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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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Sixers, Celtics will keep games close
By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist
Posted 05/15/2012
Bob Ford: After two games, we know that Boston's wealth of experience gives them the edge at the end of close games and that the Sixers' youth and energy clearly tips a tight contest in their favor.
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Sixers held together at the end
By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist
Posted 05/14/2012
Bob Ford: The way the Sixers are playing now isn't pretty basketball. It isn't consistent basketball. But in those final furious minutes, they can hang around long enough to get a win.
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Brand must come up big - 05/13/2012
Bob Ford: As this series continues, there are areas the Sixers must adjust, but the power forward position is the priority.
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Sixers-Celtics a battle for the ages - 05/13/2012
By Bob Ford, INQUIRER COLUMNIST
Bob Ford: This is Youth versus Age, Energy versus Experience, and, ultimately, the Future versus the Past. Give the first battle to the Celtics. The loss was a particularly tough one for the Sixers to take.
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Iguodala steps up for 76ers - 05/10/2012
Bob Ford: How else could Game 6 end except with Andre Iguodala at the free-throw line with the Sixers trailing by one point?
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76ers' run is fool's gold - 05/10/2012
By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist
Bob Ford: If the 76ers advance, management could believe everything is on track for the future. That simply isn't true.
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76ers need to regain scoring touch - 05/09/2012
By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist
Bob Ford: Perhaps it was just the last gasp for the Bulls. The Sixers better hope so, and they better hope their offense returns from the land of the missing.
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Iguodala keeps lid on emotions - 05/07/2012
Bob Ford: The Sixers are within one win of taking a playoff series for the first time since 2003. For Andre Iguodala, winning a postseason round would represent a big slice of redemption.
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76ers looking to close series - 05/06/2012
By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist
Bob Ford: It will be a game Tuesday in Chicago. It might even be the first time the Sixers have won four straight playoff games since 1985. If the Bulls can lose a couple of more players, anything is possible.
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76ers' Hawes plays better than he looks - 05/05/2012
By Bob Ford, Inquirer Columnist
Bob Ford: It is the enduring curse to bear for Spencer Hawes, currently the starting center for the 76ers, that his game, even when he does good things, doesn't look all that good while he's doing them.
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Sixers defy expectations - 05/04/2012
Bob Ford: In a series that has defied prediction, one more impossibility took place when the Sixers beat the Bulls in Game 3.
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Rebounds, free throws key - 05/03/2012
Bob Ford: When the 76ers-Bulls series resumes on Friday night, look for Chicago to reassert itself around the basket.
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Bob Ford | Will Birds get Tannehill? - 04/22/2012
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Bob Ford | No more excuses for Birds - 04/20/2012
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