Joseph Santoliquito
Joseph Santoliquito is an award-winning sportswriter based in the Philadelphia area.
He has written feature stories for SI.com, ESPN.com, NFL.com, MLB.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer and also The Philadelphia Daily News. He previously worked as managing editor for Ring Magazine. 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 story on high school wrestler A.J. Detwiler in February 2006 on ESPN.com. He received national acclaim for his poignant, in-depth piece on Olympic gold medalist boxer David Reid, which appeared in May 2012 on Deadspin.com. In 2015, he was elected President of the Boxing Writers Association of America. In February 2015, his story on the website PhillyVoice.com on the smear campaign aimed at the Neumann-Goretti girl's basketball program, ranked No. 1 in the country, received national attention.
Santoliquito currently writes a popular sports blog in the Philadelphia area for CBSPhilly.com.