Sam Donnellon

Donnellon's career began in Biddeford, Me., in 1981, and has included stops in Wilkes-Barre, Norfolk, and New York, where he worked as a national writer for the short-lived but highly acclaimed National Sports Daily. He has received state and national awards at each stop and since joining the Daily News in 1992 has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors, the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Associated Press Managing Editors of Pennsylvania and the Keystone Awards. He and his wife of 22 years have raised three fine children, none of whom are even the least bit impressed with the above.

Read Sam's blog Sammy Say-So
Latest post: Michael vs. Michael? - 07/09/2009
Email Sam at donnels@phillynews.com

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Sam Donnellon: All-Star selection special to Ibanez - 07/06/2009: HE WAS CUT twice in a 2-week span once, was out of work with a pregnant wife, was forced to move, like a lot of people out there these days.
Sam Donnellon: Believe it or not, Phillies doing fine - 07/02/2009: YOU SEE BAD things arising. You see trouble on the way. You see the Phillies as a team still hung over from the intoxication of last year's championship, unable to hold teams down early or hold onto leads late. You walk away from the television set muttering "This never happened last year."
Sam Donnellon: Veteran leader Pronger will help development of Flyers captain Richards - 06/30/2009: WHEN MIKE RICHARDS was named captain of the Flyers last September, I questioned the decision. Not because I don't like Richards and not because I don't think he's a leader. I just thought the Flyers were dropping too much too soon on the then-23-year-old face of the franchise, too much on someone who had just signed that huge, long contract, too much on an unmarried guy still getting used to the glare that comes with being an athletic superstar in a hockey-intense city.
Sam Donnellon: Phillies reliever Romero should have walked away from taunting fan - 06/29/2009: WHEN IS IT OK to touch a fan in the stands? Never. This has nothing to do with whether the fan in Tampa the other night provoked J.C. Romero or deserved it. This has everything to do with J.C. Romero being a professional athlete - really, just a professional.
Sam Donnellon: Inequality in sports is an issue to scream about - 06/25/2009: BILLIE JEAN KING was at the White House on Tuesday, celebrating the 37th anniversary of Title IX and its dramatic achievements in opportunity and perception, plotting the next step with a panel of peers as well.
Sam Donnellon: American League dominates interleague play, but not in October - 06/24/2009: AFTER LAST NIGHT'S victory over the Rays, the world champion Phillies are 4-9 in interleague play this season, all against the American League East. Before then, only the San Diego Padres had won less against the AL, although three other teams, in both leagues, had won as few games.
Sam Donnellon: At U.S. Open, Mickelson's tale didn't need storybook ending - 06/23/2009: WE WANTED storybook. We got reality. We wanted to cry with Phil Mickelson, wanted all that rain and mud at Bethpage to serve as a backdrop when this great human-interest story was told in years to come. So often imbedded in second place like those balls hit into bunkers yesterday, Phil Mickelson was going to write his own Disney ending, was going to rewrite his own history, too.
Sam Donnellon: Eagles offseason definitely hasn't been more of the same - 06/12/2009: AS THE ball settled into DeSean Jackson's hands 50 yards downfield, Donovan McNabb celebrated with a bump-and-grind dance. A trick play that looked as if it were designed on a side street had worked, mostly because Jackson ran right past the wannabe defensive backs who bit on the play, and caught the ball down by his knees in full stride.
Sam Donnellon: With Emery signing, Flyers back in risk management - 06/11/2009: RAY EMERY says John Paddock "is like a father figure to me." Ray Emery was a big reason why John Paddock was fired in Ottawa.
Sam Donnellon: Injuries dilute Phillies-Mets rivalry, for now - 06/10/2009: NEW YORK - Rivalries are built through names and numbers, which might explain the lack of buzz that greeted the Mets as they ran onto Citi Field last night. With their setup reliever gone until at least late August, their dazzling shortstop sidelined with a torn hamstring, and their Phillies-killing first baseman gone for the next 3 months as well, beating their first-place, world-champion antagonists was more about survival than making any kind of statement.