Bob Ford is an award-winning sports columnist for The Inquirer. After coming to the newspaper as the beat writer for the 76ers, a capacity he served for six seasons, Ford became a general assignment writer with a specialty in Olympic sports. He has covered every Winter and Summer Olympic Games beginning with Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994. He also has been a feature writer. In 1995, he was designated a fellow of The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism.
Ford has written sports in the Philadelphia area since 1981 when he served as the Phillies beat writer and later as a general columnist for the Delaware County Daily Times.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The ball was snapped, and the receivers, unfettered by pads and unworried about being hit, scattered quickly into the secondary like mice in a world without cats.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - There was no goofy hat this time. No T-shirt with an inspirational message. No plug for the Web site where fans could find his blog.
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The calendar has spun around again, the heat index is over 100 degrees, and that must mean it is training camp time for the Eagles. Time for the players to sauté in their juices at Lehigh University. Time for the fans to stand for hours in the heat for no
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If the Eagles hoped the signing of free-agent cornerback Asante Samuel would make a huge impact on the roster this season, they appear to be getting their wish.
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The Spectrum was a wonderful building in which to see a game or a concert - except on the off chance you needed to use the bathroom at some point. The intimacy of the place lost some of its charm then, particularly to the women who could not press the sinks into emergency service and instead stood shifting from one foot to the other in those long lines that snaked along the narrow concourse.
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Somewhere along the way as the Phillies have made their transition in the last two seasons from serial disappointers to unexpected division champions to favorites to repeat, somewhere in there Charlie Manuel must have been up late at night studying.
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Last week was a good one for perhaps the most powerful man in Philadelphia sports, the one you probably couldn't pick out of a police lineup on a bet.
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Here we are in the middle of the baseball season, with the Phillies teetering between greatness and grief, and everywhere around them is the instruction book for what they should do next.
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Pat Burrell got my vote yesterday. It took about 10 seconds. He's in the running to be the final player added to the National League all-star roster. I've said many times before this season that Burrell is the last guy I expected to be an all-star, so it seemed appropriate.
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Bob Ford: Message to Myers: You're a starter
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The Phillies' front office came to the ballpark yesterday morning bearing two messages. Neither was very surprising, but both were delivered emphatically.
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When the magical 1980 Phillies season was about to begin, Mike Schmidt received a $5,000 promotional contract to wear Nike spikes and the promise of a bonus depending on how things went.
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In the matter before the court, the case of Rotation v. Bullpen for the estate of Brett Allen Myers, I've got to enter a guilty plea this morning.
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