John Smallwood

John Smallwood is an award-winning sports columnist for the Daily News. He came to the newspaper in 1994 as the beat writer for Villanova. He served in that role for less than two years before being promoted to general columnist in September 1995. As a columnist, he has covered the NBA Finals since 1996, the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2005 Super Bowl, several NCAA Men's and Women's Final Fours and College Football National Championship Games. He regularly offers commentary on sports, focusing on the Philadelphia region but not forgetting the rest of the sports world. A 1987 graduate of the University of Maryland, Smallwood previously worked at the Baltimore Sun, Roanoke Times & World-News (Va.), and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (N.Y.) before coming to the Daily News. His columns appear several times a week in the Daily News. He can be reached at (215) 854-5700 or smallwj@phillynews.com.

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John Smallwood: U.S. soccer team needs a few more good men - 06/29/2009: THE UNITED STATES displayed the heart of a champion. What is imperative now is that it continues to build the body of one.
John Smallwood: Holiday pick is wish come true for Sixers - 06/26/2009: IT WAS deja vu all over again. A year ago, the Sixers watched as their NBA draft board keep shifting in an unexpected direction.
John Smallwood: Sixers should select local product Ellington with No. 17 pick in NBA draft - 06/25/2009: YOUR NEW 76ERS with the old-school look need a guard - a savvy point or a sharp-shooting two, either will do.
John Smallwood: New Sixer Kapono eager to contribute from long range - 06/19/2009: SOMETIMES revelations come at an early age. Jason Kapono was just starting to get into basketball when he discovered something about himself and the game that would ultimately lead him to the NBA.
John Smallwood: Lakers are good, but this isn't another NBA dynasty - 06/16/2009: THE NBA HASN'T had a repeat champion since the Los Angeles Lakers won the last of three consecutive championships in 2002.
John Smallwood: With Phillies, save 'big win' talk for October - 06/15/2009: OK, SO the Phillies have wrapped up their much-anticipated series with the Boston Red Sox. And what have we learned?
John Smallwood: Brown might have trouble catching on with Eagles' receiving corps - 06/11/2009: NOBODY ANTICIPATED this, certainly not Reggie Brown, not 4 years into his NFL career. The Eagles wide receiver had such a great start. As a rookie in 2005, he had 43 catches for 571 yards with four touchdowns. His 12 catches for 20 or more yards made it look as if the Birds had stolen a big-play receiver in the second round of the draft.
John Smallwood: Kapono trade gives Sixers a better shot - 06/10/2009: IN MY SMALL OPINION . . . Sixers president and general manager Ed Stefanski just turned the proverbial lemons into lemonade with the trade of forward Reggie Evans to the Toronto Raptors for sharpshooting forward Jason Kapono.
John Smallwood: With French Open win, Federer proves he's 'the greatest' - 06/08/2009: THE DEBATE OVER who is the "greatest" tennis player ever can go. Because Roger Federer, Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras played in different eras, it's impossible to say for certain that if all played under the same competitive circumstances one would distinguish himself from the others.
John Smallwood: Kobe's legacy at stake in NBA Finals - 06/04/2009: THE CHALLENGER has shifted from King James to Superman, but the task in front of Kobe Bryant remains the same.