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 Hopkins, left, hits Chad Dawson with a left in the 11th round of their light-heavyweight fight.<br /><br />Associated Press
Is this the end for Bernard Hopkins?
BY BERNARD FERNANDEZ, For the Daily News
Posted 05/09/2012
Bernard Hopkins has dropped hints that there might be another fight or two yet to be fought before he begins the countdown to his eventual induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Gallery: Hopkins vs. Dawson
Photos: Hopkins vs. Dawson
 
Hopkins loses title to Dawson
Bert Sugar , with his ever-present fedora and cigar, was one of boxing´s most colorful characters.
Bernard Fernandez
Memories of Bert Sugar
Posted 03/27/2012
BOXING'S ALREADY exclusive club of unforgettable characters became a bit more so on Sunday with the death of Bert Randolph Sugar, 75, the raconteur/historian known as much for his one-liners and ever-present fedora and cigar as for the 80 books he authored.
Bernard Fernandez
Jesse Hart: 'Amateur boxing cut the heart out of me' - 03/16/2012
NORTH Philadelphia's Jesse Hart understands how Drexel basketball coach Bruiser Flint and his players must have felt when they were bypassed on Selection Sunday. When you feel like you've done enough to earn something as important as a slot in the NCAA Tournament, and don't get it, the disappointment can run deep.
Honor for unsung Little - 03/06/2012
SGT. STEVE Little Jr.'s voice was filled with the kind of pride befitting a United States Marine. But then, the 24-year-old son of the late former WBA super middleweight champion always sounds that way when speaking about his father, who was only 34 when he died of colon cancer on Jan. 30, 2000, leaving behind a grieving wife and six children.
Bernard Fernandez
Bonding with Dundee - 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.
Bernard Fernandez: - 01/26/2012
SPORTS | REMEMBERING JOE PATERNO
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
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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Bernard Fernandez | Case against Nits is strong - 12/30/2011
by Bernard Fernandez, fernanb@phillynews.com
Bernard Fernandez | Bittersweet 85th for JoePa - 12/21/2011
Bernard Fernandez | One way to clean up the title mess - 12/07/2011
Bernard Fernandez | Bradley catches up with McGloin - 11/25/2011
By Bernard Fernandez, fernanb@phillynews.com
Expect Philly's Jones to come out Smokin' - 11/22/2011
Bernard Fernandez | Fitzgerald could fit PSU - 11/16/2011
Bernard Fernandez | Kilroy recalls Ali-Frazier - 11/08/2011
Bernard Fernandez | Paterno faces tough questions over Sandusky - 11/07/2011


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