Bill Conlin came to Daily News in May 1965 following five years at the Evening Bulletin. Penn State football, boxing and Big 5 beats; Phillies beat writer 1966. Columnist spring 1987. Covered 37 World Series; multiple Orange, Sugar, Rose, Cotton, Fiesta, Gator Bowls; Winter Olympics Calgary, Albertville, Lillehammer, Nagano; Summer Olympics Sydney; 5 Wimbledons, Pan Am Games Indianapolis, Havana; multiple boxing title fights. First place National Best News Story E.P. Dutton Best Sports Stories 1964, 1979, runnerup 1968, 1975, 1977; Pennsylvania Sportswriter of the Year; multiple Keystone Awards column writing; 2003 N.J. Sportswriters Association Journalistic Excellence Award; author Rutledge Book of Baseball; Batting Cleanup, Bill Conlin.
Email Bill at bill1chair@aol.com
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Bill ConlinThe storied career of Dick Schaap
- Dick Schaap left behind a warehouse of great work when he passed a decade agoDick Schaap did not bowl overhand. When in Rome, London or Havana, the citizens did not do as he did. Although, when he was in Green Bay - which was often - Cheesehead Nation considered him one of them.
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Bill ConlinRollins in the Cards?
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Bill Conlin: The Cardinals, who saved themselves $250M, could decide to upgrade at shortstop and sign Jimmy Rollins.
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Bill ConlinWhat really happened in Seattle
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Bill Conlin: In the pungent aftermath of Clueless in Seattle, when just as you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse for Arrogance Inc., it got much, much worse.
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Bill ConlinA Valentine for the AL East
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Bill Conlin: There was no humor for the rest of the American League East yesterday when the Boston Red Sox segued from Terry Francona to the brilliant baseball mind and firm hand of Bobby Valentine.
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Bill ConlinWinter meetings not what they used to be
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In about a week, on Dec. 5, the Lords of Baseball, and their legion of GMs, managers, scouts, agents and their megabucks-seeking clients will gather in Dallas for the final ritual of the 2011
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Bill ConlinGive and take for labor peace
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Bill Conlin: I'm about to give baseball commissioner Bud Selig an unequivocal double thumbs up for once again achieving labor peace in our time. You give a little and take a little.
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Bill ConlinFranco not horsing around
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Bill Conlin: All Franco Harris did was give a ringing TV character endorsement to that no-good SOB, Joe Paterno, and rip that wonderful, sinless Penn State Board of Trustees for the timing of the former legend's firing.
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Bill Conlin'Tough' guys talk about Sandusky
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Bill Conlin: When I'm King of the World... People who say they would have pounded the snot out of Jerry Sandusky had they been alerted by the alleged shower-room assault will remember Kitty Genovese.
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Bill ConlinThome brings more than his bat
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Bill Conlin: Jim Thome has never been a great pinch-hitter, but he will provide a folksy clubhouse presence. If he can add a little clubhead production, it'll be all good. Thome can be the media buffer Pete Rose became in 1979.
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Bill ConlinAlways good stuff from Wilt
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Bill Conlin: Found myself reminiscing about the good old NBA this week as season openers were officially scrubbed. Here is my moment from a time when there were just nine teams in the league.
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