Phil Caldwell

Phil Caldwell

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Phil Caldwell is a free-lance opinion author writing since the early 1980's. His first big break was a top half page feature article, on the front page of the sports section in the Seattle Times on October 25, 1984, and he's been writing similar material ever since.

Prior to writing for B/R, he was published over a hundred times in print media, political op-ed pieces and sports opinions, including the Journal American in Bellevue, Washington, The Seattle Times and the now defunct Seattle PI.

He uses B/R to host articles that don't fit with normal traditional print media. Including humor pieces and subject matters that are too touchy, or create conflicts of interests, to his other media outlets.

Phil grew up in Yakima, Washington and graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1974. After a couple years at Seattle Pacific University, he worked for almost a decade before eventually finishing his undergraduate with a BA in History from the University of Washington in 1991 with a focus on Latin American poverty issues.

His online sports-related material has been featured regularly at Bleacher Report affiliates, including SeattlePI.com and LATimes.com, with other work appearing on USAtoday.com, ESPN.com, CBSsports.com, FOXsports.com, UPI.com, NFL.com, NBA.com, YardBarker.com, msg.com, Yahoo.com, IndiaNews.com, nydailynews.com, Floridatoday.com, cfbdaily.com, regator.com, scout.com, HuffingtonPost.com (which he finds humorous, given his political bias), Forbes.com, plus hundreds more online sites within the USA and aboard.

New material is routinely announced on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/_PhilCaldwell, and on Facebook

Phil also writes about politics, religion, and other controversal subjects (including sports topics that B/R will not allow) at http://conliber.wordpress.com/

He continues to add pieces to a 12-part series about the NBA's Seattle Supersonic move to Oklahoma City, beginning with his original B/R piece back in Sept' 2010 at http://bleacherreport.com/seattle-supersonics. (Links to each next sequel on this series are listed at the bottom of each piece)

Phil's favorite top 3 best B/R humor pieces that he's written, are:

1) The 2011 Las Vegas Bowl http://bleacherreport.com/articles/551944-boise-state-vs-utah-in-las-vegas-broncos-defeat-utes-for-absolutely-no-reason

2) 2011 BCS Championship coverage pre-game featuring the Oregon Ducks vs Auburn
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/568863-oregon-vs-auburn-cock-roaches-and-flying-insects-killed-from-espns-pre-game

3) 10 Reasons Why I Hate the New York Yankees
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/486879-ten-reasons-why-i-hate-the-new-york-yankees

About the photo:
Phil's heroes at World Concern shot this snappy photo of him. If you’re not familiar with the organization, they’ve made thousands of opportunities for any one of us to make a difference in someone’s life. For instance, 44 cents is enough to keep a child free of intestinal worms for a year. Kids in poverty areas get these from walking barefoot through sewers and muck, where they enter the body as microisms and travel through the bloodstream. Adult worms grow to be more than five inches long, and stunt growth, hinder learning and, in severe cases, kill their hosts. After receiving these pills, immune systems are strengthened and they can absorb vital nutrients again. See online stories and more opportunities at the World Concern website: www.worldconcern.org/globalgiftguide

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  • Elijah Hydes posted 147 days ago

    Elijah Hydes

    phil, it's time for another article.

    I was thinking a perspective piece on the ducks. You've been hibernating too long. I want to know what the mood up in seattle is over the ducks' rose bowl win and huskies loss and bla bla bla.

    way overdo. People expect something out of you after the win. huskys everywhere are dormant waiting for someone to give them a sign that there's hope for a better tomorrow.

    you're that person.

  • Duck Fan posted 207 days ago

    Duck Fan

    Did anybody catch the Duck/Husky game last Saturday? How'd it turn out? Phil?

  • Alex Shoemaker posted 207 days ago

    Alex Shoemaker

    Hey Phil,

    Does it feel good to get thrashed for an 8th time in a row? If it makes you feel any better, the 17-point victory was the smallest yet. Maybe the Fuskies can stop bending over to good teams in a few years? I doubt it though. Hope you're still alive; I haven't seen a smart-ass comment in a long time.

  • casey cutler posted 209 days ago

    casey cutler

    Phil, you cherry picker! Where have you been? Dang! We do so miss you on the Ducks articles. Here's hoping I get to read your "witty" comments soon. You're probably out saving the world from terrible billionaires like Phil Knight while not investing one iota of time or effort into Paul Allen or others who donate to washington.
    Well, I don't know if you heard but there was another Duck husky game last Saturday and guess what? The huskies didn't quite win. Huh? I'm sure with all the excitement of the new stadium and all (by the way I'm sure all the money going to that project it blood free), they just forgot they were playing, otherwise, they'd have really shown those evil Ducks a thing or two.
    Hope all is well in your deluded world and that we get to read more of your objective, insightful, hard-hitting "journalism" that we've all come to know and love.
    Casey.

  • Matt G posted 263 days ago

    Matt  G

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  • Bill N posted 297 days ago

    Bill N

    That was a very interesting article about the BCS colleges breaking away from the NCAA. I don't think it will happen but something has to be taken away from the NCAA and they have proven to fail at enforcement and the rules do need to be changed to reflect the realities of today relative to amateurism. Thanks for sending the link.

  • Bill N posted 342 days ago

    Bill N

    You might enjoy this article: http://www.lostlettermen.com/oregon-ducks-chip-kelly-willie-lyles/

  • Bill N posted 348 days ago

    Bill N

    I would love to get your comments on “NCAA and Amateurism Are a Joke; How to Fix the College Football Mess” at: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/741984-ncaa-and-amateurism-are-a-joke-how-to-fix-the-college-football-mess

    I hope you find that this article finally pulls together the problems with the NCAA and practical solutions that will help the athletes and colleges.

    Thanks, Bill

  • Chris Anderson posted 351 days ago

    Chris Anderson

    Hey Phil, Vinoy Overton is a class act isn't he. Sounds like he should have been locked up a long time ago, but at least Seattle was nice enough to let him help you guys out first!!

    you're right, huskies are classy

  • soldier ant posted 382 days ago

    soldier ant

    ERROR ON MY BEHALF, I APOLOGIZE
    As a whole, the PAC-10 was relatively unimpressive last year. Only Oregon (10-3) hit the 10-win plateau and USC (9-4) was the only other conference member...

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