Bernard Fernandez is a native of New Orleans who was bitten by the journalism bug when he won a citywide Catholic schools essay contest for eighth graders. His first newspaper job was as a copyboy for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans in the summer of 1964. He has also been a sports writer at the Houma Courier (La.), Miami Herald, Jackson Daily News (Miss.) and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Bernard has been at the Philadelphia Daily News for 23 years. His primary beats are boxing, which he has covered for nearly 20 years, and Penn State football. During his career, he has served as four-term president of the Boxing Writers Association of America; received the Nat Fleischer Award from the BWAA in April 1999 for lifetime achievement; been inducted into the Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame (2005), and received 63 local, state, regional and national writing and public-service awards, including two firsts and a second in the APSE (Associated Press Sports Editors) writing contest.

  Email Bernard at fernanb@phillynews.com
Bernard Fernandez
Bonding with Dundee
Posted 02/03/2012
Bernard Fernandez: Legendary boxing manager Angelo Dundee passed away this week. I probably wouldn't have been on the boxing beat at all were it not for my father.
Gallery: Angelo Dundee: 1921-2012
 
Dundee never forgot his Philly roots
 
Sam Donnellon: Dundee was really 'The Greatest'
Nike CEO Phil Knight addresses Bryce Jordan Center crowd during Joe Paterno Memorial.
Bernard Fernandez
Nike co-founder loyal to Paterno
Posted 01/27/2012
Bernard Fernandez: It was left to an unlikely speaker, Nike co-founder Phil Knight, to confront the gorilla head-on. Knight took aim at the trustees who dismissed Joe Paterno, and earned the loudest ovation on Thursday.
 
Complete coverage: Joe Paterno, 1926-2012
Photos: Saying goodbye to JoePa
Poll: Submit your City Six hoops rankings
Bernard Fernandez
Paterno, Bryant linked forever - 01/26/2012
Bernard Fernandez: Now that Joe Paterno has joined friend and nemesis Paul "Bear" Bryant on the other side, maybe the two greatest college football coaches ever will be linked even more closely.
Bernard Fernandez: - 01/26/2012
SPORTS | REMEMBERING JOE PATERNO
Bernard Fernandez
Paterno finally at peace - 01/25/2012
Bernard Fernandez: Joe Paterno left this world content and at peace with himself and what he accomplished, in stark contrast to those who suggested his firing left him a heartbroken and disillusioned man.
Bernard Fernandez
Paterno was last of his kind - 01/23/2012
Bernard Fernandez: In a profession rife with cheaters and half-truths, Joe Paterno's motivations as Penn State's coach were as honest and as forthright as they ever get.
Bernard Fernandez
Hopkins wins court battle - 01/17/2012
Bernard Fernandez: Bernard Hopkins ran his record to 4-0 in lawsuits filed against him while represented by attorney Arnold Joseph when a jury ruled in his favor Thursday in an action brought by the estate of Hopkins' former trainer, Bouie Fisher.
Bernard Fernandez
In defense of JoePa - 01/16/2012
Bernard Fernandez: My initial reaction to the Joe Paterno interview was profound sadness for an individual whose good deeds should not be tossed aside because he might have made an error in judgment, even if that error proves monumental in scope.
Bernard Fernandez
NBC series debuts with Philly card - 01/10/2012
Bernard Fernandez: "Fight Night Boxing Series" will debut with a Jan. 21 card at the Asylum Arena in South Philadelphia headlined by a heavyweight matchup of Philadelphia-based contender Eddie Chambers and former WBO titlist Sergei Liakhovich.
Bernard Fernandez
O'Brien makes good first impression - 01/09/2012
What exactly makes a Penn Stater, anyway? Is it a framed diploma from the university? Is it something obvious and visible to all, like a tattoo or some other signal of membership in an exclusive club?
Bernard Fernandez
Former Lions speak out - 01/06/2012
Bernard Fernandez: Penn State's hiring of Bill O'Brien as its head coach is a story with two distinctly different sides.
Bernard Fernandez
Decision time for Penn State - 01/05/2012
Bernard Fernandez: With each passing day, expectations for a home-run hire as Joe Paterno's permanent replacement at Penn State are being downgraded to, say, a ground-rule double. Why the foot-dragging?
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by Bernard Fernandez, fernanb@phillynews.com
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By Bernard Fernandez, fernanb@phillynews.com
Expect Philly's Jones to come out Smokin' - 11/22/2011
Bernard Fernandez | Penn State's Drake eager to contribute - 11/18/2011
by Bernard Fernandez, fernanb@phillynews.com
Bernard Fernandez | Fitzgerald could fit PSU - 11/16/2011
Bernard Fernandez | Kilroy recalls Ali-Frazier - 11/08/2011


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