Smerlas and Steve DeOssie. He also appeared on the HBO sports documentaries The Curse of the Bambino and The Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino. In December 2006, the Patriots revoked season tickets purchased by Smerlas. Smerlas had been in a partnership with Ordway in a company hosting tailgate parties at Patriot games, charging customers more than the face value of game tickets. The Patriots determined that the service violated its policy prohibiting season ticket holders from reselling their tickets above face value. Both Ordway and Smerlas denied that money was made on the resale of tickets. Ordway announced on his December 11, 2008, show that he would be going on vacation for the rest of the month as his contract with Entercom Communications (owner of WEEI) was set to expire on December 31, and that he was not sure if he would be returning to the air after his vacation. Ordway's contract negotiations may have been affected by Entercom financial problems—the company risked being delisted by