Hall of Fame Philadelphia Sports Journalist resigns after child molesting story

[BuccoFla]

I watched this guy every week on the Sports Reporters with Dick Schaap.



Legendary Columnist Bill Conlin Resigns Over Forthcoming Philly Inquirer Bombshell

The Philadelphia Inquirer's top investigative reporter, Nancy Phillips, has written a story containing what we're told are allegations of child molestation against sportswriter Bill Conlin, a longtime columnist at the rival Daily News. Conlin resigned just moments ago, according to a source at the Daily News.

Conlin, who turns 78 this May, won the Ford C. Frick J.G. Taylor Spink Award last May. The story supposedly will drop soon (the newspapers are published under a joint-operating agreement by the same company, sharing some resources and a website but otherwise competing for a number of the same readers). Conlin has hired an attorney to defend himself against the piece. We'll have more details on this. For now, we can tell you that Conlin is at his condo in Largo, Fla.

[ECBucs]

If true, a sad story.

It is good that these guys are being caught.

[BuccoFla]

I grew up in Northern Delaware and used to read his column every week in the Philadelphia Daily News. Most people know him from that Sunday morning Espn show The Sports Reporters.

[Pirates2014Champ]

I grew up in Northern Delaware and used to read his column every week in the Philadelphia Daily News. Most people know him from that Sunday morning Espn show The Sports Reporters.

Next to Dick Schaap, John Saunders, and Mike Lupica Bill Conlin was one of the most recognizable figure on the Sports Reporters.

Just horrible.

Even more horrible would be that Conlin and Fine would've gotten away with it if not for Sandusky getting busted.

[BuccoFla]

Full story


http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20111220_Four_say_Philly_Daily_News_writer_Bill_Conlin_sexually_abused_them_as_children.html


Three women and a man say they were molested as children by Bill Conlin, a Hall of Fame baseball writer and Philadelphia Daily News columnist.

[steve19981]

Don't want to be that guy but what does this have to do with the Pirates?

[WTM]

Don't want to be that guy but what does this have to do with the Pirates?

I'm sure it's Nutting's fault.

[The Great Goemon]

Don't want to be that guy but what does this have to do with the Pirates?

I'm sure it's Nutting's fault.

Well, yeah. So to speak.

[steve19981]

McClatchy owned the Philadelphia Daily News for a minute in 2006 before he sold it AND the Inquirer to the same holding company (thank you Wikipedia). Still that does not make this story Pirates related.