Joseph Santoliquito
Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter based in the Philadelphia area who has written feature stories for SI.com, ESPN.com, NFL.com, MLB.com, Deadspin and The Philadelphia Daily News. In 2006, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for a special project piece for ESPN.com called “Love at First Beep.” He is most noted for his award-winning ESPN.com feature on high school wrestler A.J. Detwiler in February 2006, which appeared on SportsCenter. In 2015, he was elected president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
July 12, 2016
Phillies
For Phillies' Larry Andersen, the road to radio wasn't always smooth
As a kid, Larry Andersen thought he would fool them. He always had an ability to distill the nerves, something that would benefit him greatly later in life as a major league relief pitcher. Wearing a little headset tugged tightly over his ears, he would furtively glance out of the corner of his eye at the switching knobs and raise his right hand, trying to guess right.June 22, 2016
Charity
Delco nurse making miracles happen in native Liberia
Mary Moore Kieh doesn’t think what’s she’s doing is anything out of the ordinary. Yet at certain points in time, her Yeadon, Delaware County, home serves as a way station for all sorts of medical equipment, so congested that you can’t take two steps through her living room to her dining room.June 16, 2016
Orlando Shooting
Area hoops stars remember their fallen friend
They talked about playing against each other one last time this summer before going in their separate directions.June 13, 2016
Boxing
In the end, Muhammad Ali, the great subversive, proved to be the ultimate unifier
LOUISVILLE, KY — You could feel his presence. It was everywhere. As was his tangible impact. You could see it on a sweltering, shirt-soaked Friday afternoon in this sleepy Southern town by the side of the Ohio River, where he once supposedly threw his gold medal into.June 9, 2016
MLB
Jason Groome looks to make 'family dream' come true in MLB Draft
Sometime a little past 7 p.m. tonight, Jason Groome’s life will take a dramatic change. He’ll be in the comfort of his own Barnegat, New Jersey home, away from the glare that's followed him the last three years. He'll sit there on the living room sofa in shorts and a t-shirt surrounded by family and friends, watching the MLB Network and waiting. Sometime a little past 7 p.m., the wave of anxiety may subside when the prospective Major League Baseball first-round draft choice reaches for his ringing cell phone.June 4, 2016
Boxing
Philly fighters, including Hopkins and Cunningham, reflect on Ali's life, impact
On Saturday morning, the world woke up to the news that Muhammad Ali died. And although there are a great many fighters who never meet “The Greatest,” anyone who has ever put on a pair of boxing gloves is, and will always be, connected to Ali.May 24, 2016
Police
Delco police chief seeks to mend relationship with community, especially young African-Americans
Delco police chief seeks to mend relationship with community, especially young African-AmericansMay 15, 2016
Auto Racing
'Get back in the car': Truex Jr.'s racing challenges nothing like the one his girlfriend faced
Martin Truex Jr. will probe the multitude of faces to find her. Sherry Pollex will look at Truex Jr., and he’ll look at her from a distance in that unspoken code lovers have. Then Truex will tug his helmet on, climb through the window, slip down behind the wheel of his car and whirl around Dover International Speedway going in upwards of 200 mph in the NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series “AAA 400 Race for Autism.”May 8, 2016
Mothers
Soldier, survivor and hero: A mother's incredible story
At 84, Reva Jolovitz is as unassuming as they come. You'd never suspect she survived a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines during World War II. She witnessed torture. Suffered measles, whooping cough, malnutrition, dysentery and starvation. Survived a Japanese sniper’s bullet, and the explosions and gunfire that liberated her and thousands of other civilians from various nations imprisoned on Jan. 4, 1942. After more than three years, she and more than 4,000 other prisoners were rescued on Feb. 3, 1945 by a "suicide squad" sent by General Douglas MacArthur. It came just in time. The Japanese were planning to execute hundreds and hundreds of them the next day.Just In
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