Michael Bamberger

Joined: Dec 11, 2013

Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated Senior writer Michael Bamberger joined Sports Illustrated in 1995, and primarily covers golf. The author of six books, his work has appeared in three editions of The Best American Sportswriting.

Ed Rendell, Former Mayor and Governor, on the Eagles: ‘They’re Not Pretty, But They’re Ours’

NFL

Donald Trump: A sports fan for whom winning is everything

Ryan Howard nears end with Phillies, but he's not ready to retire just yet

MLB

The case for Jordan Spieth for SI's 2015 Sportsman of the Year

Sportsperson

Kobe Bryant bids farewell to Philly, his childhood home and basketball origin

NBA

PHILADELPHIA — Yes, the Sixers were playing the Lakers, and by the final buzzer there would be a winner and a loser, but did the outcome matter? Not really. Not

Ruben Amaro's dismissal as GM end of Phillies' days as family business

MLB

The firing of Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro wasn't personal; it was just business. But that in itself is a radical change for the franchise.

SI Vault: Second Effort: Craig Biggio got better after changing positions

MLB

Craig Biggio was already an All-Star as a catcher, but when he moved to second base in the early 1990s, it changed his career and helped put him on the path to the Hall of Fame.

You don't bunt with John Kruk: Great parenting advice from Jim Fregosi

MLB

Our first child was 15 months old at the time and our second was on the way, and the moment Fregosi said that, off went the bulb: That's how you raise kids.

Alex Rodriguez's Saturday night in Trenton felt like the end is near

MLB

Rodriguez was playing him deep and Franco hit a bullet, almost over the bag. Rodriguez, moving like a big cat, made two fleet steps to his right, fielded it

Running not against the clock, but instead for solidarity

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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- There was no marathon here on this Sunday, a blue and nippy spring morning. There wasn't, we were reminded on the start line, even a race.

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My first newspaper job after college was at the Vineyard Gazette on Martha's Vineyard, an island in Massachusetts surrounded by sea and ocean, some of it very

With the sweep, the Phillies now wait; that's good and bad

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The waiting is the hardest partEvery day you see one more card.You take it on faith, you take it to the heart.The waiting is the hardest part. Tom Petty wasn't