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In 1979, he joined his hometown Philadelphia Inquirer as a beat writer for the Philadelphia Phillies, and eventually became a national baseball writer and columnist for that paper. [1] [5] From 1983 to 1999 he produced a nationally syndicated Baseball Week in Review column "known for unearthing obscure, historic and humorous aspects of baseball ...
The Inquirer Building at 400 North Broad Street in Logan Square, formerly known as the Elverson Building, was home to the newspaper from 1924 to 2011.. The Philadelphia Inquirer was founded June 1, 1829, by printer John R. Walker and John Norvell, former editor of Philadelphia's largest newspaper, the Aurora & Gazette.
Claire Smith (born July 1, 1954) is an American sportswriter, who covered Major League Baseball for the Hartford Courant, The New York Times, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. She is currently a news editor for ESPN. Smith was the first woman to be honored with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
After five years at the Evening Bulletin, he joined the Philadelphia Daily News in 1965. [2] He appeared on more than 300 editions of ESPN's The Sports Reporters, a Sunday morning show of debate among American newspaper columnists. [3] In 2009, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. [6]
The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association presents annual awards. Several films have depicted sports in Philadelphia. Most prominently, the Rocky film franchise follows the boxing career of Rocky Balboa, first as a fighter and later as a trainer. The film Invincible was based on Vince Papale's career as a player on the Philadelphia Eagles.
In 1972, Jasner joined the staff of the Philadelphia Daily News. [2] He covered the Philadelphia 76ers and the NBA on a full-time basis from 1981 until his death.Jasner was a past president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and the Philadelphia College Basketball Writers Association.
After graduating from the Klein College of Media and Communication,Greenberg landed a job covering college and professional basketball for The Philadelphia Inquirer. [1] In 1975 new sports editor Jay Searcy tapped Greenberg to launch the Inquirer's women's basketball coverage and start a weekly women's poll. Greenberg initially balked at the ...
Prior to joining ESPN, he was a political reporter and Philadelphia Eagles beat reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1993 to 1995. [6] During that time he also served as a reporter for WPHL-TV nightly news show, Inquirer News Tonight and hosted Saturday Morning Sports Page on WIP sports radio.