Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Bill conlin

  • Longtime Philadelphia Daily News sports columnist Bill Conlin has been accused of sexually molesting at least four children in the 1970s, when they were aged 7 to 12. The accusers include a niece of Conlins who is now a prosecutor in New Jersey.
  • (USA Today)
  • Deadspin reported Tuesday that iconic Philadelphia Daily News sportswriter Bill Conlin had resigned amid charges of child molestation. Nancy Phillips of the city's rival Philadelphia Inquirer broke the story, according to Deadspin.
  • (Examiner)
  • 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.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)
  • PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Award-winning sports columnist Bill Conlin retired abruptly from the Philadelphia Daily News on Tuesday, the newspaper said, as a rival newspaper published an article accusing him of child sex abuse.
  • (KTLA.com)
  • Iconic Philadelphia Daily News columnist Bill Conlin retired from the newspaper today in the wake of a story in The Philadelphia Inquirer accusing him of child abuse.
  • (Trentonian)
  • One would think the BBWAA would be feeling a bit embarrassed right now after having bestowed it's highest honor on Bill Conlin a year before he was accused of child molestation and opted to resign from the Philadelphia Daily News.
  • (NBC Sports)
  • IN 2005, THE Phillies gave Jimmy Rollins a 5-year contract extension worth $40 million. It was a brilliant business move for the Phillies. Including an option, they had the National Leagues premier shortstop locked up through 2011.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)
  • Authorities said no criminal charges would be pursued against Bill Conlin because the allegations of abuse happened too long ago.
  • (Stamford Advocate)
  • Bill Conlin, a veteran sportswriter and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, was accused in a newspaper report of molesting three girls and a boy in the 1970s, including his niece, who is now a prosecutor.
  • (San Jose Mercury News)

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